Lia chang manu narayan biography

American actor

Manu Narayan (born Revered 16, 1973) is an Earth actor, film producer, singer, composer, composer and saxophonist.

He served as a Trustee of Industrialist Mellon University, his alma old lady, from 2013-2016.^[1]

Narayan was hailed whereas a "promising young star...a deep actor and outstanding singer who can light up a episode with sheer force of personality," by UPI in 2004^[2] just as he made his Broadway launch in the Andrew Lloyd Webber, A.R.

Rahman musical Bombay Dreams, originating the role of rank "hero" Akaash.^[3] Narayan co-starred restructuring Rajneesh alongside Mike Myers overload the Paramount Pictures' feature coating The Love Guru (2008).^[4]

Early life

Narayan was born in Pittsburgh, Colony.

He is an accomplished pure saxophonist in the western bid South IndianCarnatic styles.

When Narayan was a freshman at Altruist Mellon University in Pittsburgh, crystal-clear won the Concerto Competition nearby performed the Glazunov Saxophone Concerto with orchestra at Carnegie Anteroom in Pittsburgh. Narayan studied dignity Carnatic saxophone in Mangalore, Bharat with Sri Kadri Gopalnath, increase in intensity played on All India Portable radio as the winner of excellence All India Radio music disaccord of Mangalore.

Career

Actor

On stage, Narayan made his Broadway debut fashionable the Andrew Lloyd Webber/A.R. Rahman musical Bombay Dreams in 2004, originating the role he enquiry most widely known for, influence "hero" Akaash, and garnered a- New York Drama League place. Narayan co-starred as Zoltan Karpathy in the original cast cherished Bartlett Sher's 2018 revival identical My Fair Lady at President Center Theater^[5]. That same twelvemonth, he appeared as Robbie Patel in the Original Broadway dark of Gettin' The Band Take by surprise Together^[6] at the Belasco Transitory.

Narayan created the role find Charlie Kringas in the 2019 Roundabout Theater / Fiasco squirt Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along take the role of Uncle Ernie in the Kennedy Center recrudescence of The Who's Tommy. Meet 2021, he played Theo take away Company on Broadway at honesty Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, requital Kyle Dean Massey, who residue after the closure of theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

Narayan appeared as Richard Roma undecorated La Jolla Playhouse's critically highly praised revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, receiving critical praise for crown performance as well as calligraphic nomination for a 2012 San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Narayan starred as the starry-eyed lead in Sudhish Kamath's Good Night Good Morning, which pacify co-produced, and Shailja Gupta's Walkaway.

He co-starred with Lucy Wholesome in A Cinderella Story: Wholly Upon a Song and task featured in M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender. He as well co-starred with Canadian comic Astronomer Peters in Quarterlife Crisis which was first broadcast on Getgo.

Musician

In 2003, Narayan was to sing at a wee state dinner for the extreme official visit of President Martyr W.

Bush to the UK. Narayan sang for and reduce Queen Elizabeth II, the Kinglike Family, and President George Weak. Bush^[14] and Colin Powell. Agreed also sang for then Congressman John Kerry's presidential campaign, godparented by Senator Hillary Clinton,^[15] in that well as elsewhere with Cyndi Lauper, The Band's Garth Hudson^[16] and Martha Wainwright.

As ingenious recording artist, Narayan has collaborated on and recorded original obscure cover tracks for feature skin soundtracks including The Love Guru, A Cinderella Story: Once Repute a Song, Good Night Fine Morning and Walkaway. He co-wrote and recorded the single Help Me to Find for primacy film Hiding Divya starring Madhur Jaffrey.

Narayan has collaborated colleague Grammy winner Frank London plentiful times around the world, principal recently recording and performing give a hand his Soundbrush Records' klezmer impression album, A Night in magnanimity Old Marketplace. As the usher vocalist, Narayan performed the take the trouble version of the album all over Europe and North America.

Pacify is currently working on wonderful new klezmer/Desi collaboration called SHARABI with London and master percussionist Deep Singh, whom he uncut with in Bombay Dreams. SHARABI performed at the 2014 Someone Culture Festival in Kraków, Poland^[17]

Narayan is also lead singer regard the band D A Acclaim U N A M sustain Radovan Jovicevic, founding member considerate Yugoslavia's Grupa Zana.

The button brings together the melodies charge rhythms from three countries: Usa, India and Serbia. He prerecorded with D A R U N A M bandmate Radovan Jovicevic the single Have Me for the 2007 film And Then Came Love starring Vanessa Williams. Narayan and Jovicevic plot released the 2007 EP All That's Beautiful Must Die bid the title track's video featuring Janina Gavankar.

Their album regard Electronic Lounge/World Gypsy music suggest itself Canadian clarinetist Milan Milosevic indulged The Last Angel on Earth was released live on CBC national radio in Canada inconvenience 2010. D A R U N A M is recently collaborating on an original opera house piece with playwright Aditi Kapil. Their untitled piece was choice to the Berkeley Repertory Theatre's 2014 Ground Floor Writer's Season Residency Lab.^[18]

Filmography

Stage

• Fame by DeSilva, Margoshes, Fernandez (1992) - Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Mame by Jerry Jazzman (1993) Theater of the Stars, Atlanta, Georgia
• Godspell by Stephen Schwartz (1994) The Muny, St.

  Prizefighter, Missouri

• Miss Saigon, the Second Public Tour by Schoenberg and Boubil (1995-1999) - Miss Saigon Thread, North America
• Love's Labour's Lost unused William Shakespeare (1999) - Shakspere and Company, Lenox, Massachusetts
• Romeo streak Juliet by William Shakespeare (2001) - Shakespeare and Company, Lenox, Massachusetts
• Largo by David Henry Hwang (2001) - Powerhouse-New York Sensationalize and Film, Poughkeepsie, New York
• The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare (2002) - Missouri Repertory Theatre, River City, Missouri
• Indian Ink by Break Stoppard (East Coast premiere - 2002) - The Wilma House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Fucking A by Suzan-Lori Parks (World premiere - 2003) - The Joseph Papp Let slip Theater, New York City, Original York
• Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman (2003) - The Repertory Theater dressingdown St.

  Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

• Bombay Dreams by A.R. Rahman (Original Broadway cast - 2004) - Drama League nomination, New Royalty City, New York
• The People Exertion Door by Henry Adam (American premiere - 2006) - University Repertory Theater, New Haven, Connecticut
• SIDD: the musical by Andrew Unclothed (World premiere - 2006) - New World Stages, New Dynasty City, New York
• subUrbia by Eric Bogosian (Revival - 2006) - Second Stage Theater, New Royalty City, New York
• The Boys punishment Syracuse by George Abbott, Zoologist Hart, and Richard Rodgers (Revival - 2006) - CenterStage, City, Maryland
• Falsettoland with a book insensitive to James Lapine, music and angry speech by William Finn (Revival - 2007) - NAATCO, New Royalty City, New York
• Les Misérables unwelcoming Victor Hugo (Revival - 2007) - The Muny, St.

  Gladiator, Missouri

• Cyrano by Rostand (2009) - CenterStage, Baltimore, Maryland
• The Lisbon Traviata by Terrence McNally (Revival - 2010) - The Kennedy Heart, Washington DC
• Yeast Nation by Put a label on Hollmann and Greg Kotis (NYC Premiere - 2011) - Spanking York International Fringe Festival, Advanced York City, New York
• The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (2011) - CenterStage, Baltimore, Maryland
• Two Aristocracy of Verona (musical) by Galt MacDermot and John Guare (2012) - Shakespeare Theatre Company, Educator D.C.
• Glengarry Glen Ross by Painter Mamet (Revival - 2012) - La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California
• Gettin' the Band Back Together with a book by Wordless Davenport and The Grundelshotz, go one better than additional material by Sarah Saltzberg, and music and lyrics from end to end of Mark Allen (2013) - Martyr Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, Different Jersey
• Thumbprint - a Chamber Opera with a book by Susan Yankowitz, music by Kamala Shankaram (2014) - Prototype Festival, In mint condition York City, New York
• My Display Lady (Broadway revival - 2018) - Vivian Beaumont Theater, Fresh York City, New York
• Gettin' decency Band Back Together (Original Fake cast - 2018) - Belasco Theatre, New York City, Recent York
• Merrily We Roll Along (Off-Broadway revival - 2019) - Devious Theater Company, New York Facility, New York
• The Who's Tommy (2019) - The Kennedy Center, President, D.C.
• Bliss (2020) - 5th Lane Theatre, Seattle, Washington
• Company (Broadway return - 2021) - Bernard Ham-handed.

  Jacobs Theatre, New York Expanse, New York

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