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Upcoming, 2008

Brian will appear in the Dreamworks film GHOST TOWN starring Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni. For more details visit the IMDb listing.

Winter 2008

Brian will star opposite Alice Ripley in the new Second Stage off Broadway musical NEXT TO NORMAL. The show begins previews on January 16 and will open on February 13, directed by Michael Greif. For full details visit Broadway.com.

November 23 - December 23, 2007

Brian stars with Jeffry Denman in White Christmas at the Citi Center for the Performing Arts in Boston.

October 2007

Brian will appear in a benefit concert for the Fields Neuroscience Institute (FNI) in his hometown, Saginaw Michigan. He is excited to perform along with fellow Saginaw native, prolific singer songwriter, Stewart Francke.

August 7, 2007

Brian is featured on Anna Karenina: The Broadway Musical, a new cast recording album released on August 7 and available on Amazon.

August 18, 2007

Andrew Lippa, Amanda McBroom, Craig Carnelia and Lari White will be faculty members in the songwriting workshop "Power of the American Popular Song," running Aug. 12-18 at Northwestern University's American Musical Theatre Project in Evanston, IL. The workshop, also sponsored by the Johnny Mercer Foundation, will culminate in an Aug. 18 public concert entitled Mercer Melodies featuring Northwestern alumnus Brian d'Arcy James (Carnelia's Sweet Smell of Success and Lippa's The Wild Party). The guest faculty members, songwriters and Northwestern students will also be involved. The program will include Mercer songs along with the various participants' original compositions.

June 1, 2007

Brian appears in a recurring role on the new ABC pilot Cashmere Mafia as "Max Brautigan", the owner of a restaurant where the four lead characters (Lucy Liu, etc...) dine frequently.

May 22 - June 3, 2007

Brian will star in the East Coast premiere of Wendy MacLeod's comedy Things Being What They Are at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, to be directed by Leonard Foglia (May 22-June 3) . The two-character show focuses on Bill and Jack, neighbors in a suburban condo complex and both reaching crossroads in their lives and marriages.

May 16-17, 2007

Brian performs in a concert of Songs for a New World with Jason Robert Brown playing and conducting at Strathmore Hall in Bethesda, MD. Laura Benanti, Alice Ripley and Titus Burgess are also set to appear.

April 13, 2007

Brian appeared with Kelli O'Hara at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops and sang "From This Moment On" and "If I Loved You".

November 28, 2006

Brian is set to star in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of The Apple Tree opposite Kristin Chenoweth, Marc Kudisch and Walter Charles at Studio 54. Previews begin November 28 and the show opens December 14, with a scheduled end date of March 11, 2007. Tickets are not yet on sale. For more information, check out the Broadway.com article.

Thanksgiving Day 2006

Brian, Jeffry Denman, Anastasia Barzee and Meredith Patterson will be appearing on a Macy's day Thanksgiving Float singing a tune from White Christmas. Catch the parade on NBC!

November 13, 2006

Brian will be singing "At the Fountain" from Sweet Smell of Success at Carnegie Hall for the Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation benefit honoring Marvin Hamlisch.

October 31, 2006

Brian appears in the Nashville "Country Meets Broadway" Actors Fund Benefit.

September 3, 2006

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ends its Broadway run.

August 24, 2006

Brian was interviewed for a Q&A feature on Broadway.com!

August 1, 2006

Brian is featured in this month's edition of The Leading Men on Playbill On-Line!

July 21, 2006

Brian begins performances as Freddy Benson in Broadway's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! See the article on Broadway.com for more. Please note the date change from July 20 - Brian's first performance is now set for Friday night the 21st.

July 14 - 15, 2006

Brian will be appearing in the Sondheim in the Park concert at the Grant Park Music Festival on Friday, July 14 at 6:30pm, and Saturday, July 15 at 7:30pm. Kevin Stites conducts. For more information, please visit the Grant Park Music Festival link above.

June 6, 2006

Brian appears in tonight's episode of Rescue Me on FX at 10pm. Check it out!

June, 2006

Brian will be recording the original cast album of White Christmas, the musical.

May 2, 2006

The Lieutenant of Inishmore won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play yesterday evening! The production has also been nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Outstanding Broadway Play and Outstanding Direction of a Play.

April 27, 2006

Both Craig Wright's The Pavilion and Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, two of the plays Brian has appeared in this past season, have been nominated for the 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. For full details check out Playbill On-Line.

April 19 - mid-June, 2006

Brian is currently appearing in the original Broadway production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Lyceum Theatre. For tickets, visit Telecharge.com. To read more on the production, check out the article on BroadwayWorld.

February 8 - April 9, 2006

Brian will star in the American premiere of the Olivier Award-winning Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman) play, The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Atlantic Theater Company in NYC (336 West 20th Street). For tickets, visit Telecharge.com. To read more on the production, check out the article on Playbill On-Line.

December 10, 2005

Brian will appear in a Saginaw Choral Society concert with Kevin Cole in his hometown of Saginaw, Michigan. Showtimes are at 3 and 8pm at the Temple Theatre, and tickets can be reserved by calling 989-754-7469. For more information, visit the Saignaw Choral Society website.

November 22, 2005 - January 1, 2006

Brian is starring as Bob Wallace in White Christmas again this holiday season at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Rehearsals begin October 17. For more information, please visit the White Christmas official website.

September 26, 2005

Brian appeared in the "Music of Alan Menken" concert at Merkin Hall in New York City with Kerry Butler and Judy Kuhn. Check out photos from the event on BroadwayWorld.com!

September 9 - October 23, 2005

Brian will star opposite Stephen Bogardus and Jennifer Mudge in the Rattlestick's production of Craig Wright's play The Pavilion off-Broadway at the Rattlestick Theater. The show will begin previews September 9 with an official opening on September 20. The Pavilion has now extended through October 23! For more details on The Pavilion, please visit the Rattlestick Productions website. You can purchase tickets online via SmartTix.

July 4 - 10, 2005

Brian will star in Annie Get Your Gun at the St. Louis MUNY. His wife Jennifer Prescott will also appear in the show. For more details including ticket purchase information, please visit the MUNY website.

May 8 - June 12, 2005

Brian will star opposite Gregg Edelman, Kerry O'Malley, Adam Heller, Victoria Mack and Rex Young in the Melting Pot Theatre Company production of Garth Wingfield's Charles Lindbergh play Flight at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. For more information about the play check out the story on Broadway.com, or the Melting Pot Theatre Company website.

May 1, 2005

Brian will appear in the Jason Robert Brown concert at Symphony Space beginning at 4pm. He and his wife Jennifer Prescott will sing a duet, "I'd Give It All for You" from Songs For a New World. For more information check out the Symphony Space website.

February 25, 2005

Brian will appear in an industry reading of the musical Leap of Faith with music by Alan Menken, based on the 1992 film starring Steve Martin. Other Broadway stars appearing in the reading include Brian's former Titanic co-stars Marla Schaffel and Bill Buell, Jennifer Hope Wills of the recent Wonderful Town and Eddie Korbich.

December 15, 2004

Mr. d'Arcy James, who's got more than a little Jolson in his soul, has a swell voice, and knows how to put across a tune of any vintage.

Charles Isherwood, New York Times

Check out the New York Times review of White Christmas from this past Monday!

November 29, 2004

Brian will be playing a solo concert at the Plush Room on November 29. For more information, visit www.plushroom.com. James croons ... beautifully in a soft, rich baritone [as Bob Wallace]. He, too, brings down the house in a knockout first-act finale 'Blue Skies' in Bruce Pomahac's wonderfully jazzy arrangement, a blissfully choreographed production number with an interwoven chase scene. James and Denman's Phil Davis pair up pleasantly as the central song-and- dance team.

Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle

November 9, 2004

Check out the article on White Christmas from the San Francisco Chronicle, which opens today!

November 4, 2004

Check out the article on White Christmas from the Oakland Tribune today!

November 2, 2004

Preview performances of White Christmas at San Francisco's Curran Theatre are scheduled to begin. Brian is set to star in the Bing Crosby role of Bob Wallace.

October 10, 2004

Brian is scheduled to perform in the third Voices for Change Broadway benefit for the Kerry/Edwards campaign, along with Alfred Molina, Cady Huffman, Michael Cerveris, Christopher Durang, Liz Callaway, Tom Hewitt, Alice Playten, Karen Mason and Christopher Sieber. The concert will take place at the Ars Nova Theatre on Sunday, October 10 at 7 pm, and tickets are $25 - 100. Click here for more information or to purchase tickets.

October 3, 2004

Brian participated in a live chat with fans on this website. Click here to view the transcript - click on the image to see the next screen of text from the chat.

October 2, 2004

Brian's debut solo album, a Christmas CD tentatively titled From Christmas Eve to Christmas Morn, featuring the single "Michigan Christmas", is slated for release. Click here to order the album from CDBaby.com now!

October 2, 2004

Brian is set to appear in the Balcueva Family Scholarship Fund Benefit Concert in early October in his hometown of Saginaw, Michigan. This is your opportunity to see him perform songs from his upcoming holiday album for the first time and contribute to a great cause — all proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Balcueva Family Scholarship Fund, which was founded in memory of Eddie, Randy, Brad and Rick Balcueva, the four sons that the Balcueva Family lost due to a rare congenital heart defect. The fund provides an annual scholarship for students who are interested in preserving the environment. Please note that a portion of all album sales will also go to the Balcueva Family Scholarship fund. More details including ticket information will be posted as soon as they are available!

September 30, October 5, 7, 9, 2004

Brian, along with his fellow Harmony cast members, will perform live with Barry Manilow on the following dates:
Thursday, September 30Continental Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
Tuesday, October 5Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
Thursday, October 7Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Saturday, October 9Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
Click on any of the above links to purchase tickets directly from ticketmaster.com or find venue information. All concerts are at 8pm. Brian's album, From Christmas Eve to Christmas Morn will also be on sale at all Barry Manilow concerts this holiday season, in addition to being available online and at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco during White Christmas!

August 9, 2004

Brian will begin rehearsals for a four-week workshop of the Barry Manilow musical Harmony, originally scheduled to open on the Great White Way last fall.

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