Tale of Two Cities Star Barbour to Offer Holiday Concerts in New York and L.A.

By Andrew Gans
November 18, 2009

James Barbour, most recently on Broadway in A Tale of Two Cities, will present holiday concerts next month in New York and Los Angeles.

Barbour's Holiday Concert 2009 will be seen in Manhattan at Bill's 1890 Restaurant & Cafe Dec. 11-19. The evenings will feature musical direction by Constantine Kitsopoulos. Expect a musically inspired reading of Clement Clarke Moore's "The Night Before Christmas."

The Los Angeles concert is scheduled for Dec. 21 at The Colony Theatre. Peter Wolf will be the musical director for that one-night-only engagement.

Both concerts are being produced by Treehouse Entertainment Inc. and Roberta Nusim for TMA (Theatrical Marketing Associates) and will feature special guest appearances by Broadway and Hollywood artists.

James Barbour was most recently seen as Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities. His other Broadway credits include Assassins, Urinetown, Jane Eyre, Beauty and the Beast, Carousel and Cyrano—The Musical. He has appeared in such films as "Eight Crazy Nights" and has guest-starred on such television shows as "Sex and the City" and "Ed."

Bill's 1890 Restaurant & Café is located at 57 East 54th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues. The Colony Theatre Is located at 555 N. Third Street in Burbank, CA.

For tickets to the New York concerts, priced $25-$60 (plus a $25 food-drink minimum), visit www.SmartTix.com or call (212) 868-4444. For tickets to the Los Angeles evening, priced $40, visit www.ColonyTheatre.org or call (818) 558-7000, ext. 15.