His credits include writing music for the films Metropolitan,[3][4] Good Money and The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love,[citation needed] as well as performing on Broadway and in national stage tours of the musicals 42nd Street and Cabaret.

He retired from the pornography industry in 2006 to concentrate on his career as an actor and musician, and was promptly cast in the world premiere of Terrence McNally's Some Men.

[6] His final role under the stage name Gus Mattox was as RuPaul's leading man in Starrbooty.

Much of the material from that show, and from his Huffington Post column, was collected into his book of essays Laid Bare.

[citation needed] in 2017 he launched a successful Etsy t-shirt shop which reproduces poster art from flop Broadway shows, as well as signage from classic films.