Happy 35th Birthday to Broadway performer and “One Life to Live” alumnus Nicholas Rodriguez!

Whether he’s performing on Broadway (Tarzan) or on television (One Life to Live) or on the web (Then We Got Help), it’s hard to take your eyes off of gorgeous and talented Nicholas Rodriguez.

This openly gay star is celebrating his birthday today and I hope it is a magnificent one.

Fans of the late, sometimes great One Life to Live remember Nicholas well from his role as Nick, the man who came between the characters of Kyle and Oliver in daytime TV’s first gay love triangle.

He is also a veteran of the stage and starred in the role of the young, lovestruck Italian shop clerk Fabrizio in Arena Stage’s production of The Light in the Piazza, played Jesus in a touring company of Jesus Christ Superstar and appeared on Broadway as the King of the Apes in Tarzan.

Nick also starred for two seasons in the terrific web series Then We Got Help.

It looks like Nicholas is poised to return to television again in a new reality show based on The Broadway Dreams Foundation’s performing arts training program. He will be one of the core faculty members on the show which will follow hundreds of Broadway hopefuls as they learn the ropes from the industry’s brightest stars and savviest of insiders.