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Anette Barrios-Torres is a bilingual Cuban-American artist, performer and web designer originally from Miami, FL. A graduate of Oklahoma City University, she has appeared in Sunday in the Park with George, The House of Bernarda Alba, Children of Eden and In the Heights. Other regional credits include The Sound of Music, Carousel, Grease. She is currently playing Eliza Doolittle on the Broadway national tour of Bartlett Sher’s Lincoln Center Theatre production of My Fair Lady. Whether it be through theatre, music or writing, she aims to bring light to a space, leading with grounded curiosity and a sense of play.

Photo by Joan Marcus

THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW

“The audience embraced [her] with applause from the moment she stepped onstage, before she had uttered a single note. Torres’ Cockney-accented whine is wondrously contrasted when she finally lets loose with her glorious soprano and rewards the audience’s adoration with her powerful belt.

Torres sings showstoppers such as “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” and “I Could Have Danced All Night” with seeming effortless pleasure. Her scrappy delivery of the more angry numbers, “Show Me” and “Without You” are high points, with goosebump-raising trills and a flair for acting that takes the audience along with her on her rollercoaster of emotions.