James Barbour's Holiday Concerts

James Barbour, who played Rochester in the Broadway performances of Gordon & Caird's Jane Eyre: the Musical back in 2000, will be given a series of Holiday Concerts, starting today December 20, at Sardi's Restaurant in New York. We are hopeful that some Jane Eyre tunes will be in the programme. The December 30th concert will be particularly fitting as Marla Schaffel (Jane Eyre in those performances) will be his special guest.

EDIT (31/12/2008): But apparently this was not the case. For a report of Barbour+Schaffel concert please check this post at the Jane Eyre-The Musical Forum.

These are the details:

Treehouse Entertainment Inc. presents
James Barbour The Holiday Concert

EVENINGS
Saturday, December 20th 8:30pm
Tuesday, December 23rd 8:30pm
Friday, December 26th 8:30pm
Saturday, December 27th 8:30pm
Tuesday, December 30th 8:30pm
Friday, January 2nd 8:30pm
Saturday, January 3rd 8:30pm

MATINEES
Sunday, December 21st 3:00pm
Wednesday, December 24th 3:00pm
Sunday, December 28th 3:00PM
Sunday, January 4th 3:00pm

A voice that fuses raw power and rich expression...

Length: 1 hr 30 mins
Intermission: None

Hear your favorite Holiday Classics and the greatest Broadway songs sung by one of Broadway's brightest stars. Special guests appearing. Come and join in the warmth of the Holiday season.

Special Guests: Dec. 20 at 8:30 PM Brandi Burkhardt; Dec. 23 at 8:30 PM Natalie Toro; Dec. 26 at 8:30 PM Jodi Graham; Dec. 27 at 8:30 PM Deborah Gibson; Dec. 30 at 8:30 PM Marla Schaffel; Jan. 2, 2009 at 8:30 PM Marc Kudisch; Jan. 3 at 8:30 PM Natalie Toro and Kevin Earley; Dec. 24 at 3 PM Derek Keeling and Kate Shindle; Jan. 4 at 3 PM Jack Noseworthy

More details can be found on James Barbour's blog. But if you want a 5$ discount from your ticket, better check this message on the Jane Eyre: the Musical forum.

The author of the musical, Paul Gordon, has also recently left an interesting message on the forum concerning the announced revamping of the Jane Eyre score:

Speaking of JANE EYRE. Brad Haak, who is currently the music director of MARY POPPINS on B'way, and I had some very productive work sessions on the new score to JANE EYRE last week. We had the pleasure of Jayne Paterson coming by and working with us. We made her sing "Secret Soul" and "Sweet Liberty". Many goose bumps were had. We are considering doing a JANE EYRE concert in NY in the coming months with the new reduced orchestrations. Stay tuned.

Categories: Jane Eyre, Music, Theatre