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James Barbour
Award winning Broadway Star and International Concert Artist

LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards
Born April 25, 1966, in Cherry Hill, NJ. Married, two children
Graduate of Hofstra University on Long Island with a degree in Acting and a minor in Philosophy
Attended RADA - The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, UK.

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JAMES BARBOUR was nominated for the Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Sydney Carton in the Broadway musical version of A Tale of Two Cities, and won the Sarasota Magazine Best Actor Award for the Asolo Rep pre-Broadway production. He has starred on Broadway in such Tony-Award winning shows as Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast as The Beast, Carousel as Billy Bigelow, Urinetown as Officer Lockstock and as Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre (Drama League Award nomination). He also appeared in the Broadway production of Cyrano and the national tour of The Secret Garden. He also won an LA WEEKLY Garland Award for his his self-produced stage show Broadway in Concert.

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I am so incredibly excited for the future,” Barbour told Playbill.
“The arts, and specifically Broadway, allow a tremendous platform for artist to be a catalyst
for positive change in the world.
This is what I want to do with my art, this is how I am dedicating my life.”
Actor, Singer, Speaker, Narrator, live event Host, Radio and TV Host, Producer, Director, Writer, Coach/Mentor. 
.1990/91 - Stage Appearance
.1992 -       Major Tour
.1993 -       Film Appearance
.1993 -       Broadway
.1993/94 - Stage Appearance
.1994 -       Stage Appearance
.1994/95 - Broadway
.1995 -       TV, Special
.1996 -       Stage Appearance
.1996 -       TV, Special
.1996 -       TV, Episodic
.1997 -       Stage Appearance
.1997 -       TV, Special
.1997 -       TV, Pilot
.1997 -       Stage Appearance
.1998 -       Broadway
.1998 -       Stage Appearance
.1998 -       Stage Appearance
.1998 -       Movie 
.1998 -       Recording
.1999 -       Stage Appearance
.1999 -       Stage Appearance
.1999 -       Stage Appearance
.1999 -       Film Appearance
.1999 -       TV, Episodic
.2000 -       Stage Appearance
.2000/01 - Stage Appearance
.2000         Broadway
.2000         TV, Pilot
.2000         Recording
.2000         Recording
.2001 -       Stage Appearance
.2001         Broadway
.2001 -       Performer
.2001 -       TV, Episodic
.2001 -       TV, Episodic
.2001/03  - Major Tour
.2001/03  - Stage Work
.2002 -        Writing
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.2002 -         Film Appearance
.2002 -         Stage Appearance
.2002 -         Stage Appearance
.2002 -         Stage Appearance
.2002 -         Stage Work          
.2002 -         TV, Pilot
.2002 -         Stage Appearance
.2003 -         Stage Appearance
.2003 -         Stage Appearance
.2003 -         TV, Episodic
.2003 -         Stage Appearance
.2004 -         Performer
.2004 -         Benefit Concert     
.2004 -         Performance
.2004 -         Recording            
.2004 -         Recording             
.2005 -         TV, Miniserie        
.2005 -         Film Appearance
.2008           Broadway
.2008           Workshop
.2008           Recording
.2008           Performer-Producer
.2009           Benefit Concert
.2009           Recording
.2009           Recording
.2009           Performer
.2009           Producer, Performer
.2009           Stage Appearance
.2010           Recording
.2010           Recording
.2010           Benefit Event
.2010           Benefit Event
.2010           Performer
.2010           Stage Appearance
.2010           Stage Appearance
.2010           Producer/Performer
.2011           Recording
.2011           Recording
.2011           Benefit Event
.2011           Performer
.2011           Stage Appearance
.2011           Performer-Producer
.2012
.2012           Benefit Concert
.2012           Stage Appearance
.2012           Solo Concert
.2012           Benefit Event
.2012           Performer-Producer
.2012/2014  Radio Host
.2013           Stage Appearance
.2013           Recording
.2013           Performer
.2013           Performer
.2013           Performer/Producer
.2013           Voice
.2014           Stage Appearance
.2014           Solo Concert
.2014           Stage Appearance
.2014           TV, Voice
.2014           Award
.2014           Performer
.2014           Performer-Producer
.2015/2017 Stage Appearance
.2015           Performer-Producer
.2015           Performer-Producer
.2016           Performer-Producer
.2016           Performer
.2016           Award
.2016           Documentary
.2017           Performer-Producer
.2017           Speaker/Performer
.2017           Performer
.2017           Benefit Event
.2017           Benefit Event
.2017           Holiday Concert
.2017           Performer
.2017           Performer
.2018           Performer
.2018           Performer
.2018           Performer
.2018           Performer/Producer
.2018           Performer/Producer
.2019           Performer
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Class Clown (musical), TheatreWorks USA, NYC
Major Shelley, The Secret Garden (musical), U.S. cities,
(Uncredited) Jasper, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, First Standard Media,
Ensemble, Cyrano: The Musical
Jodelet and understudy for Christian, Cyrano--The Musical (musical), Neil Simon Theatre, NYC,
David Kaplan, Milk and Honey, American Jewish Theatre, Greenwald Theatre, NYC,
Billy Bigelow, Carousel (musical), Lincoln Center, Vivian BeaumontTheater, NYC,
Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II, PBS,
Jesus, Godspell (musical), Los Angeles,
Singing voice of beast. Disney's Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice), CBS,
Voice of Andrew, 2nd. police officer, "Eclipse",The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Network,  TBS,
Fascinating Rhythm (musical), Hartford State Company, Hartford, CT,
Cyrano-The Musical
Robert, Just Shoot Me!, NBC,
Father Frollo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville, TN.
The beast, Beauty and the Beast (musical), Palace Theatre, New York City,
Lancelot, Camelot (musical), Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera, Santa Barbara, CA,
Lerner, Loewe, Lane, and Friends, Luckman Theatre, Los Angeles,
First reporter, Houdini, TNT,
Lerner, Loewe, Lane, and Friends,
Avow (workshop), Century Theatre, New York City,
Jason Robert Brown and Friends: Works and Process, Peter Lewis Theater at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC,
The Wild Party (workshop of musical), Class Stage Company,
Twinkle Toes
Preppie guy, "The Freak Show," Sex and the City, HBO,
Travis, The Gift (musical), Tiffany Theater, West Hollywood, CA,
Edward Fairfax Rochester and Marje Bubrosa gypsy woman, Jane Eyre (musical), La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA,
Edward Fairfax Rochester and Marje Bubrosa gypsy woman, Jane Eyre (musical), Brooks AtkinsonTheatre, NYC,
The District, CBS,
The Gift (cast recording), Geffen Records
Jane Eyre (cast recording), Sony Classics,
The actor, Enter the Guardsman (musical), Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA,
Officer Lockstock, Urinetown, The Henry Miller Theatre, NYC
The 55th Annual Tony Awards, CBS and PBS,
Rick, "Sex in the Suburbs," That's Life, CBS,
"Mr. Wrong," That's Life, CBS, 2001
Back from Broadway, U.S. cities,
Back from Broadway, U.S. cities and Actors Fund of America, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC,
(With Hershey Felder) Back from Broadway, tour of U.S. cities, also Actors Fund of America, Lincoln Center,
Vivian Beaumont Theater,NYC
Singing voice of mayor, Eight Crazy Nights (animated), Columbia/TriStar,
Mitch, Adrift in Macao (musical), New York Stage and Film Theatre,Powerhouse Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY,
Reverend Lee, The Foreigner, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA,
Back from Broadway, Actors Fund of America, Lincoln Center, VivianBeaumont Theater,
Coproducer, Back from Broadway, tour of U.S. cities,
Flashpoint - E.I.S.: Epidemiologic Intelligence Service and M.E.D.S.: Mobile Epidemic Defense Squad), ABC,
Mitch, Adrift in Macao, Powerhouse Theater Mainstage, Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Office Lockstock, Urinetown: The Musical, NY International Fringe Festival, later Henry Miller's Theatre, NYC,
Oscar Jaffe, Twentieth Century, Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA
Fred, "New School," Ed (also known as Stuckeyville), NBC,
Leon Czolgosz, Assassins (musical), Roundabout Theatre Company, Studio 54, New York City,
Stars in the Alley (concert), Shubert Alley, NYC,
Voices for Change--A Benefit Concert to Take Back the White House(concert), New York City,
The 55th Annual Tony Awards (also known as The 2004 Tony Awards), CBS, 2004
Assassins (cast recording), PS Classics,
Love Songs,
Thomas Jefferson, "John and Abigail Adams," The American Experience, PBS
Troy Rollins, Alchemy, Black Sand Pictures/Enlightenment Productions,
Sydney Carton, A Tale of Two Cities
Edmund Dantes/The Count of Monte Cristo, The Count of Monte Cristo, Musical, NYC
Broadway in Concert
Holiday Concert
'The Leading Men IV,' a benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, at Birdland, NYC
A Tale of Two Cities - Live in Concert
Gift of Christmas
Benefit Event at Hofstra University, at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, Long Island, NY.
James Barbour sings LOVE SONGS at Sardi's, NYC
Thomas Jefferson, 1776 (musical); Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ
Bring Me Giants
Walk with Me - Single for Relief
Pasadena Playhouse Event Walk with Me
Nightlife Awards hosted by Bruce Vilanch at Town Hall, NYC
Gala Concert, Drama League Fetes Angela Lansbury, A Musical Celebration of Broadway, February 8, at the Pierre Hotel
Stanton Carlisle, Nightmare Alley, at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
Holiday Concert Tour in U.S. cities.
14th annual Broadway Blessing service held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York.
Dracula, The Musical - The Studio Cast Recording
Tears of Heaven - The Concept Recording
14th Annual Broadway Blessing
Daddy Hogan, Anna Nicole, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC
Holiday Concert
South Korea *
Bill Sykes, Oliver! The Irish Repertory Theatre's 2012 Annual Benefit Gala, NYC
Serrano D'Angelo in Serrano, The Musical, Foxwoods Studios, Studio A, NYC
The release of his CD "Bring Me Giants", Sardi's, NYC
Assassins Cast Reunites for Exclusive Concert for a one-night-only benefit reading of the musical at Studio 54
Holiday Concert
"Star Power Hour" presented by ForTalent.com on Thursdays at 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
Sean Enright, Donnybrook, The Irish Repertory Theatre, NYC
Poetic License 100 Poems/100 Performers - Poem If, by By Rudyard Kipling
Michael Childers Presents One Night Only Benefiting Jewish Family Service, McCallum Theatre.
Cal Phil presents Rodgers, Hammerstein and Gershwin, in Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA, CA.
Holiday Concert
Mad (TV Series) as John Cena / Cop Chef Announcer
Jean Valjean, Les Miserables, La Mirada Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. Won Lead Actor in a Musical LA Stage.
James Barbour in Concert - celebrating movie musicals. Celebrity Centre International, Hollywood, CA
Darryl Van Horne, Witches of Eastwick, at Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit, Maine.
Nat Geo Wild, Leopard Ultimate Survivor
LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards
Musical Monday - "TRADITION, THE JEWISH LEGACY OF BROADWAY" - Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA
The Spirit of Christmas
The Phantom, The Phantom of the Opera, at The Majestic Theater, NYC
POTO Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber, Birdland, NYC
Holiday Concert
The Phantom Cast sings Frank Windhorn, Birdland, NYC
Broadway in the Boros at St. Mary's Park in the Bronx on August 19, 2016 in New York City.
“Shining Star” Award for his excellence on Broadway and his charitables commitments.
Working in The Theater, Season 38, Episode 9, Make up, A character on stage is shaped by many factors.
The Phantom Cast sings Rogers and Hammerstein
10XGrowthCon, an entrepreneurial business conference held by New York Times, Florida.
Broadway on the Rhône River with a Concert at the Cathedral of St. Vincent in Viviers, France.
Broadway Barks
Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction
Holiday Concert 2017 - 9th Year - Birdlandjazz
NYC & Company Foundation - Visionaries & Voices Gala 2017
Final Bow at The Phantom of The Opera - at The Majestic Theater, NYC
Neil Berg’s 100 Years Of Broadway - South Point Casino - Las Vegas
Alan Jay Lerner: A Centennial Celebration 2018 Irish Repertory Theatre Gala
Phantom meets Puccini - Walt Disney Concert Hall LA, CA
A Tale of Two Cities - 10th Anniversary Reunion - Birdland - NYC
Holiday Concert - 2018 - 10th Anniversary
1776 The Musical - La Mirada Theater, Los Angeles, California
 
 
Author of Splinters; author of screenplays and television pilots.
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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 Malvolio, Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night; or, What You Will),
and as William Brown, The Great God Brown, all regional productions;
as Fred, Saved; as a member of the chorus, Polly (musical),
and in Jekyll & Hyde (musical).
Appeared in various workshop productions, including A Tale of Two Cities (musical).
Appeared in various benefit concerts.
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