James Barbour concert at Hofstra Univ. June 27

James Barbour will be doing a concert to benefit his alma mater's scholarship funds on Saturday June 27 @ 8 p.m.

http://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/Community/HOFENT/hofent_barbour_broadway.pdf

And James has cut his hair for the event!

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PiraguaGuy 2 irritating, or whatever...you must not have much of a life, have you, since you waste so much of our time with your...let's just say, posts. Surely, by now, you must have figured out how tiresome, redundant, distasteful, and UNWANTED your comments about threads like these are...??? (and not even funny at all, BTW).
Apparently not! If you have nothing to contribute to "anything" Barbour, please, do us all a favor and stay out of these threads. Please, get a hobby! I hope the mods are getting tired , too, and will do something about it. Thank you! >{

To a more positive note. Here's a nice quote about Barbour:

"How many of James Barbour's 1988 Hofstra classmates predicted this? The beloved Broadway baritone ("Tale of Two Cities," "Carousel," "Beauty and The Beast") returns to campus June 27 to benefit Hofstra graduate scholarships"...quote from link bellow.


http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-nyhen2412797726may23,0,5515451.column

Updated On: 6/15/09 at 02:44 AM

Long Island really needs a concert venue with good acoustics. The Tilles Center is abominable, the Adams Playhouse is terrible and the Staller Center is mediocre.

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Also would love to hear a review!

And did he make an reference to the A TALE of TWO CITIES Cast Recording / DVD ??

Nice little show. Mentioned that he just returned the day before from Tale of Two Cities in London; it'll air on PBS in December. Show was filmed in 4 20-minute increments; very condensed version. Did a solid mix of songs - Longer I Live, Sail Me Away, If I Loved You, etc, etc.

Updated On: 6/28/09 at 08:05 AM

He sang "The Longer I Live" from DRACULA, the musical?? Wow, I always thought he'd sing "Loving You Keeps Me Alive"..go figure!

That's all fine and dandy, but how does James look with a haircut?

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Oh yea! How short did he cut his hair? Sounds like the concert was fun!

He sang "Measure of a Man" at the "Sardi's" concerts--- (opened most of the shows with "Loving You Keeps Me Alive"- (both AMAZING !!!)

And "Sarah" is such a beautiful song !!!

Sounds like he used most of the set list from the "Sardi's" concerts-- great set list !

Has "Measure of a Man" changed a lot since the 2005 demo?

So, Philly03, I did look it up, and they translate it as "Courage to Act"...? Is this the same as MOAM?

I don't know the full out story line, but I do know it wouldn't transfer too well to American stage -- it's essentially a sappy love story, with a twist only at the end. From my understanding, (apart from the sappy love story which I believe is an affair?), Drew Sarich/James Barbour's potential character (which he is too old to do I think anyway!) is the crown-prince-of-Austria and wants to change some things in country, especially helping the poor.

Two big songs of his note his want for the change - Measure of a Man (so I guess Courage to Act could work as well - it's essentially about what he is willing to do to see change - I THINK!) and On the Steps of Tomorrow, which is another fantastic number.