Brian d'Arcy James

On stage 6 productions, 27 years

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Worked with more than once5 names

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Also credited on5 works

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Titanic
Shrek the Musical
Hamilton
Into the Woods (2022 Revival)

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature4 passages

• Speaking of Sirius, I interviewed Brian d'Arcy James, and I busted him on the pretentious three names, but he said he had to add the d'Arcy because there was another Brian James in Equity. Hmm… it's one thing to add a middle name, but a middle name with an apostrophe? That's pushing it. Actually, he said he first tried to just use an init…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• After the show, we went backstage with a slew of celebrities (Donna Murphy, Stephanie J. Block, Brian d'Arcy James, etc.) and got to hang out with the cast. That was fun. Leaving was not so much fun. There were so many fans at the stage door, we literally couldn't exit. It was like those photos of Beatles concerts. We had to find another…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• More lauding. Brian d'Arcy James was great as Shrek and sang up a storm on all of his songs. Speaking of singing up a storm, Brian told me that he was once at an audition, belting out his audition song. He hit a high note at the end, and as soon as he did, he was mortified at how booming he sounded and how inappropriate it was for such a…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• Special Events The Good Thief by Conor McPherson; Director, Carl Forsman; CAST: Brian d'Arcy James Revival of a solo performance play presented without intermission as a benefit for Keen Company; Lucille Lortel Theatre; November 2, 2009; 1 performance.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2009-2010 Season, v. 66 (Willis).txt

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• Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.