Snyder, Ryan, et al. to Guest Star in Barbor's Holiday Concerts

Broadway star and vocal powerhouse, James Barbour, has announced his first three Guest Stars for the Hollywood Concerts in his six-city Concert Tour at THE MAGIC CASTLE  (7001 Franklin Avenue - Hollywood, CA)
 
The 2010 Holiday Concert Tour will also play The 142 THROCKMORTON THEATRE in Mill Valley, CA, (Sunday, December 5), BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB in New York City (Sunday, December 12 and Monday, December 13), a private Fundraiser for the American Cancer Society in Morristown, NJ (Friday, December 10), and a Special Fundraiser for the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind at the PACIFIC CLUB in Honolulu, Hawaii (Monday, December 27).
 
Mr. Barbour's annual Holiday Concerts are sold-out events of vocal magic and audience exaltation.  They have become part of the entertainment landscape in New York City.   Each concert features Special Guest Stars and a program of the most exhilarating Christmas and Holiday songs in the American Song Book.

The Special Guest Appearances are subject to change.
 
BOX OFFICE INFORMATION:
The Rubicom Theatre   805-667-2900
The 142 Throckmorton Theatre   415-383-9600
The Magic Castle   323-851-3313
Birdland  212-581-3080
 
www.TheHolidayConcert.com

ABOUT James Barbour
 
James most recently starred in the world premiere of Nightmare Alley at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.  He has also starred on Broadway in A Tale Of Two Cities (Sydney Carton) for which he was nominated for Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle andDrama League Awards for Best Actor, 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 LA Weekly Garland Award) and he was nominated for an LA 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 In The City, Just Shoot Me, The District, That?s Life, The Game, Some Enchanted Evening, The American Experience John And AbiGail Adams. His voice can be heard on the recordings of A Gift Of Christmas, Jane Eyre, Assassins, A Tale Of Two Cities, Broadway In Concert, The Gift and the upcoming release of Frank Wildhorn?s Dracula. www.jamesbarbour.com

ABOUT James Snyder
 
James Snyder has appeared on stage and screen both big and small, from starring in John Waters's "Crybaby" at the La Jolla Playhouse and on Broadway (which earned him a Drama League Award nomination) to guest starring on television shows such as "Drop Dead Diva" and "CSI." Additional stage credits include Marius in "Fanny" at NY City Center, "Broadway: Three Generations" at The Kennedy Center, the Los Angeles productions of "Rock Of Ages" (also Las Vegas) and "Happy Days," "The Fantasticks" at Sacramento Music Theater, "Hamlet," "Ray Bradbury's Let's All Kill Constance," "Sneaux," "Plop" and "Oklahoma." He also played Luke Skywalker in the critically acclaimed "Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes" in Los Angeles, Paris and Scotland. Film credits include "An American in China," "Anderson's Cross," "Shuttle," "She's The Man" and "Pretty Persuasion," which premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Additional television credits include "Without a Trace," "Cold Case," "Gilmore Girls," "Married to the Kellys," "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and "Related." His first solo album, "L.A. Curse," produced by Ross Golan, was recently released on Lionsgate Records and is available at www.jamessnyder.com.  He can also be heard on the studio cast recording of the musical "Bare" and singing on an episode of "It's Always Sunny. . ." He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California.Thanks to his voice teacher Edward Sayegh and his mentor Raphael Sbarge.  He loves his family (especially his recently wedded wife Jacqueline).

ABOUT Joan Ryan
 
Joan Ryan is well known to audiences from her dual role of Judy Denmark/Ginger Del Marco in the Los Angeles production of Ruthless! Joan's four octave range has led not only to symphony and solo concerts around the globe, but leading roles in such shows as Leonard Bernstien's The Mass at the Hollywood Bowl,  Enter the Guardsman at The Old Globe, Triumph Of Love, Little Shop of Horrors  and numerous tours including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Footloose,The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber  and Suds. Along with her bestselling solo cd, Joan Ryan, Ms. Ryan's recordings include the original cast recordings of Ruthless!,  Sondheim...a Celebration, Lerner, Lane,Loewe and friends,  Schwartz, Schwartz and  Strouse, celebrating the music of Stephen Schwartz, Dream, the music of Johnny Mercer, and Life Upon the Wicked Stage, tributing the music of Johnny Mercer.  Most  recently  appearing on Jay Leno and the Today show, Joan spent  two years as the resident therapist on the Young and The Restless, series regular Tina Pallodrino on Saved By the Bell., and can be heard on Criminal Minds, White Collar, Army Wives, Suspect Behavior, starring Forrest Whittaker, as well as Falling Skies, the new Steven Spielberg series, among others.

ABOUT TOMMY PEACOCK
 
Tommy Peacock is a mad rock n' roller.  His voice can twang, bark and sooth, he plays his guitar with the famous "Peacock Chop" and all the while his songs carry you till' the end.  Tommy and his group play the annual "Peacock Holiday Show" Dec. 15th at Skinny's Lounge in North Hollywood.  You can be sure to get some cheer at this year's event.  Check out tommypeacock.com for songs, pictures, history and events!

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