July 31, 2010
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| Brian d'Arcy James |
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| Biography |
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Brian d'Arcy James will take on his
most ambitious theater project to date;
that of starring in the title role of
the upcoming Dreamworks Broadway
production of SHREK THE MUSICAL
currently playing in Seattle and will
debut on Broadway in December.
A Broadway veteran, Brian received a
2002 TONY nomination, a Drama Desk
nomination, an Outer Critics Circle
nomination and a Drama League Honor for
his star turn as Sidney Falco in
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS. For his
performances Off Broadway, he received
a 2000 Drama Desk Award nomination for
Outstanding Actor in a Musical and a
Drama League Honor for THE WILD
PARTY at the Manhattan Theater
Club. He also received a 2001 OBIE
AWARD, Drama Desk Award nomination,
Outer Critics Circle Nomination,
Backstage Garland Award, and LA Weekly
Award for his solo performance in
THE GOOD THEIF. He comments that
his role as the unnamed narrator in
this play is his most memorable role to
date and plans to reprise that role in
2010 for the 10 year anniversary of
Keen Company , the New York City
theater that originally produced the
play and gave him the opportunity to
star.
This past year, Brian received rave
reviews for the Atlantic Theater
Company’s production of PORT
AUTHORITY by Conor Mc Pherson. He
also co-starred in the Lucile Lortel
nominated production of NEXT TO
NORMAL, at Second Stage Theater.
Brian started his illustrious career on
Broadway when he appeared in BLOOD
BROTHERS in 1993, taking over the
lead role of Mickey for a limited time
before leaving to join Nicholas
Hytner's acclaimed production of
Carousel at Lincoln Center. He
continued with strong performances in
TITANIC in the standout role of
Barrett the Stoker, for which he
received his first Drama League Honor
and a FANY Award. Recently Brian
originated the role of "Brendan" in
Martin McDonagh's TONY and Drama Desk
nominated play THE LIEUTENANT of
INISHMORE and has also shared the
stage with Kristen Chenoweth, in the
Roundabout Theater's revival of THE
APPLE TREE, and starred in DIRTY
ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS as the crude con-
man and scene stealing Freddy Benson.
He has appeared in the plays THE
PAVILION, FLIGHT,
ANCESTRAL VOICES at Lincoln
Center and PUBLIC ENEMY by
Kenneth Branagh. He starred in the
Encores production of PARDON MY
ENGLISH, and appeared in the
original companies of FLOYD
COLLINS for Playwrights Horizons
and Irving Berlin's WHITE
CHRISTMAS in San Francisco, Boston
and Los Angeles.
His numerous recordings include but are
not limited to his 2004 debut Solo
Album entitled "From Christmas Eve to
Christmas Morn," "Carousel," "Floyd
Collins," "Myths and Hymns," "The Wild
Party," "Sweet Smell of Success," "The
Civil War," "Violet," "Dream Come
True," "Jason Robert Brown" (the Solo
Album), "Maury Yeston Album
Compilation," "The Steven Sondheim
Album," "The Steven Schwartz Album,"
"Far from the Madding Crowd," and
“Kelly and "Brownstone."
Not limited to theater, Brian has also
appeared in the ABC series "Cashmere
Mafia," and FX's "Rescue Me." He will
also cameo in the upcoming Ricky
Gervais comedy "Ghost Town."
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