Shari Barrett

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

4 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.