Barihunk Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek will be joining the national tour of Beauty and the Beast as Gaston. The entire tour schedule is available online.
He's not new to singing Broadway music, having sung Tommy in The Music Man at Ash Lawn Opera, John Wilkes Booth in ASSASSINS with Four Seasons Theater and “The Best of Opera and Broadway” with Opera Louisiane. He's also performed in a number of cabaret shows and recently performed a solo show at SubCulture, which included music by Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd
Webber.
Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek from his new video "Unusual Way"
Barihunk Chritiaan Smith-Kotlarek will be making his New York City solo recital debut at SubCulture on March 31st. Accompanied by a jazz combo or with him at the guitar, the repertoire will steer away from opera. Music director Ben Rauhala has arranged a night of Broadway showstoppers to current chart-toppers, with songs by Josh Groban, Aloe Blacc, John Mayer, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd
Webber and the original rock star, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
You can sample Smith-Kotlarek's sexy new video "Unusual Way" here, which will give you a flavor of the evening. Tickets are only $25 and the $40 VIP ticket includes a meet an greet with the singer after the show. Tickets are available online.
In June, Smith-Kotlarek returns to the stage as Billy Bigelow in Carousel at Opera on the Avalon.
