Biography

Sharron is doing it all.
TV. Film. Stage. Concerts. Writing. Hosting. Producing....but what she really wants to do is direct.
Wait. Not really.

In 2009 Sharron Matthews is named “Best Cabaret Performer” by NOW Magazine

Sharron is one of the leading cabaret performers and innovators in Canada. From 2005 to 2009 she performed, wrote and produced her signature creation "Sharron's Party" all over the country to great acclaim. Named the "Hottest Ticket in Town!" by the Nationa Post, this "Downtown Diva" attracted guests that included Tony Winner Brent Carver, Tony nominee Louise Pitre, National Post reviewer Robert Cushman, star of the "The Jane Show" and "Women Fully Clothed" Teresa Pavlinek and "This Hour Has 22 Minutes?" Gavin Crawford. After 5 fabulous years, in June of 2009, Sharron decided to wrap up the "Party" in front of a busting SRO crowd so she could move onto other
projects.

Then Sharron's 2009 summer cabaret series "Back to Basics" was the Critics Pic in the NOW Magazine for the entire 3 month run.

“Sharron Matthews Superstar: World Domination Tour 2010” named #1 Cabaret in New York City in 2010 by Andrew Martin, Nite Life Exchange and WPAT Radio

In 2010 Sharron decided that Canada wasn't enough and embarked on her "Sharron
Matthews Superstar: World Domination Tour 2010". This triumphant, international tour,
begun at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto.

“So here's the thing. Sharron Matthews transforms cabaret into musical/dramatic crack.”
Glenn Sumi, NOW Magazine and CTV

Then the tour moved to the legendary Joe's Pub in New York City, named the “Number One Cabaret in NYC in 2010” by Nitelifeexchange.

“Not only was this show a complete and utter triumph on all counts, but serves as testament to the fact that a chanteuse as riveting and brilliant as Matthews proved on this night should wholeheartedly be welcomed to New York and elsewhere with unabashedly open arms.”
Andrew Martin, Nite Life Exchange

Then the tour flew across the ocean to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where she was a critical favourite, receiving rave five star reviews.

“Matthews sings with attitude and humour in a show that has more musical surprises and mood swings than a foul-mouthed episode of 'Glee'. World Domination beckons.”
Three Weeks Edinburgh

Sharron's cabaret was featured at the Global Cabaret Festival in October 2010 and was SOLD OUT!

"Perfection"
Toronto Star

One of her hottest new shows "Sharron's Big Broadway Show", which premiered at the Toronto Centre for the Arts in early 2009, toured east to PEI and Nova Scotia to great acclaim. In 2011 it is booked all across Ontario.

"Sharron Matthews is capable of selling any song like it's prime downtown real estate."
The Toronto Sun

In 2008 Sharron hosted the Dora Awards at the Winter Garden Theatre and was nominated for an award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in LYKTP's The Wizard of Oz.

"Sharron Matthews is like a champagne cocktail....one with extra fizz."
Hamilton Spectator, Gary Smith

After being featured in 2008 in a musical theatre songbook series at the inaugural Canwest Cabaret Festival at the Young Centre, Sharron premiered her newest cabaret creation "Sharron Matthews and the Panik Attack" to a SOLD OUT crowd at the 2009 Canwest Cabaret Festival, moving her work to the next level with the added element of a rock band to help guide her singular musical storytelling. In 2009, she also had the great joy of being featured at the Hysteria Festival, a festival of women, at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.

"A live wire who electrifies the cabaret scene."
Toronto Star

Sharron's Blog, which is at the same time hilarious and heart-wrenching, has become a daily destination for people all over the world, in and out of the entertainment industry. Due to her...entertaining and, sometimes, unexpected exploits Sharron has been featured as the diarist in the National Post twice in two years. Glenn Sumi of the NOW Magazine declared Sharron's Blog "Brutally honest and funny" on Twitter.

"The most truthful, insightful performance in the small cast."
StagetoPage.com

And Sharron also has a flourishing career on stage and in TV and film. On the big and small screen you might recognize Sharron from the hit movie Mean Girls in which she played Joan the Secretary alongside Lindsay Lohan. Sharron was also featured in Cinderella Man with Russell Crowe, Take the Lead with Alfre Woodard, Kojak with Ving Rhames, as one of the Pick-a Little Ladies in The Music Man movie for Disney with Matthew Broderick, the Hairspray movie with John Travolta and the CBC mini-series Altar Boy Gang. She has a reoccuring role in Vision TV's on the upcoming series
"She's the Mayor" with Colin Mochrie. And right now she is filming a SUPER SECRET
TV show for one of Canada's major TV Networks...holy crap...she is playing herself.

"Vocally exquisite"
XTRA Magazine

Theatrical performances include Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables with Colm Wilkinson in Toronto and on a North American tour, Lottie in original cast of the Harold Prince revival of Showboat with Elaine Stritch and Robert Morse, Babette in Beauty and the Beast at the Princess of Wales and the Narrator in two sold out runs of Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

"Grandly theatrical and unhinged (in a good way)."
The Globe and Mail

The only question to ask is....What will she do next?

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Sharron Matthews & George Masswohl

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“Sharron Matthews is capable of selling any song like it's prime downtown real estate.”
The Toronto Sun

Sharron has done it all.
She has performed on the stages of the some of the biggest theatres in North America
in plays, musicals, and with symphonies. Matthews has been featured in movies, on TV
and in animated cartoons as a voice over artist.

“Perfection!”
The Toronto Star

And if that isn't enough.... this powerhouse is a writer and producer of her own “cult
showbiz happening!” one woman shows.
Sharron's Party! - An evening with Sharron Matthews - has been called “one of the
hottest tickets in town” and “a killer party!”. This comedy / singing extravaganza has
packed them in since December 2005. She has featured guests such as Louise Pitre,
Brent Carver, Graham Abbey, Damien Atkins and Thom Allison to name a just a few.
She spent two years at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto and has now moved it back to
Tallulah's Cabaret at Buddies in Bad Times where it continues to cause line ups galore!

“Hottest ticket in Town!”
The National Post

On the big and small screen you might recognise her from the hit movie Mean Girls in
which she played Joan the Secretary alongside Lindsay Lohan. Sharron was also
featured in Cinderella Man with Russell Crowe, Take the Lead with Alfre Woodard,
Kojak with Ving Rhames, as one of the Pick-a Little Ladies in The Music Man movie for
Disney with Matthew Broderick, the Hairspray movie with John Travolta and the CBC
mini-series Altar Boy Gang

“Saucy.”
The Globe and Mail

Theatrical performances include Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables with Colm
Wilkinson in Toronto and on a North American tour, Lottie in original cast of the Harold
Prince revival of Showboat with Elaine Stritch and Robert Morse, Babette in Beauty and
the Beast at the Princess of Wales and the Narrator in two sold out runs of Joseph and
His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. She played the Wicked Witch of the West in the
acclaimed LKTYP production of Wizard of Oz at the end of last year for which she
recieved a Dora Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical as well as playing the role of
Sue in Sky Gilbert's musical Happy to rave reviews.

"Sharron Matthews is like a champagne cocktail....one with extra fizz."
— Gary Smith, Hamilton Spectator

Sharron had the honour of hosting the Doras Awards in 2008 at the Winter Garden for
which she was described as

”Effervescent”
by Now Magazine

and the Toronto Sun said she 'delighted the audience' !
Well, really!
And now she has put together 'Sharron's Big Broadway Show'.
It is the story of her adventure that brought her from the 'steel town' of Hamilton Ontario
to the audition rooms of New York City, to the sound stages and set where she has
worked with John Travolta, Tina Fey and Russell Crowe... and Richie Cunningham...
and what a story it is!
Who knows what she will do OR where she will be next... but she is a big hit on Youtube
and on her Webshow.... check out her blog!!