[6] Private equity firm North Castle Partners announced an investment in July 2015 in which they purchased the majority of the company.
[7][8] Two years later, in 2017, Barry’s began expanding further, opening studios in the American cities Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., as well as in international cities Toronto, Calgary, Milan, Stockholm, Sydney, and Dubai.
[5] In 2019, the Red Room expanded across more cities around the US including Houston, Charlotte, and Philadelphia.
[10] Classes are either 50 or 60 minutes and consist of alternating intervals of running on treadmills and lifting weights on the floor.
In the sketch, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez auditions to become a Barry’s instructor.