James Barbour Brings 'LOVE SONGS' to Sardi's Starting 1/31

Due to the overwhelming audience and critical response Sardi's management has scheduled additional Saturday evening concerts with Broadway star and vocal power house, James Barbour.

He ends his successful Holiday concert series tonight, January 4th.

The new concert series, entitled "LOVE SONGS" will premiere on Saturday, January 31st
and continue through Saturday, February 28th at Broadway's premiere destination,
SARDI'S (234 West 44th Street - between Broadway & Eighth Avenue).

Special Valentine's Concerts are scheduled on Friday, February 13th and Sunday, February 15th.

It is being presented by Treehouse Entertainment Inc. and Roberta Nusim for TMA (Theatrical Marketing Associates).

Jeremy Roberts is the Musical Director.

James Barbour starred on Broadway in A Tale of Two Cities (Sydney Carton), Carousel (Billy Bigelow), Jane Eyre (Rochester, Drama League Award nomination), Beauty and the Beast (Beast), Urinetown (Lockstock), Assassins (Czolgosz) and Cyrano the Musical. He was part of the original national tour of The Secret Garden and starred as Lancelot in Camelot opposite Jeremy Irons (Hollywood Bowl) and Michael York (national tour). He co-starred in Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates (Mark Taper Forum), the world premiere of 20th Century (Signature Theatre) and has appeared in many other regional and Off-Broadway productions including A Tale of Two Cities at the Asolo Theatre (for which he won the Sarasota Magazine Award for Best Actor), Back From Broadway (which he also co-produced and for which he received an L.A. Weekly Garland Award), and he was nominated for an L.A. Ovation Award for The Ghost and Mrs. Muir at the NOHO Arts Center in Los Angeles. Television and film: Alchemy, Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, "Ed," "Sex and the City," "Just Shoot Me," "The District," "That's Life," "The Game," "Some Enchanted Evening," American Experience's "John & AbiGail Adams." James is also part of the vocal singing group Tres, and his voice can be heard on the recordings of Jane Eyre, Assassins, Broadway in Concert and the upcoming release of Frank Wildhorn's Dracula.

Jeremy Roberts was born in Los Angeles, and moved to Seattle with his family when he was 14. He appeared on the "Gong Show" at age 13 - and has been a professional musician ever since. His passion for vocal accompaniment led him to Las Vegas, then Atlantic City, then to New York. He met Linda Eder in 1987 and was her musical director/arranger/ conductor/producer for 18 years. With Linda, he appeared on her Bravo Christmas Special, PBS special, and appearances with the Boston Pops. He's conducted some of the leading "pops" orchestras, including the Philly Pops, National Symphony, Houston Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, and many others. Concert appearances include 3 sold out shows at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, and the Gershwin and Palace Theaters on Broadway. His association with Frank Wildhorn include the Broadway and pre-Broadway stage productions and/or recordings of JEKYLL & HYDE, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, SVENGALI , THE CIVIL WAR, DRACULA, WAITING FOR THE MOON, RUDOLF, CARMEN and CAMILLE CLAUDEL. Artists that Jeremy has performed and/or recorded with include Trisha Yearwood, Clay Aiken, Larry Gatlin, Peabo Bryson, BeBe Winans, Bernadette Peters, Anthony Warlow, Betty Buckley, Dennis DeYoung, Rosie O'Donnell, John Raitt, and Colm Wilkinson, to name a few. Jeremy is married to Debra Rubin-Roberts (Makeup Artist and founder of "Mommy Makeup"), and has a 5-year-old daughter, Daisy and a brand new little girl, Riley.

Roberta Nusim, president of Theatrical Marketing Associates, the co-producer of "James Barbour: The Holiday Concert," pioneered the concept of entertainment marketing in the United States in 1978 when, with Academy Award winning Kramer Vs.Kramer, she founded the nation's first company devoted exclusively to offering professionally prepared, entertainment marketing materials for schools and community groups. For Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Bros., Sony, Universal, Fox, IMAX, the BBC, HBO, TNT, NBC, The Cartoon Network, The History Channel, AMPAS and The Recording Industry Association, and many others, she has directed the development of over 500 programs for entertainment properties, including Glory, Elizabeth, Jane Eyre, Hamlet, the King and I, A Midsummer's Night Dream and most recently as a producer of the Broadway production of A Tale of Two Cities and Edward Zwick's powerful new film Defiance, starring Daniel Craig. Nusim also conceived and started the "Adopt a Class" Program which funds bringing inner city students to Broadway for their first theatrical experience. Her materials have won numerous awards and she has been invited to the White House to share her ideas on education with two administrations. A leading international expert on entertainment marketing, Nusim is the author of numerous articles and is a prominent guest speaker on the topic. Nusim is delighted to be part of the team bringing the incredibly talented James Barbour to Sardi's for an innovative series of fun holiday concerts "which are part of a fresh look at entertainment outreach and non-traditional approaches to today's audiences."

CONCERT TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED AT:
www.SmartTix.com
212-868-4444
$60 (Premium Seating), $45, $25 - (Plus $25 minimum per person)