In its 16th season, Sunshine Cathedral Center for the Performing Arts continues to bring people together to celebrate arts & artists, especially artists who are members & friends of the LGBTQ+ community.
MARTY THOMAS is a Grammy-nominated recording artist and actor who made his Broadway debut at age 11 as Colin in The Secret Garden.
His first major label recording was singing backing vocals for Carly Simon at the age of 12. That same year, Marty was named a Junior Vocalist Champion on Ed McMahon’s Star Search, beating out a then-unknown Britney Spears.
Marty used his success as a child actor to parlay a very successful stage career on and off Broadway. He performed in the Broadway smash hit musicals Wicked and Xanadu.
Marty was featured in the independent film Big Gay Musical, played Damon on the CBS sitcom Two Broke Girls and Charlie on the Netflix series Grace and Frankie.
He has toured internationally with groups like The Harlem Gospel Singers and Postmodern Jukebox. He has sung with the likes of Billy Porter, Grace Jones, Patti Labelle, Barry Manilow, Johnny Cash, Kristin Chenoweth, Jessica Vosk and many more.
Marty has three full length albums available on all streaming platforms. He has appeared on every major cruise line and has sung the national anthem for the New York Islanders and the Brooklyn Nets.
Marty has appeared on MTV, VH1, The Oxygen Network, The Today Show, and The Tony Awards.
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