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 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).