UPDATES FROM & ABOUT BRIAN
Original Cast Recording Now Streaming
The cast album for the new musical “Days of Wine and Roses,” featuring Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James, has been digitally released.
On Broadway in 2024
Days of Wine and Roses will make its Broadway premiere in 2024. The new musical starring Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara and Tony nominee Brian d’Arcy James will open on Sunday, January 28, 2024, at Broadway’s Studio 54. Following the critically acclaimed, sold-out run...
INTO THE WOODS at the 76th Tony Awards
See the video below from the June 11, 2023, broadcast of the 76th Tony Awards. Both Brian and Sara Bareilles were nominated for their roles as the Baker and the Baker's Wife. https://youtu.be/yv6x0fAsxg8 This Tony nomination means the world to me. To be recognized...
A Grammy win for INTO THE WOODS!
It was a pure thrill for me to be at the 2023 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 5 when INTO THE WOODS won for Best Musical Theater Album. I’m so proud of our Into the Woods cast and crew, and of course it wouldn’t have been possible without the genius of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.
DEAR EDWARD streaming on Apple TV+
Dear Edward, now streaming on Apple+ TV, is a beautiful dramatic series written by the great Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights; Parenthood) and the pilot is directed by my old friend Fisher Stevens. What an honor to be included in a cast of such great artists.
Indie Spirit acting nomination in Ricky D’Ambrose’s THE CATHEDRAL
Last November, I was pleased to learn my portrayal of Richard in Ricky D’Ambrose’s film THE CATHEDRAL (2022) had earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance…
West Side Story and more…
Brian talks about playing Sgt. Krupke in Stephen Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated West Side Story, and also his producing debut with a CBS sitcom. Read more in this December 2021 Variety profile.
See Brian in these 2018 movies
Brian has completed a number of Hollywood and indie films—here’s the list of recents and upcoming.
Brian adds “astronaut” to his growing list of upcoming film roles
{From Playbill.com and Deadline.com} Brian d’Arcy James has added “astronaut” to his list of upcoming film roles. The three-time Tony nominee recently finished filming the 2018 Neil Armstrong biopic First Man, directed by Damian Chazelle, who won an Oscar in 2017...
Brian’s run in the 10/8 Chicago Marathon to raise money for the cancer support community
“Like most everyone, my life is touched by cancer. My father Tom James died of cancer at age 50 and my cousin Tom is currently fighting cancer,” says James. “This is why my brother Andrew and I are running the Chicago Marathon under the banner of TEAM TOM to benefit the Cancer Support Community.”
Appearing in Discovery Channel TV series “Manhunt: The UNABOMBER”
Airing August 1, Manhunt: The UNABOMBER is a Discovery Channel 8-episode series centered on the hunt for Ted Kaczynski, who terrified the nation with a letter bombing campaign in the 1980s and early 1990s. Brian will play Henry Murray, a professor of Kaczynski’s at Harvard University, who convinced his young students to participate in mind-control experiments…
King George III in Hamilton
From April to July 2017, Brian reprised his role as King George III in HAMILTON at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway. He originated the role of King George (“played with vaudevillian brilliance”—Ben Brantley, The New York Times) in the sold-out Off-Broadway run of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical HAMILTON at The Public Theater.
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