James Barbour | |
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Born |
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S. |
April 25, 1966
Occupation | Actor, singer |
Years active | 1993–present |
Spouse(s) | Dana Stackpole |
James Barbour (born April 25, 1966), is an American singer and Broadway actor.
Barbour was born April 25, 1966 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He graduated from Hofstra University.
In late 2007, he performed the role of Sydney Carton in a world premiere pre-Broadway musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities at the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida.
It was announced in January 2015 that Barbour would take the role of Phantom in the Broadway musical Phantom of the Opera. He was cast once more as Sydney Carton in the Broadway musical adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities, which opened for preview on August 19, 2008, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York.
He also starred on Broadway in such Tony Award-winning and nominated shows as Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Carousel, Jane Eyre (for which he was nominated for a Drama League Award), Urinetown, and Stephen Sondheim's Assassins.
As of February 9, 2015, he has been performing the title role in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.
He started a holiday-concert series in 2008, launching it at Sardis restaurant in New York singing many Holiday classics. Each performance featured a guest star. These guest stars included Brandi Burkhardt, Natalie Toro, Deborah Gibson, Marla Schaffel, Marc Kudisch, and Kevin Earley.