Last night, American Idol alum and Rock of Ages star Constantine Maroulis played the Highline Ballroom. BroadwayWorld was there to capture his rousing covers of famous rock tunes.
Constantine Maroulis is currently staring on Broadway in the 2009 Tony Award Nominated Best Musical, Rock of Ages, and received a best actor Tony nomination for his role as Drew.
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.
