In 2008, Barbour pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child,[2] and he admitted to engaging in sexual activities with a 15-year-old on more than one occasion.[3]
In 2011, it was announced that he would play the supporting role of Jack Favel in the Broadway musical adaptation of Rebecca. The production was plagued with legal and financial problems, and the production has been indefinitely postponed after multiple delays.[15][16] In the summer of 2014, he starred as Jean Valjean in the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts production of Les Misérables opposite Anthony Fedorov as Enjolras.[17] Barbour then played the title role in the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera for nearly three years, from February 2015 until December 2017.[18]
He launched a holiday concert series at New York's Sardi's Restaurant in 2008.[19] Each performance featured a guest performer, including Brandi Burkhardt, Natalie Toro, Deborah Gibson, Marla Schaffel, Marc Kudisch, and Kevin Earley.[20] He repeated the holidays concerts in 2009 in both New York and Los Angeles.[21] In 2010, he expanded these concerts to six cities.[22] He followed this with a second Sardi's concert series, "Love Songs", featuring numerous Broadway classics.[23] The annual holiday concert series has since moved to Birdland, a Manhattan jazz club.[24]
In March 2017, Barbour's likeness was immortalized in a caricature portrait on the wall at Sardi's.[25][26] The same year, he finished writing The Ghosts of the Majestic, a solo show about John Raitt, Robert Goulet, and Ezio Pinza, three notable actors that performed at the Majestic Theatre.[14]
Personal life
Barbour is married to fellow performer Dana Stackpole, with whom he has two daughters.[1][26]
He has been an Artist Committee Board member of The Actors Fund of America for since 2000[27] during which time he has performed many charitable fundraisers in support of the Fund and Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS.[28] In 2014, he gave a fundraising performance for Scientology.[29][better source needed] He has given benefit concerts for his alma mater, Hofstra University.[30]
Arrest
In April 2006, Barbour was arrested and charged with five counts of sexual abuse and sodomy, after a woman accused him of committing statutory rape against her in 2001, when she was 15 years old.[31][32][33] In December 2006 he was indicted by a grand jury in New York for said crime.[34][35][36][37][38]
In January 2008, Barbour pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a minor in exchange for a lesser sentence in jail and three years' probation. Also, in accordance with his plea bargain, Barbour made a public allocution to these misdemeanors.[3][39] He served his sentence at Rikers Island, which lasted for 36 days beginning on February 29, 2008.[40][41]