Jim Walton

Jim Walton has written with his brother, Bob, since 1991 when they wrote and performed in My Brother's Keeper, originally a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit. This show later played the Pasadena Playhouse and several other regional theaters. Jim and Bob went on to collaborate on a two-actor musical, Double Trouble, which they performed at Goodspeed at Chester and Stage One in Wichita, Kansas. This led to their creation of Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical and Mid-Life 2! (#WhatDidIComeInHereFor). Jim also appeared with Bob in The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (revival) for Encore Presentations.

Some of his Broadway credits as an actor include: Come From Away, Sweeney Todd, 42nd Street, Merrily We Roll Along, She Loves Me and Sunset Boulevard. Off-Broadway credits are: And the World Goes Round, Closer Than Ever and Scrambled Feet. Jim also starred as “Bobby Child” in Crazy For You, “Young Buddy” in Follies: In Concert, “Larry” in Company (all on PBS) and as himself in the documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. Jim was born in Tachikawa, Japan; raised in Marion, Indiana; and graduated from the University of Cincinnati's College – Conservatory of Music.