Colton Berry Colton, who is originally from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, graduated from Wilson Memorial High School and has been performing since he was a small child.  He has since appeared in  The Wiz (Scarecrow), Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere), Les Miserables (Valjean), Into the Woods (Wolf), Aida (Radames), Chicago (Mary Sunshine and Fred Casely), the title roles in Jekyll and Hyde, Big River (Huck) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hero).  Colton began directing and designing productions with his production company, Front Row Center Productions, in the seventh grade and has directed shows such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Little Shop of Horrors and Company.  He also competed in Showtime! At the Apollo On Tour! and has also had the opportunity to travel to France as a soloist with the French-American Gospel Music Workshop Exchange.  Recently Colton auditioned for season seven of American Idol where he became one of the Top 24 contestants.  He left the show as number 21 out of hundreds of thousands who auditioned.  Colton has been with Masquerade since July 2008.