Barbara Walsh (born June 3, 1955)[1] is an American musical theatre actress who has appeared in several prominent Broadway productions.
[4] Walsh is known for her role as Trina in the Tony Award-winning original Broadway production of William Finn and James Lapine's Falsettos (1992).
[7] Walsh previously made her Broadway debut in 1982 in the cast of musical revue Rock 'N Roll!
[8] She played Joanne in the 2006 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company, for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination.
Walsh performed Off-Broadway in Forbidden Broadway in the mid-1980s, parodying figures such as Barbra Streisand and Bernadette Peters.
Later in 2015, she appeared in Michael John LaChiusa's First Daughter Suite at The Public Theater, playing the role of Pat Nixon.
[25] In 2014, she played Margaret White in Studio 2ndStage's Carrie: the Musical,[26] a role for which she won a Helen Hayes Award.
[27] In April 2016, it was announced that Walsh would join the cast of new musical Presto Change-O as part of Barrington Stage Company's 2016 season.
[33] Walsh is married to Jack Cummings III, the artistic director of Transport Group Theatre Company.