Is James Barbour ever going to be back on Broadway

I know that the producers of Tail of Two Cties said prior to the court ruling that they are standing behind Barbour regardless of what the outcome of the trial was going to be.

Now that it has been determend that the show is going to go to Broadway will they still keep Barbour in the show. Considering the fact that he is in jail.

And, on a seperate note it has been mentioned a few times that the AEA website had principal audition notices so that makes me wonder about the fate of the rest of the leads and wonder if they are going to recast the entier thing prior to Broadway. Some of the original talent in this show is good.

That being said, are they going to keep barbour in the show or are they going to re cast him in fear of having to deal with the outcome of being the first Broadway show he is in prior to his limited run of his one man show. James Barbour: Live at Rikers.

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He's getting out in a month or so. I believe it was a 90 (or was it 60) day sentence.

Funny Lizzie, but I didn't know, you model? Who would have guessed? Of course, just knowing you won't be able to see it in San Francisco will make the rest of my year very happy indeed.

Then you've never seen a picture of Fenchurch. Trust me, that ain't him.

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edit: nevermind.

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Updated On: 3/25/08 at 06:49 PM

Too bad he has to serve the entire 90 days. Cole Porter got William Eythe out of jail in a matter of hours on the opening day of Porter's OUT OF THIS WORLD in which Eythe had a major role.

There's always a role for him in August: Osage County.

He's only in jail for 60 days - not 90.

The article stating that the producers would stay with him came out after the trial. But then the listing at actorsequity.org sings another song. I find that listing worrying but not so much for Barbour but for other roles that I'm hoping are NOT recast.

https://www.playbill.com/news/article/113957.html

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=24153

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"They often make actors re-audition just as a formality after doing a show out of town or off-broadway before taking it to Broadway."

This was something I suspected but wasn't sure about and I was waiting for someone to say it. Thanks.

And I liked Derek in the show. But what do I know? lol

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personally, i see every "amber mother" in the tristate area picketing the theater ...

... not that i welcome such a spectacle, or wish it on this wonderful show, but isnt it almost inevitable?

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Taz, I definitely see your point, but don't you think the majority of audiences won't know?
I mean, James Barbour isn't a huge star, so the news went fairly untravelled. It's not like a movie star scandal, where the news is everywhere.

This show seems to be marketing itself in the vein of LES MIZ, and that caters generally to out-of-town audiences- tourists who can recognize the title and decide that they want to go with something familiar.

I mean, it affects us, but anyone who doesn't really pay attention to the goings-on of Broadway won't really know enough to turn away from the show.

At least, that's how I see it.

I personally think James Barbour is a phenomenal leading man and if this conviction stops him from performing again on Broadway it would be a real shame. I do, however, see the NY Post continuing its vendetta against him so I fear that the producers may buckle to pressure if the NY Post continues their hysterical tirade.

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wait til some local TV news reporter gets a hold of this during sweeps month ... remember the protests over miss saigon? a tea party by comparison if this thing goes nuclear. and unlike miss saigon, the public's only ever going to see one side to this story.

i dont like this, but them's the facts. my $0.02.

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