Barry James
Barry James is an English theatre actor and singer.
Theatre credits
He trained at the Guildford School of Acting.[1]
His stage roles include:
- Seymour in the first West End production of Little Shop of Horrors at the Comedy Theatre in 1983
- as Otto Kringelein in "Grand Hotel" at the Dominion Theatre' 1992
- Beadle Bamford in the 1994 National Theatre production of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Cogsworth in the first West End production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the Dominion Theatre (a role he reprised in the UK Tour of the show)
- Mr. Bumble in the London Palladium production of Lionel Bart's Oliver!
- Ladislav Sipos in "She Loves Me" at the Savoy Theatre London in 1994/95
- Monsieur Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre and Queen's Theatre
- Mr. Mushnik in the 2006 London revival of Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory and the 2007 revival at the Ambassadors Theatre
- Monsieur Richard Firminin in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre, London and the 25th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
- Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
James can be heard on cast recordings of Beauty and the Beast, My Fair Lady, "She Loves Me" and two Bernard J. Taylor musicals - Nosferatu the Vampire (in which he created the role of "Renfeld"), Much Ado in which he created the role of Leonato, and Monsieur Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Concert. He is also Thénardier in the 1988 symphonic cast recording of Les Misérables.
Notes
- "Barry James London theatre actors and actresses". www.actorsandactresses.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 December 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall Blu-ray/DVD and cast recording
References
- Larkin, Colin; John Martland (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Stage and Film Musicals, London: Virgin in association with Muze UK Ltd. ISBN 0-7535-0375-1.
- Guide to Musical Theatre
- Playbill News
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