James Barbour Biography (1966-)

Born April 25, 1966, in Cherry Hill (some sources cite Mount Holly), NJ; father, a construction worker. Addresses: Office: Treehouse Entertainment,2565 Broadway, Suite 528, New York, NY 10025.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, singer, producer, writer
Birth Details: April 25, 1966; New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Class Clown (musical), TheatreWorks USA, New York City, 1990-91
Jodelet and understudy for Christian, Cyrano--The Musical (musical), Neil Simon Theatre, New York City, 1993-94
David Kaplan, Milk and Honey, American Jewish Theatre, Greenwald Theatre, New York City, 1994
Billy Bigelow, Carousel (musical), Lincoln Center, Vivian BeaumontTheater, New York City, 1994-95
Jesus, Godspell (musical), Los Angeles, 1996
Fascinating Rhythm (musical), Hartford State Company, Hartford, CT, 1997
The beast, Beauty and the Beast (musical), Palace Theatre, New York City, 1998
Lancelot, Camelot (musical), Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera, Santa Barbara, CA, 1998
Lerner, Loewe, Lane, and Friends, Luckman Theatre, Los Angeles, 1998
Avow (workshop), Century Theatre, New York City, 1999
Jason Robert Brown and Friends: Works and Process, Peter Lewis Theater at the Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 1999
The Wild Party (workshop of musical), Class Stage Company, 1999
Travis, The Gift (musical), Tiffany Theater, West Hollywood, CA, c. 2000
Edward Fairfax Rochester and (as Marje Bubrosa) gypsy woman, Jane Eyre (musical), La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA, 2000, then Brooks AtkinsonTheatre, New York City, 2000-2001
The actor, Enter the Guardsman (musical), Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 2001
Mitch, Adrift in Macao (musical), New York Stage and Film Theatre,Powerhouse Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2002
Reverend Lee, The Foreigner, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA, 2002
Back from Broadway, Actors Fund of America, Lincoln Center, VivianBeaumont Theater, 2002
Office Lockstock, Urinetown: The Musical (musical), New York International Fringe Festival, New York City, later Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 2003, also produced in workshop
Oscar Jaffe, Twentieth Century, Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA,2003
Leon Czolgosz, Assassins (musical), Roundabout Theatre Company, Studio 54, New York City, 2004
Stars in the Alley (concert), Shubert Alley, New York City, 2004
Voices for Change--A Benefit Concert to Take Back the White House(concert), New York City, 2004
Appeared as Master Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and as Tom Sawyer, A Spinning Tale, both New York City; in The Bug and Zeke's Vision, both Norfolk Southern New Play Festival; as Father Frollo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, as Malvolio, Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night; or, What You Will), and as William Brown, TheGreat God Brown, all regional productions; as Fred, Saved; as a member of the chorus, Polly (musical), as Thomas Jefferson, 1776(musical); and in Jekyll & Hyde (musical). Appeared in various workshop productions, including A Tale of Two Cities (musical). Appearedin various benefit concerts.
Major Tours
Major Shelley, The Secret Garden (musical), U.S. cities, 1992
Back from Broadway, U.S. cities, 2001-2003

Stage Work
Coproducer, Back from Broadway, tour of U.S. cities, 2001-2003, and Actors Fund of America, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City, 2002
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Jasper, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, First Standard Media, 1993
Twinkle Toes, 1999
Singing voice of mayor, Eight Crazy Nights (animated; also known as Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights and Whitey and Davey), Columbia/TriStar, 2002
Troy Rollins, Alchemy, Black Sand Pictures/Enlightenment Productions, 2005
Some sources cite appearances in the films The Tell-Tale Heart andWaiting for Lefty.
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Thomas Jefferson, "John and Abigail Adams," The American Experience, PBS, 2005
Movies
First reporter, Houdini, TNT, 1998
Specials
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II (also known as Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II), PBS, 1995
Singing voice of beast, Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice (also known as Disney's Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice), CBS, 1996
Cyrano-The Musical, 1997
Awards Presentations
The 55th Annual Tony Awards, CBS and PBS, 2001
The 58th Annual Tony Awards (also known as The 2004 Tony Awards), CBS, 2004
Episodic
Voices of Andrew, second police officer, and thug, "Eclipse," The RealAdventures of Jonny Quest (animated; also known as Jonny Quest and Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures), The Cartoon Network, TBS, and syndicated, 1996
Preppie guy, "The Freak Show," Sex and the City, HBO, 1999
Rick, "Sex in the Suburbs," That's Life, CBS, 2001
"Mr. Wrong," That's Life, CBS, 2001
Fred, "New School," Ed (also known as Stuckeyville), NBC, 2003
Pilots
Robert, Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 1997
The District, CBS, 2000
Flashpoint (also known as E.I.S.: Epidemiologic Intelligence Service and M.E.D.S.: Mobile Epidemic Defense Squad), ABC, c. 2002
Appeared in the pilot The Game, ABC.
RECORDINGS
Albums
Lerner, Loewe, Lane, and Friends, 1998
The Gift (cast recording), Geffen Records, 2000
Jane Eyre (cast recording), Sony Classics, 2000
Assassins (cast recording), PS Classics, 2004
Love Songs, 2004
Appeared in the cast recording of Back from Broadway.
WRITINGS
Writings for the Stage
(With Hershey Felder) Back from Broadway, tour of U.S. cities, 2001-2003, also Actors Fund of America, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater,New York City, 2002
Author of Splinters; author of screenplays and television pilots.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

Broadway.com, http://amazing-journey.com, November 11, 2004
James Barbour Official Site, http://www.jamesbarbour.com, October29, 2004
Playbill Online, http://www.playbill.com, January 2, 2001
Time Online, http://www.time.com, May 17, 2001

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