35 min
Ep 243: Route Yourself In The Present - Zachary James (Actor - Hadestown) 360 Yourself! With Jamie Neale
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- Self-Improvement
US-born Zachary James is a Grammy award winning actor and musician, who has had a lustrous career across stage and screen, having originated several iconic Broadway roles and sung with the world’s greatest orchestras and opera companies, including The New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and NHK Symphony Tokyo to name a few.
He will be returning to the West End as ‘Hades’ in the Tony and Grammy winning musical, HADESTOWN. The Broadway musical is making its long-awaited London premiere, and follows the entwining mythic tale of two love stories between Orpheus and Eurydice and that of King Hades of the Underworld and his wife Persephone. The show will open at the Lyric Theatre on 10th February, described by Vogue as ‘your next musical theatre obsession’.
After majoring in Musical Theatre at Ithaca College, James made his Broadway debut in CORAM BOY at the Imperial Theatre before playing ‘Thomas Hassinger’ in the original cast of the Tony Award winning production of SOUTH PACIFIC (Lincoln Center). He then originated the role of ‘Lurch’ in the Broadway musical of THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre), followed by his professional operatic debut as ‘Abraham Lincoln’ in THE PERFECT AMERICAN (Teatro Real) in Madrid, which was written specifically for Zachary by renowned composer, Philip Glass. He then revived the role on the West End for English National Opera and in Brisbane for Opera Queensland.
Following this, Zachary created the role of ‘Amenhotep’ in the Olivier Award winning production of AKHNATEN on the West End for English National Opera, later reprising the role for The Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera. Other theatre highlights include the role of ‘John Claggart’ in the Emmy Award winning PBS broadcast of BILLY BUDD (Des Moines Metro Opera), ‘Sweeney Todd’ in SWEENEY TODD (Opera Omaha) and more.
Zachary made his first television debut alongside Tina Fey and Steve Martin as ‘Carl’, a Federal Agent, on beloved American sitcom 30 ROCK before appearing on a number of series including MURPHY BROWN, LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME, and THE BLACKLIST.
US-born Zachary James is a Grammy award winning actor and musician, who has had a lustrous career across stage and screen, having originated several iconic Broadway roles and sung with the world’s greatest orchestras and opera companies, including The New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and NHK Symphony Tokyo to name a few.
He will be returning to the West End as ‘Hades’ in the Tony and Grammy winning musical, HADESTOWN. The Broadway musical is making its long-awaited London premiere, and follows the entwining mythic tale of two love stories between Orpheus and Eurydice and that of King Hades of the Underworld and his wife Persephone. The show will open at the Lyric Theatre on 10th February, described by Vogue as ‘your next musical theatre obsession’.
After majoring in Musical Theatre at Ithaca College, James made his Broadway debut in CORAM BOY at the Imperial Theatre before playing ‘Thomas Hassinger’ in the original cast of the Tony Award winning production of SOUTH PACIFIC (Lincoln Center). He then originated the role of ‘Lurch’ in the Broadway musical of THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre), followed by his professional operatic debut as ‘Abraham Lincoln’ in THE PERFECT AMERICAN (Teatro Real) in Madrid, which was written specifically for Zachary by renowned composer, Philip Glass. He then revived the role on the West End for English National Opera and in Brisbane for Opera Queensland.
Following this, Zachary created the role of ‘Amenhotep’ in the Olivier Award winning production of AKHNATEN on the West End for English National Opera, later reprising the role for The Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera. Other theatre highlights include the role of ‘John Claggart’ in the Emmy Award winning PBS broadcast of BILLY BUDD (Des Moines Metro Opera), ‘Sweeney Todd’ in SWEENEY TODD (Opera Omaha) and more.
Zachary made his first television debut alongside Tina Fey and Steve Martin as ‘Carl’, a Federal Agent, on beloved American sitcom 30 ROCK before appearing on a number of series including MURPHY BROWN, LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME, and THE BLACKLIST.
35 min