Shari Barrett

Los Angeles

Theater Columnist at Culver City News

I serve on the Board of Kentwood Players, do interviews for Broadway World L.A. & write reviews for my Stage Page column in the Culver City News

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Articles

A Man of No Importance musical celebrates the power of theater, love, and friendship

1 week ago | gardenavalleynews.org | Shari Barrett

By Shari BarrettA Noise Within presents A Man of No Importance, an evocative, intimate musical gem from the Tony Award-winning team behind Ragtime: composer Stephen Flaherty, lyricist Lynn Ahrens, and book by Terrence McNally, directed by ANW co-artistic director Julia Rodriguez–Elliott alongside music director Rod Bagheri.
A Man of No Importance musical celebrates the power of theater, love, and friendship - Culver City News

1 week ago | culvercitynews.org | Shari Barrett

A Noise Within presents A Man of No Importance, an evocative, intimate musical gem from the Tony Award-winning team behind Ragtime: composer Stephen Flaherty, lyricist Lynn Ahrens, and book by Terrence McNally, directed by ANW co-artistic director Julia Rodriguez–Elliott alongside music director Rod Bagheri.
Interview: Jack Stehlin on LEAR REDUX: A QUANTUM FANTASIA

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Shari Barrett

In the World Premiere of Lear Redux: A Quantum Fantasia, a perpetually surprising reconstruction of the Bard’s powerful drama presented by Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, New American Theatre and Not Man Apart–Physical Theatre Ensemble, Jack Stehlin (pictured), who previously starred in both Titus Redux at the Kirk Douglas and Tempest Redux at the Odyssey, inhabits the role of an aging actor whose last days strangely parallel those of Shakespeare’s tragic king.
Pepperland by The Mark Morris Dance Group & The 80’s Ultimate MTV Experience with Electric Avenue - Culver City News

2 weeks ago | culvercitynews.org | Shari Barrett

The Mark Morris Dance Group was formed in 1980 and gave its first performance that year in New York City. The company’s touring schedule steadily expanded to include cities in the United States and around the world, and in 1986, it shared its first national television program for the PBS series Dance in America. In 1988, MMDG was invited to become the national dance company of Belgium and spent three years in residence at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels.
Interview: Rain Perry on THIS IS WATER at Broadwater Second Stage

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Shari Barrett

Those drawn to intimate, music-driven storytelling and powerful, personal theater take note of This Is Water, written and performed by a singer-songwriter Rain Perry (pictured), which makes its debut at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival. And in our current cultural moment where conversations about privilege and identity are increasingly polarized or silenced, This Is Water dares to reflect instead of lecture as Rain looks back at her own life and US history with humor, empathy, and musicality.
Life of Pi at the Ahmanson and Theaters Around our Westside Town

3 weeks ago | culvercitynews.org | Shari Barrett

Center Theatre Group is presenting Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling stage adaptation of Life of Pi, a Tony Award-winning theatrical experience that has wowed audiences around the globe with jaw-dropping visuals, world class puppetry, and exquisite stagecraft. Based on Yann Martel’s best-selling novel, the touring company production continues at the Ahmanson Theatre through Sunday, June 1 and then moves into the Segerstrom Center for the Arts from Tuesday, June 3 to Sunday, June 15, 2025.
Interview: Stars T.J. Wilkins, Shanice, & Chad Doreck of 44: THE OBAMA MUSICAL

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Shari Barrett

44: The Obama Musical began as a sold-out engagement at The Bourbon Room on Hollywood Blvd. where I first saw it, and for which it received seven 2023 Broadway World LA Awards including Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical (Eli Bauman), Best Lead Performer in a Musical (T.J. Wilkins), Best Supporting Performer in a Musical (Chad Doreck), Best Musical Direction (Anthony Brewster), and Best Choreographer (Miss James Alsop).
Urinetown the Musical at Westchester Playhouse & Corktown ’39 at Rogue Machine

1 month ago | gardenavalleynews.org | Shari Barrett

By Shari BarrettKentwood Players is presenting the Tony Award-winning musical Urinetownwith music by Mark Hollman, lyrics by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis, book by Greg Kotis, opening Friday, May 9 at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Los Angeles 90045. This production is directed by Gryphon Seveney, with musical direction by Stephen Amundson and choreography by Alison Boole.
Urinetown the Musical at Westchester Playhouse & Corktown ’39 at Rogue Machine

1 month ago | culvercitynews.org | Shari Barrett

Kentwood Players is presenting the Tony Award-winning musical Urinetownwith music by Mark Hollman, lyrics by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis, book by Greg Kotis, opening Friday, May 9 at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Los Angeles 90045. This production is directed by Gryphon Seveney, with musical direction by Stephen Amundson and choreography by Alison Boole.
Concert Review: WELCOME TO THE DREAM FACTORY (MUSE/IQUE)

1 month ago | stageandcinema.com | Shari Barrett

AND WHAT A DREAM IT ISAs part of its 2025 Season, “Make Some Noise: Music and Stories of American Defiance and Hope,” MUSE/IQUE presented Welcome to the Dream Factory, centering on the golden days of Hollywood where dreams were built on sound stages by composers, actors, and directors who lit up the world on the silver screen that transformed Hollywood into a beacon of opportunity for everyone willing to do the work – and do it well.