James has worked on stage throughout the US and Canada with the several luminaries including Rita Moreno, Hal Holbrook, Olympia Dukakis, Cyd Charisse, Theodore Bikel, Shirley Knight, Hal Linden, Piper Laurie, Tom Hanks, Harold Gould, Liev Shreiber, Brian D'Arcy James, Eli Wallach, Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper.