Voluminous Bio for Garrett

The “production staff” list in the program for “Beauty Shop,” at the Pantages, makes for fascinating reading. Shelly Garrett is listed first, as executive producer and writer/director/producer. Then, following 10 fairly normal credits (but no set, lighting or sound designer) comes a list of 13 people who are assistants “to” or “for Mr. Garrett.”

The list includes two executive secretaries, a personal business manager, a personal accountant, a head of security, four personal security guards, a personal assistant, a personal fashion consultant, a fleet manager and a personal driver.

The program also includes a two-page biography of Garrett, which begins by describing him as “a man of endless talents” and ends with “Bravo, Shelly, Bravo!” Among the bio’s other points: “For those who really know Shelly Garrett, the private man, his generosity is legendary--not just to friends and family, but to strangers, especially the downtroddened. When approached by charities he’s always there, and when panhandled on the street for a quarter, he regularly gives a hundred dollars or more.”

This is the same producer/writer who was sued by some of the original investors in “Beauty Shop,” who claim they haven’t received a cent from their investment--or a proper accounting.

“He’s generous in the wrong way,” said Sylvia White, one of the investors, referring to the program bio. “He takes care of the wrong people. Take care of business first.”

Neither Garrett nor his attorney would return Times telephone calls. Gene Harter, attorney for the group of investors, said that both sides have agreed to an accounting of the “Beauty Shop” books, supervised by a private judge, but they disagree on how to pay for it.

Harter also contends that the investors are due something from the TV sale of “Beauty Shop”; the ABC series that grew out of it, “New Attitude,” premiered Wednesday.

WESTWOOD WATCH: Andrea Marcovicci, actress and cabaret singer, brings her music to a theatrical forum, the Westwood Playhouse, Sept. 4-16, in “What Is Love?” billed as “a theatrical concert” that uses selections from musicals to tell “the story of a love affair from beginning to end.”