Bay Area to Broadway - An Interview with James Monroe Iglehart
Episode description
James Monroe Iglehart: Bay Area to Broadway Interviewed by Rebecca Wallace on March 4th, 2021 for the City Lights weekly online program, The Next Stage. Sound editing by George Psarras
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James Monroe Iglehart is one of everyone’s favorite Bay Area-to-Broadway stories. We’ve cheered him on for years at TheatreWorks, Foothill Music Theatre and other local stages. Today, this musical-theater powerhouse has fans all over the world.
James won the Tony in 2014 for his ebullient portrayal of the Genie in Aladdin, a role he originated. He also originated the role of Bobby in Memphis at TheatreWorks before playing Bobby on Broadway, and has also graced the Great White Way in Freestyle Love Supreme and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Before the pandemic, James was playing the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton.
With theaters shut down, James has played a bigwig producer in As The Curtain Rises, Broadway’s first digital soap opera, and been heard on animated shows including Helluva Boss and DuckTales.
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