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James Barbour

ActorBorn 1966On stage 1993 to 20128 productions on this page

James Barbour (born April 25, 1966) is an American singer and theatre actor who played the title role in the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera from February 2015 until December 2017. Among his other credits are the Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre and Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. In 2008, Barbour pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and he admitted to engaging in sexual activities with a 15-year-old on more than one occasion.

On stage

8 productions, 19 years
1993
Cyrano - The MusicalBroadway Neil Simon Theatre. Original. Directed by Eddy Habbema
137 performances
1994
Beauty and the BeastBroadway Palace Theatre. Original. Directed by Robert Jess Roth
5,461 performances
1994
CarouselBroadway Vivian Beaumont Theater. Revival. Directed by Nicholas Hytner
337 performances
2000
Jane EyreBroadway Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Revival. Directed by Scott Schwartz
209 performances
2004
Assassins (2004 Revival)Broadway Studio 54. Revival. Directed by Joe Mantello
101 performances
2008
A Tale Of Two CitiesBroadway Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Original. Directed by Warren Carlyle
60 performances
2011
CamelotBroadway Shubert Theatre. Revival. Directed by Moss Hart
1 performance
2012
Assassins (2004 Revival)Broadway Studio 54. Original. Directed by Joe Mantello

Worked with more than once

12 names

Also credited on

1 work

The Phantom of the Opera

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