reviews
Mame February 19, 2008
TalkinBroadway.com “...prime scene stealers are ... Taryn Darr, an absolute riot as the vacuous, vapid and dim Gloria Upson...” February 16, 2008
The Seattle Times ”...Gloria (funny Taryn Darr), the sweetheart of the adult Patrick...” Footlight Awards Seattle Times ‘04 Stellar Acting: Taryn Darr in South Pacific.   South Pacific Friday, September 24, 2004 
'South Pacific' tackles love and war 
Seattle Times
By Misha Berson .....At the top of the list: the committed, rewarding performances by Taryn Darr as perky Navy nurse Ensign Nellie Forbush...
....with Darr charming the coconuts off the palm trees singing "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy,"... Friday, November 5, 2004
'Enchanted evening' not to be missed
By Lynnie Ford
Special to The Herald ....."South Pacific" requires a dynamic, charismatic Nellie, and Darr more than fits the bill. With an incredible voice, vibrant, buoyant personality, and vivacious spirit, the blonde ball of energy charms not only the older Emile but the whole audience. Thursday, September 23, 2004
'South Pacific': An enchanted evening
By GIANNI TRUZZI
SPECIAL TO THE POST-INTELLIGENCER .....Taryn Darr offers an able performance as Nellie Forbush, a young nurse from Arkansas stationed on a South Seas island during World War II. She warbles cheerfully through some of the show's most cherished numbers, such as "I'm in Love With a Wonderful Guy," and her sunny energy is a fun ride as she showers through "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair." One To Watch
Seattle Times
By Misha Berson Taryn Darr
It ain't easy to be a perky blond musical theater ingénue these days, without seeming hopelessly retro or plastic.
So what Seattle performer has the stuff to scamper into the sandprints left by Mary Martin (and, in the film version, by Mitzi Gaynor), in the role of Nellie Forbush (the "cockeyed optimist" Army nurse in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific")? 
Our hunch is artistic director Steve Tomkins made the right choice when he tapped Taryn Darr to tackle the part at Village Theatre this fall. 
Darr, a 1999 University of Washington grad, is fair-haired and ebullient, natch. But she's also a fetching singer, a snappy dancer and an easy-on-the-nerves stage personality — or so we've seen in her past turns in "Babes in Arms" and "Grease" at the Village. 
Nellie, though, is a taller order: a spunky gal whose ingrained prejudices almost get the best of her during a World War II romance. You need a real actor-dancer-singer triple threat to play Ensign Forbush. If Darr really is one, here's her chance to glimmer.   The Ark Talkin’Broadway.com .....Taryn Darr is engaging and exuberant as the married-to-a-mama's-boy bride Martha and puts across the show's most pleasant number, "I've Got A Man Who Loves Me" (complete with Tomkins' own winking dream ballet interlude), with charm and assurance. Seattle Post-Intelligencer .....Taryn Darr and Brandon Kuwada are superbly cast as the virginal newlyweds in search of some, ahem, "quality" time together on a crowded boat  Babes in Arms Seattle Times …Darr is a find: a flirty dish who doesn't play dumb. ...a scene-stealing delight...
A Chorus Line
Tuesday, February 04, 2003
The Seattle Times: Entertainment & the Arts
.....Taryn Darr, a snazzy local performer, also has a good turn. She sparkles as Val, the unblinking realist who belts out the dishy "Dance: Ten, Looks: Three" — surely the best musical case ever made for the joys of plastic surgery.
February 5 - 11, 2003
Seattle Weekly
.....but only Taryn Darr pops out to deliver a number like she knows it's her big moment. Her ode to "tits and ass" has the show stopping kick the rest of this Line never manages.
February, 2003
Seattle Gay News
....Seattle's Taryn Darr literally stopped the show with her powerhouse delivery of "Dance: 10, Looks: 3," better know as the comic "Tits & Ass."
 
At a crossroads at 25: Village Theatre balances taking risks, pleasing patrons

By Misha Berson
Seattle Times theatre critic
"...the strongest theater talent the Seattle region has to offer — ...Taryn Darr et al."
 
Chicago
Monday, July 7, 2003
Spokesman-review.com
....Taryn Darr, a new find out of Seattle, can sing and dance rings around Renee Zellweger as Roxie. Darr has the same look -- compact feisty blonde —but she can sell a song with far more authority.
 
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Saturday, July 26, 2003

Spokesman-review.com
....Sometimes the characters are the stars of novelty numbers, such as the shimmying dynamo of "Teach Me How to Shimmy," played with delicious rat-a-tat energy by Taryn Darr.
 
Dominoes
June 26, 2003
Film Threat
by KJ Doughton
.....The movie’s fresh-faced actors are all top-notch, especially Taryn Darr as Ava, who puts her neck on the line to save a relationship that’s been threatened by reckless gossip. Gifting this sincere, honest character with intelligent strength, you get the impression that Ava is the one destined to emerge from these pre-marriage growing pains unscathed and happy.
 
 
110 In the Shade
The Seattle Times
.....Most impressive were two promising and adroit young talents on the Seattle musicals scene: Taryn Darr, as the jazzy little flirt Snookie.....
 
Grease
Talkin’Broadway.com
.....Taryn Darr plays Sandy with a bit more sass and a bit less saccharine than some, which adds believability to her climactic "trampsformation", and she belts baleful teen queen laments with sincerity.
 
Footlight Awards 1999
Seattle Times
Great Performances (Musicals): Taryn Darr in "Babes in Arms”