on tour to replace Chris Soucy as second guitarist. Kyle Riabko and Boots Factor from Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers collaborated on a side project called Trevor Jackson, releasing a digital album. The duo released their second album in 2010. In 2017, Roabko released the EP Holding My Breath. Acting career 2008–2011: Spring Awakening and Hair Riabko replaced Jonathan Groff in the Broadway production of the musical Spring Awakening, in the lead role of Melchior Gabor, on 23 May 2008. He left the Broadway production to join the national tour on 2 August 2008. After reprising the role on the national tour, he left the production on 28 June 2009. The 2009 television documentary Kyle Riabko: The Lead, by filmmaker Jeff Newman, follows Riabko from Toronto to New York City as he takes on the lead in Spring Awakening. Riabko replaced Gavin Creel as Claude in the 2009 Tony Award Winning Musical Revival of Hair. Performances began 9 March 2010. Riabko signed a one-year contract with the Broadway company of Hair. Riabko also had roles film and television roles including a recurring role in 90210 and Instant Star. 2013–2016: What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined In 2013, Riabko starred in What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined at the New York Theatre Workshop. What's It All About? was directed by choreographer Steven Hoggett and featured Riabko's arrangements of the music of Burt Bacharach. Burt Bacharach attended the opening night of the show in NYC and both openings in London and said, "Kyle has done something truly unique with my music. He's a beautiful singer and one hell of a guitar player." Riabko subsequently brought the production to London, first to The Menier Chocolate Factory, and then to The Criterion Theatre in the West End as Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined. In the summer of 2016, Ghostlight Records released The Original London Cast Recording of Close To You: Bacharach Reimagined. Riabko followed the album release with solo concert performances of Bacharach Reimagined in New York City, Los Angeles, and his hometown of Saskatoon in Canada. In 2019, Riabko has a two-episode guest role in the Netflix series Soundtrack. Personal life Riabko married Irish actress and singer Stephanie McKeon on 6 December 2017, having met through Bacharach Reimagined. In February 2023, the couple announced they were expecting their first child. Discography Albums The EP (2004) Before I Speak (2005) The Duo EP: Volume