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James Starbuck (March 13, 1912, Albuquerque, New Mexico – August 13, 1997, Beverly Hills, California) was an American choreographer, ballet dancer, musical theatre actor, and stage and television director. He studied modern dance with Martha Graham and ballet with Adolph Bolm, Edward Caton, Vera Nemtchinova, and Anatole Oboukhov. He was a principal dancer with first the San Francisco Opera Ballet from 1935-1938 and then the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo from 1938-1944. He was notably the first American man to dance with the latter company. He portrayed roles in the original productions of several Broadway musicals, including both Freddy and Tito in Song of Norway (1944), Ivan Petrofski in Musi…
On stage 6 productions, 5 years
| 1943 | The Merry Widow Majestic Theatre · Revival · directed by Felix Brentano | 322 perf. |
| 1944 | Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo City Center · Revival · directed by Sergei J. Denham | 27 perf. |
| 1944 | Song of Norway Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Edwin Lester, Charles K. Freeman | 860 perf. |
| 1946 | The Winter's Tale Cort Theatre · Revival · directed by B. Iden Payne | 39 perf. |
| 1947 | Music in My Heart Adelphi Theatre · Original · directed by Hassard Short | 124 perf. |
| 1948 | Sleepy Hollow St James Theatre · Original · directed by John O'Shaughnessy | 12 perf. |
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Worked with more than once12 names
| Pauline Goddard | 2 productions |
| Olga Suarez | 2 productions |
| Nina Popova | 2 productions |
| Maria Tallchief | 2 productions |
| Margaret Ritter | 2 productions |
| Jean Handzlik | 2 productions |
| Dorothy Etheridge | 2 productions |
| Barbara Cole | 2 productions |
| Audrey Dearden | 2 productions |
| Alexandra Danilova | 2 productions |
| Alexander Goudovitch | 2 productions |
| Alan Banks | 2 productions |
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In the literature2 passages
- Direction : “Staged” by Hassard Short (“scenes directed” by Mr. Robert Edwin Clark, Esq. [Bobby Clark]); Producer : Michael Todd; Choreography : James Starbuck; Scenery : Howard Bay; Costumes : Irene Sharaff; Lighting : Hassard Short; Musical Direction : Clay WarnickComplete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
- Direction : Jose Ferrer; Producers : Howard Merrill and Theatre Corporation of America; Choreography : James Starbuck; Scenery and Lighting : Jo Mielziner; Costumes : Miles White; Musical Direction : Jay BlacktonComplete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
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