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Brian d'Arcy James...
Will be appearing in the pilot episode of Cashmere Mafia on ABC this Fall. Brian will soon be appearing in Irving Berlin's White Christmas at the Wang Center in Boston for the Christmas 2007 season. He will then be seen in Second Stage Theater's production of Next to Normal (music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and directed by Michael Greif) in early 2008. Brian most recently starred in the Roundabout Theater's Broadway production of The Apple Tree with Kristen Chenoweth. Other recent Broadway credits include Brian playing the role of Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and originating the role of Brendan in The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh. He received a Tony nomination and Drama Desk nomination for his portrayal of Sidney Falco in the Broadway production of Sweet Smell of Success. Other Broadway credits include Titanic; Carousel; Blood Brothers; Les Miserables (national tour). Brian's solo performance in The Keen Company's production of The Good Thief by Conor McPherson garnered him an OBIE Award as well as a Drama Desk nomination, Outer Critics Circle Nomination, Backstage Garland Award, and LA Weekly Award. Additional Off Broadway credits include The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Atlantic); The Pavilion (Rattlestick); Flight (Melting Pot); a star turn in the City Center Encores production of Pardon My English; Manhattan Theater Club's The Wild Party (Drama Desk Nomination); Ancestral Voices (LCT); Public Enemy (Irish Arts); Floyd Collins (Playwright's Horizons); Irving Berlin's White Christmas (San Francisco and Los Angeles companies). Film and Television credits include: Cashmere Mafia; Rescue Me; The Education of Max Bickford; Kennedy Center Honors; PBS Great Performances: Rogers and Hart; Neurotica; Exiled; Sax and Violins. Numerous recordings and concert appearances. Brian's solo debut Christmas album From Christmas Eve to Christmas Morn is available at www.briandjames.com. BS, Theater: Northwestern University. Board Member: OBIE award winning Keen Company.

Awards and Nominations

LA Weekly Theater Award The Good Thief Solo Performance '03
Backstage West Garland Award The Good Thief Solo Performance '03
Tony Award NominationSweet Smell of SuccessFeatured Actor in a Musical '02
Drama Desk NominationSweet Smell of SuccessFeatured Actor in a Musical '02
Outer Critics NominationSweet Smell of SuccessFeatured Actor in a Musical '02
OBIE AwardThe Good ThiefOutstanding Solo Performance '01
Drama Desk NominationThe Good ThiefOutstanding Solo Performance '01
Drama Desk NominationThe Wild PartyLeading Actor in a Musical '00
Drama League HonorTitanic '98
Drama League HonorThe Wild Party '00
Drama League HonorSweet Smell of Success '02
FANY AwardTitanicFeatured Actor in a Musical '98

Recordings

From Christmas Eve to Christmas Mornin production/BdJ Christmas Album
CarouselRCA Victor
Floyd CollinsNonesuch
Myths and HymnsNonesuch
TitanicRCA Victor
The Wild PartyRCA Victor
Sweet Smell of SuccessSony Classical
The Civil WarAtlantic Records
VioletResmiranda Records
Dream TruePS Classics
Jason Robert BrownSolo Album
Book on Tape: Jonathan Franzen's How To Be Alone (Simon and Schuster)
Maury Yeston Album CompilationPS Classics
The Stephen Sondheim AlbumFynsworth Alley
The Stephen Schwartz AlbumFynsworth Alley
Far From the Madding CrowdOriginal Cast Records
KellyOriginal Cast Records
BrownstoneOriginal Cast Records
Numerous Demo Recordings 

Concert Appearances

Kennedy Center Honors President Clinton honoring Charleton Heston 12/97
Boston Pops with Keith Lockhart 2001
Chicago Humanities Festival at Orchestra Hall: 2001 (B'way Tenors); 2002 (Rodgers)
Numerous Appearances with the Broadway Tenors: A Broadway Concert Series
Chess in Concert/Helen Hayes Theater Nyack New York 2001
Dortmund, Germany/ The Broadway Concert 10/02
Ricky Ian Gordon/Alice Tully Hall 3/02
Saginaw Michigan Temple Theater Benefit Concert (producer) 10/03
Saginaw Michigan Chorale Society Christmas 12/03
Midland MI Center For the Arts Concert 2/04
North Carolina Symphony "From Hair to Hairspray" 6/04
Kennedy Center/ Hamlisch on Hamlisch 4/04
Disney Hall w/ Megan Mulally: The New B'way: Sondheim and Generation Next 6/04
Dream True by Ricky Ian Gordon at Cooper Union 2/04
Jason Robert Brown in concert at Le Jazz Au Bar 4/04
Barry Manilow in Concert Live in Mandalay Bay Las Vegas 6/04 (capacity: 10,000)



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