In 2014 Ryan will be returning to the broadway stage in the musical All That Glitters, a biographical musical based on the life of Liberace, playing the role of, Miss Bea Haven, Liberace's secretary and nurse.
The inverse of this expression, "All that glitters is gold," is a lyric in the Led Zeppelin song, "Stairway to Heaven", the Smash Mouth song, "All Star" and the Death in Vegas song, "All That Glitters".
He's directed music videos "Bullet" by Franz Ferdinand, "Leather Jacket Love Song" & "Glitters Like Gold" by The Cribs, "Miss You" by Clinic, "Turn it on" by Peaches & also starred in "I Won't Come Back" by Box Codax.
He then went on to record "African Thing" with Prezident Brown (released on Island/Mango), the success of which led him to work with producers such as Bobby "Digital" (Funny, Funny), Donovan Germain (All That Glitters), Steely and Clevie (Hard Core), as well as Grammy award winning prducer Jim Jonsin(who has worked on songs such as Space Bound, by Eminem and Lollipop by Lil' Wayne).
'Glitters Like Gold' featured throughout the February and March 2012 tour at venues in London, Edinburgh, Brighton and Leeds, and opens fifth LP In the Belly of the Brazen Bull.