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Jim Brochu | |
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| Born | August 16, 1946 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | St. Francis College |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, playwright, director |
| Partner | Steve Schalchlin (1985–present) |
Jim Brochu (born August 16, 1946) is an American actor, writer, director, and playwright. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. Brochu studied at Carnegie-Mellon University and received his B.A. from St. Francis College. His stage debut was in a production of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. As a friend of Lucille Ball, he is the author of the unauthorized biography of Lucille Ball, titled Lucy in the Afternoon, and in this capacity, appeared on an episode of MythBusters.
He also co-wrote the musical The Big Voice: God or Merman with Steve Schalchlin.[1][2]
Brochu wrote and starred Off-Broadway in Zero Hour, a one-person play about the life and career of actor and comedian Zero Mostel, from 2009–2010. For this performance, he won the Drama Desk[3] award for Outstanding Solo Performance.
- ^ "A Conversation"San Francisco Sentinel, August 14, 2007
- ^ "'The Big Voice' listing thebigvoice.com, retrieved May 24, 2010
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Red, Memphis, Bridge, Fences and La Cage Win Drama Desk Awards" Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, May 23, 2010