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Barry Scott | A Man For All Seasons |
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 Reprinted form Nashville Arts Magazine - see link
“I have more directing credits under my belt the past five years than acting credits,” says Barry Scott.
That’s saying something, given that Scott is arguably Nashville’s finest actor and clearly Music City’s highest-profiled theatrical performer nationally. Those stentorian promotions you hear coming out of the television during ESPN’s NBA broadcasts are just one of Scott’s numerous gigs
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BARRY SCOTT’S "AIN’T GOT LONG TO STAY HERE" |
 AIN’T GOT LONG TO STAY HERE GRABS THE AUDIENCE— AND NEVER LETS THEM GO
Gifted Nashville Actor Re-Creates the Civil Rights Era, Conjures the Spirit of Dr. King, and Leaves a Diverse Crowd Much to Ponder About the True Color of Race Relations
First-time audiences for Barry Scott’s Ain’t Got Long to Stay Here might go into it thinking they’ll be experiencing the performance of a Martin Luther King, Jr., imitator. Without question, this one-man tour de force draws a lot of its strength from King’s key speeches and writings, and, when he wants to, Scott—one of the country’s premier actors, African American or otherwise—is capable of finding and dramatically re-creating the great civil rights leader’s stirring rhythms and powerful exhortations.
But Scott is no imitator. He’s a stage veteran gifted with commanding presence and a flexible voice that can croon as easily as it bellows. He uses his broad range to create diverse characters, both black and white, both comic and deadly serious, that offer a mosaic of those critical days in the 1960s, when the struggle for racial equality became a lightning-rod issue that begat protest, violence, in some cases death, and forced the eyes of America to focus on events in the South.
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Rave Review
“Phenomenal, amazing, absolutely perfect. It was standing room only and Barry had students lined up to meet him after his performance…he must have stayed an additional hour just answering their questions.” Kerri Ellington
Franklin College, Franklin, IN
“We love Barry Scott! The show went incredibly well and he was amazing.” Elisa Dunman
Carson Newman College, Jefferson City, TN
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