About This Episode:James Barbour was nominated for the Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Sydney Carton in the Broadway musical version of A Tale of Two Cities, and won the Sarasota Magazine Best Actor Award for the Asolo Rep pre-Broadway production. He has starred on Broadway in such Tony-Award winning shows as Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast as The Beast, Carousel as Billy Bigelow, Urinetown as Officer Lockstock and as Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre (Drama League Award nomination). He also appeared in the Broadway production of Cyrano and the national tour of The Secret Garden. His voice can be heard on the international recording of A Tale of Two Cities, the PS Classics recording of Assassins, the Sony Classical cast recording of Jane Eyre, The Gift on Geffen Records, the upcoming release of Frank Wildhorn’s Dracula, as well as on the live CD recording of his self-produced stage show Broadway in Concert (for which he won an LA WEEKLY Garland Award). As an author and producer, James is responsible for creating three concert series, James Barbour: The Holiday Concert and Love Songs (both at New York City’s famed Sardi’s Restaurant) and Back From Broadway/Broadway in Concert. Mr. Barbour is considered one of the most sought-after performers on Broadway today.  Mr. Barbour has worked tirelessly in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and is on the Artists’ Committee of The Actors Fund.   Find out more about James at: http://jamesbarbour.com/ James as the Phantom of the Opera James on Facebook James on Instagram https://www.cr8conference.com/   See the Show Notes: www.jeremyryanslate.com/667   Sponsors: The Great Man Within Podcast: there's another podcast I think you should listen to. It's called The Great Man Within and the hosts tackle problems that men never talk about but secretly struggle with like sex, purpose, and success. After you're done with today's episode, search for and listen to The Great Man Within on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.  Audible: Get a free 30 day free trial and 1 free audiobook from thousands of available books. Right now I'm reading "The Richest Man in Babylon" by George S. Clason. www.jeremyryanslate.com/book