Actor

Writer

Singer

Dancer

Musician

Jim Walton attended Marion High School from 1971 to 1973, fortunate to sing in the Concert Choir and the 26th Street Singers (formerly, the Swing Choir) during their debut year (1972-73). He is indebted to his teacher and mentor, F. Ritchie Walton, for giving him his start. Jim went on to attend the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music while working at the Wagon Wheel Playhouse in Warsaw, Ind., during the summers. He moved to New York City in February 1979. Some of his Broadway credits include Merrily We Roll Along, 42nd Street, and revivals of Sweeney Todd, The Music Man, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, On the 20th Century, She Loves Me, and Sunset Boulevard. Off-Broadway, Jim appeared in And the World Goes ’Round, Scrambled Feet, and Closer Than Ever. On PBS, he was featured in Follies: In Concert, Crazy For You, Sondheim! The Birthday Concert and Company. Jim was also featured in the 2016 documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, available on Netflix. With his talented brother, Bob Walton, he wrote book, music, and lyrics for My Brother’s Keeper, *Double Trouble (A Musical Tour de Farce), *Mid-Life! (The Crisis Musical), *Mid-Life 2! #WhatDidIComeInHereFor?, and A Day In Gloucester. (*Indicates ones that are licensed with The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization.) They also appeared together in the Off-Broadway revival of The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936.