James Stanek (born August 5, 1971) is an American theatre, film, and television actor.
Early life Stanek was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland and raised in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. He attended the Seneca Valley School District where he performed in such musicals as Grease and Little Shop of Horrors, among others. In Stanek's senior year of high school he auditioned for, and was accepted, into the Mini Stars musical theatre program at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
He attended and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.
Personal life Stanek and his wife, Beth, currently reside in Manhattan, where they raise their three sons.
Theatre credits
Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Tour Theatre YearProductionRoleCategory1996IndiscretionsMichael (standby)BroadwayA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumHeroBroadway1999Captain Courageous DanOff-Broadway2000Saturday Nightu/s Campbell, McDonald, SorgeOff-Broadway2001The Good Companions PerformerOff-BroadwayCyrano de BergeracPerformerOff-Broadway2003Oh, Boy!JimOff-Broadway2004Best Foot ForwardPerformerOff-BroadwayThe RivalsFootman; u/s Bob Acres, David, FagBroadway2005Little Women(standby) Braxton, Laurie, Mr. Brooke, Rodrigo BroadwaySlutDanOff-Broadway2006Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in ParisPerformerOff-BroadwayLestatLouisBroadway2007 Love You, You're Perfect, Now ChangePerformerOff-BroadwayFrankenstein, A New MusicalHenry Clerval; u/s Victor Off-Broadway2009The Story of My LifeEnsembleBroadwayNight SkyPerformerOff-Broadway2010Jacques Brel ReturnsPerformerOff-Broadway2011Freud's Last Season C.S. LewisOff-BroadwayA Tree Grows in BrooklynJohnny Off-BroadwayDesperate WritersPerformerOff-Broadway2013A Gentleman's Guide to Love and MurderSwingBroadway2015Fun HomeBruce (standby) Broadway2022-2023Into the WoodsSteward;u/s BakerBroadwaySteward;u/s Bakeru/s Narrator/Mysterious ManNational Tour
Regional theatre Roman Holiday (The Guthrie Theater [Minneapolis, MN]) Ace (Signature Theatre) The Producers (North Shore Music Theatre) Carnival (Kennedy Center) Lestat (Curran Theatre) My Fair Lady (McCarter Theatre Center) The Threepenny Opera (Williamstown Theatre Festival) Damn Yankees (American Musical Theatre of San Jose) Chrysalis (Adirondack Theatre Festival) The Three Musketeers (American Musical Theatre of San Jose) Let's Face It (New York Historical Society) Thoroughly Modern Millie (La Jolla Playhouse) Purlie (Kennedy Center) Pippin (Bay Street Theatre) Mame (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera) George M! (St. Louis MUNY) Into the Woods - The Baker (The Patchogue Theatre) The Recipe - Paul Child (La Jolla Playhouse)
Filmography YearTitleRoleTypeNotes1998Law & OrderArraignment ClerkTelevisionone episode 1998The AdversariesSeries RegularTV movieas "James Stanek"2000Mary and RhodaOfficial Tour GuideTV movie2000Brooklyn SonnetJimmy O'ConnerTV movieas "James Stanek"2001MisGuiding LightFloyd Boyd TV mini-series2006Bella HenriFilm2008Olive GardenOlive Garden EnthusiastCommercial 2010As the World TurnsNathan Randall Television one episode 2011No Matter WhatBerkeley Film 2013The Good WifeTodd KoopmanTelevisionone episode 2019Mr RobotJason Television
Discography Kitty's Kisses (Original Studio Cast) Frankenstein (Original Off-Broadway Cast) Lestat (Original Broadway Cast) The 3hree Musketeers (Original American Cast) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway Revival Cast)
The Lestat original Broadway cast recording was recorded by Mercury Records on May 22, 2006, at Sony Studios in New York City. Planned release was July 11, 2006 but has been postponed indefinitely. In August 2006 after numerous rumors of an August release date, Elton John's website released this statement:
"We have received many messages asking when the Lestat cast album will be released. According to Elton's management, there are no plans to release the album at present."No Plans for Release of Lestat Original Cast Recording
The cast album has still yet to be released.
References
External links
Star File on Broadway.com Jim Stanek Online: The Fansite