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Barrett played Eddie in THE DRUNKEN CITY, a new play by Adam Bock with direction by Trip Cullman. Nominated for the 2007-2008 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play. Read Barrett's "First Person" take on working on THE DRUNKEN CITY in Broadway.com's "Barrett Foa: Playing Around in THE DRUNKEN CITY" Watch "The Crunken City" a new youtube video featuring Barrett and the cast of THE DRUNKEN CITY Click here for a "Perspective" on THE DRUNKEN CITY by author, Adam Bock. |
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Barrett played the leading roles of
Princeton & Rod in the Broadway production of AVENUE Q for a year
and a half - from February 1, 2005 to July 2, 2006. He was with the show
for a total of two and a half years. |
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Directly following AVENUE Q, Barrett
played Leaf Coneybear in the Broadway production of THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM
COUNTY SPELLING BEE at The Circle in the Square Theatre for a total of
ten months - from July 11th,
2006 through April 15, 2007. |
NEWS & EVENTS
Barrett is featured in the three minute FunnyOrDie.com video, "Prop
8: The Musical" conceived and written by Marc Shaiman and directed and
staged by Adam Shankman. It stars John C. Reilly, Allison Janney, Neil Patrick
Harris, Maya Rudolph, Margaret Cho, Andy Richter, Sarah Chalke, Kathy Najimy,
Rashida Jones, Craig Robinson, Nicole Parker, Jenifer Lewis, Lake Bell, and
Jack Black as Jesus.
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THE DRUNKEN CITY was named one of the Advocate Magazine's Top 5 Best of Theater. See the full list here.
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Watch Barrett's Reach Toothbrush commercial here
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Barrett played Jordy Jr. in a three week New York workshop production of GIANT, score by Michael John LaChiusa, book by Sybille Pearson. Eric Schaeffer directed, and The Signature Theatre in D.C. produced the new musical, based on the Edna Ferber novel by the same name. The 1956 movie starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean.
On April 22, 2008 Barrett played court jester Tu-Ping in a workshop presentation of THE NIGHTINGALE with music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Sater. James Lapine directed at New York Theatre Workshop. Also in the cast were Tonya Pinkins and Marc Kudisch.
Be sure to register for BroadwayWorld.com's Broadway Showcial Network, and add Barrett as one of your favorite performers!
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On March 30, 2007, Barrett made his network television debut as Dylan on "Six Degrees" on ABC. Barrett had a scene (with Jay Hernandez) on episode 108, entitled, "Get a Room." If you missed the episode (or want to watch it again), it can be viewed at ABC.com
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In 2003, Barrett shot an American Express Web-mercial starring Seinfeld & Superman, directed by Barry Levinson. He's in the cast of "Oh, Wyoming!" towards the end. (On the left in blue!) Watch it here! And here's a behind-the-scenes look that Barrett appears in briefly.
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