[1] Narayan was hailed as a "promising young star...a compelling actor and outstanding singer who can light up a stage with sheer force of personality," by UPI in 2004[2] when he made his Broadway debut in the Andrew Lloyd Webber, A.R.

Rahman musical Bombay Dreams in 2004, originating the role he is most widely known for, the "hero" Akaash, and garnered a New York Drama League nomination.

Narayan co-starred as Zoltan Karpathy in the original cast of Bartlett Sher's 2018 revival of My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center Theater[5].

In 2021, he played Theo in Company on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, replacing Kyle Dean Massey, who left after the closure of theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Narayan sang for and met Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Family, and President George W. Bush[14] and Colin Powell.

SHARABI performed at the 2014 Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków, Poland[17] Narayan is also lead singer of the band D A R U N A M with Radovan Jovicevic, founding member of Yugoslavia's Grupa Zana.

Their album of Electronic Lounge/World Gypsy music with Canadian clarinetist Milan Milosevic entitled The Last Angel on Earth was released live on CBC national radio in Canada in 2010.