"Cheryl Barnes Is Starring In Godspell", The Westfield Leader, June 14, 1973. Accessed October 13, 2021. "Cheryl Barnes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Barnes of Westfield, is one of the stars of the international hit play Godspell.... A graduate of Westfield High School, Cheryl attended Union Junior College before going to New York and making her theatrical debut in The Last Sweet Days of Isaac".
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Allis, Samuel. "Cheryl Barnes, One Song Later", The Washington Post, May 6, 1979. Accessed October 13, 2021. "Barnes grew up the oldest of five children in a middle class family in the middle class town of Westfield, N.J., 'where everyone is supposed to go to college.'"