With a career spanning Broadway, Off-Broadway, television, and concert stages around the world, James has been involved in the development of dozens of new works as an award-winning writer, singer, actor, and producer. His Broadway début was as a singer in Riverdance, and his musical credits range from the national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar (as Pilate) to Forbidden Broadway, to numerous Sondheim works (Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Fredrik in A Little Night Music), and many others over a three-decade-plus performing career.

His professional début was as a boy soprano opposite soprano Deborah Sasson in the German premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem for German television. He studied classical voice with Joan Caplan at Manhattan School of Music, received a certificate in Shakespeare studies from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and an MFA from NYU’s Tisch Department of Graduate Musical Theatre Writing with a concentration in lyrics and book writing for musical theater.

James has worked with legendary arts organizations including Playwrights Horizons, New York City Opera, The O’Neill, New Dramatists, The Goodspeed, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Vineyard Theatre, The Village Theatre, and many others. James’ credits include Lawrence in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Emile in South Pacific, Archibald in The Secret Garden, and Billy Flynn in Chicago. His voice can be heard in hundreds of commercials, video games, and audiobooks of various genres. He has sung with the NJ Symphony Orchestra, the Air Force Band of the Golden Gate, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, and other pops orchestras around the world. Recent television appearances include CBS’s The Good Fight, Madam Secretary, and HBO’s Succession.