Matt Zarley

MATT ZARLEY made his theatrical debut at 17 years old in CATS, at that time the youngest to ever perform in the mega blockbuster. His Broadway career continued with roles in CHICAGO, A CHORUS LINE, THE WHO’S TOMMY, and JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. TV appearances include Disney’s Cinderella (w/ Whitney Houston), Geppetto (w/ DREW CAREY), & Annie (w/ Kathy Bates), The Drew Carey Show, Fame, The Tonight Show, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, and Smash among others. An award winning, 4 time Billboard charting recording artist, his albums include: Debut, Here I Am (2008 Billboard Critics Top Ten and American Idol Top 20 Songwriter), and Change Begins With Me (2012 OutMusic Award for ALBUM and SINGLE OF THE YEAR & #1 for a month on the Eurochart) He added filmmaker to his resume recently when he released hopefulROMANTIC, an award winning, original musical short film he wrote, produced, and starred in. Internet phenom and Star Trek star, George Takei co-stars. It played dozens of international film festivals including Cannes, Mumbai, Montreal, and several stateside fests. It’s now available on iTunes, Amazon Prime, Revry and Matt's YouTube channel. As a bonus to Matt’s latest album, THE ESTROGEN SESSIONS, Matt reimagined the 1994 Des’ree smash, “You Gotta Be” as an anthemic duet with his long time friend, Tony, Grammy, and Emmy winning star of FX’s POSE, Billy Porter. 100% of all sales and streams of the single will benefit the homeless shelter at the LA LGBT Youth Center.