JimWalton

Jim Walton was raised in Marion, Indiana (no, not Gary), attended college at the university of Cincinnati's Conservatory of Music and now lives in New York City. He starred on Broadway as Bobby Child in Gershwin's, Crazy For You which also aired on PBS' Great Performances series, and was happy to star in productions in Toronto, Sydney and many U.S. Cities. His Broadway credits include covering the roles of Harold Hill, Marcellus Washburn and Charlie Cowell in The Music Man (2000 revival), starring Rebecca Luker, as Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd (1989 revival), Stardust, and as Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street, a show which he also toured across the United States. He starred as Franklin Shepherd in the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along ( recording on RCA Records) and he made his Broadway debut in a Frank Loesser revue, Perfectly Frank.

Off Broadway, he appeared in Closer Than Ever, Scrambled Feet and in And The World Goes 'Round, the songs of Kander and Ebb (recording on RCA Records), for which we shared an Outer Circle Drama Critic's award for Best Ensemble Performance. He also appeared as Young Buddy in Follies: In Concert with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall (recording on RCA Records), also broadcast on PBS' Great Performances .

Jim has co-written two musicals with his brother, Bob Walton: My Brother's Keeper, winning a Backstage Bistro Award for Best New Musical, and Double Trouble, A Musical Tour de Farce which had productions in Chester, Connecticut and Wichita, Kansas.