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Shari Barrett

Shari Barrett, a Los Angeles native, has been active in the theater world since the age of six - acting, singing, and dancing her way across the boards all over town. After teaching in secondary schools, working in marketing for several studios, writing, directing, producing, and performing in productions for several non-profit theaters, Shari now dedicates her time and focuses her skills as a theater reviewer, entertainment columnist, and publicist to "get the word out" about theaters of all sizes throughout the Los Angeles area.

As a 20-year member of the Board of Directors for Kentwood Players at the Westchester Playhouse, one of the thriving community theater groups in Los Angeles, as well as writing for Broadway World LA, Stage and Cineme, and as the Stage Page columnist with Lan Newspapers, Shari is dedicated to promoting theaters of all sizes in the city. Shari has received recognition from the City of Los Angeles for her dedication of heart and hand to the needs of friends, neighbors and fellow members of society for her devotion of service to the people of Los Angeles, and is honored to serve the theater world in her hometown.

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South Pacific

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Man of La Mancha

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Review: BODYTRAFFIC: CHECK-MATE Dazzled at The Wallis

Review: BODYTRAFFIC: CHECK-MATE Dazzled at The Wallis

December 14, 2025

The four pieces performed during BODYTRAFFIC: Check-Mate highlighted the dance company’s technical prowess and ability to masterfully embody diverse choreography styles via their dazzling versatility.

Review: A Random Encounter Aligns Two Lost Souls in HEISENBERG

Review: A Random Encounter Aligns Two Lost Souls in HEISENBERG

December 2, 2025

Award-winning director Cameron Watson invites us to watch the story of two lost souls looking for human connection who bloom and blossom after randomly meeting in a world that seems to consistently separate them from others into perpetual loneliness.

Interview: Playwright/Director Adam Dugas of CHILDREN OF THE WINTER KINGDOM

Interview: Playwright/Director Adam Dugas of CHILDREN OF THE WINTER KINGDOM

November 24, 2025

The Actors' Gang is presenting the World Premiere of Children of the Winter Kingdom – The Bonkers Adventures of Holly and Spruce, an original family-friendly fantasy fairy tale for the theater written by Adam Dugas and Mary Eileen O’Donnell and directed by Dugas for a limited three-week engagem

Interview: Jenna Lea Rosen on the Road with SUFFS

Interview: Jenna Lea Rosen on the Road with SUFFS

November 12, 2025

No doubt there are a lot of Broadway World readers interested in hearing about life on the road as an ensemble member while understudying two roles, wondering what it takes to be prepared at a moment’s notice to step into a role for which you may not have had a lot of rehearsal.

Review: Last Call Theatre's THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT at Stella Coffee

Review: Last Call Theatre's THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT at Stella Coffee

November 11, 2025

Produced by Liviera Lim and Michael DiNardo and directed by Ashley Busenlener for Last Call Theatre, The Butterfly Effect is not to be missed by fans of true immersive/interactive theatre or those curious to experience being involved in a show rather than just watching it.

Interview: Writer/Director Sofia Streisand of BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE

Interview: Writer/Director Sofia Streisand of BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE

October 30, 2025

My conversation with writer and director Sofia Streisand centers around her inspiration for creating the dark musical thriller Bluebeard's Castle, with its American premiere at the Odyssey Theatre from November 1-23, 2025, and how she expects American audiences to react to its content.

Review: SHOOTING STAR by Steven Dietz at Little Fish Theatre

Review: SHOOTING STAR by Steven Dietz at Little Fish Theatre

October 28, 2025

What makes this production so enthralling along with Donovan’s tight direction is the immersive effect of feeling involved in the lives of these two lonely people as they openly reveal their fears and feelings as the 90-minute play unfolds.

Interview: Playwright Jake Broder of UNRAVELLED at The Wallis

Interview: Playwright Jake Broder of UNRAVELLED at The Wallis

October 13, 2025

With frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in the news due to actor Bruce Willis fighting the disease for several years, I decided to speak with playwright Jake Broder, an Atlantic Fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute, about his motivation to create Unravelled and his research on the disease.




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