Sardi's Honors Constantine Maroulis with Caricature, 3/18

Constantine Maroulis, Tony nominated for his role as Drew in Broadway's ROCK OF AGES, will join the stars on Sardi's famed wall with his very own caricature on Thursday, March 18.  

Constantine gained fame on season 4 of American Idol. In addition to headlining the Idol's sold out Live Summer Tour with that year's winner Carrie Underwood, Constantine has continued to tour extensively around the country solo since the show. However Idol wasn't his first stage experience, having graduated The Boston Conservatory and apprenticed at the The Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2002, Maroulis had performed in several productions prior to landing the lead role of Roger in the national tour of the hit musical RENT just before making it as a finalist on Idol and beating out millions of hopefuls auditioning.

Maroulis made his Broadway debut in the Tony Nominated 2007 production of "Wedding Singer" and after quickly followed up co-starring in Off Broadway's critically acclaimed production of "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris." Television came back into his life with CBS's "The Bold and The Beautiful," in a role specially created for him and based in part off his real life. The show featured new songs from his debut album "Constantine" which he was released last year on his very own Record Label, "Sixth Place Records" via (SONY/Red) to critical acclaim.
Prior to that his version of "My Funny Valentine" helped make the CD, American Idol "The Showstoppers" RIAA Certified Gold (RCA).

Constantine is currently developing new material for a future release. Other credits include, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Tonight Show, Ellen, The Today Show, Howard Stern, Fox n' Friends, Regis & Kelly, Mike & Juliet, MTV and many more. He has also served as Co-Host on GDNY, Yahoo Buzz Session, MTV's Little Talent Show and American Idol Extra on The FOX Reality Channel. In addition, Constantine has done extensive work with many charities and non profits including Make a Wish, Hellenic Scholarship Fund, The Actors Fund, Broadway Cares and many others.

ROCK OF AGES, starring Constantine Maroulis as "Drew", opened on April 7, 2009 at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre to critical acclaim, following an off Broadway engagement in the fall of 2008. The Broadway production was nominated for Five 2009 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, and New Line Records released the Original Broadway Cast Recording in July 2009, featuring 28 songs from the show. A New Line Records film of the musical, directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray), is scheduled to be released in 2011. For tickets and more information, visit www.rockofagesmusical.com.

Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinski