Barbour, James 1966–

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BARBOUR, James 1966–

(Marje Bubrosa)

PERSONAL

Born April 25, 1966, in Cherry Hill (some sources cite Mount Holly), NJ; father, a construction worker. Education: Hofstra University, degree in theatre and English; trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. Religion: Buddhist. Avocational Interests: Photography.

Addresses:

Office—Treehouse Entertainment, 2565 Broadway, Suite 528, New York, NY 10025.

Career:

Actor, singer, producer, and writer. Treehouse Entertainment (production company), New York City, founder, c. 1999; Laughing Dog Entertainment (production company), partner; performer in concerts, including soloist with Indianapolis Pops Orchestra. Writer of television pilots and screenplays. Creative Coalition, member. Worked at Hackers, Hitters, and Hoops (indoor sports facility), New York City; also worked as a carnival worker and photographer in Ocean City, NJ.

Member:

Actors' Equity Association.

Awards, Honors:

Drama League Award, c. 2000, for Jane Eyre; Garland Award, L.A. Weekly, best performance, 2002, for Back from Broadway.

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 Beaumont Theater, 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 Atkinson Theatre, 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, Vivian Beaumont 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, The Great 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). Appeared in 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 and Waiting for Lefty.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Thomas Jefferson, "John and Abigail Adams," The American Experience, PBS, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

First reporter, Houdini, TNT, 1998.

Television Appearances; 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.

Television Appearances; 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.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Voices of Andrew, second police officer, and thug, "Eclipse," The Real Adventures 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.

Television Appearances; 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.