Gavin Creel

Gavin James Creel (April 18, 1976 – September 30, 2024) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter best known for his work in musical theater. Over his career he received a Grammy Award, a Tony Award, two Drama Desk Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. Creel made his Broadway debut in 2002 in the leading role of Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie before starring as Claude in the 2009 Broadway revival of Hair, both Tony Award–nominated performances. From 2012 to 2015, he starred as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon; he received a Laurence Olivier Award for originating the role in the West End version of the musical and played the role in the U.S. National Tour and on Broadway. He received a Tony Award in 2017 for his performance as Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway. Creel's other stage credits include La Cage aux Folles (2004), She Loves Me (2016), Waitress (2019), and Into the Woods (2022) on Broadway; Mary Poppins (2006), Hair (2010) and Waitress (2020) in the West End; and the national tours of Fame (1998) and Into the Woods (2023). In 2023, Creel’s self-written musical, Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice, had its world premiere Off-Broadway. Primarily a theater actor, his most notable screen acting role is as Bill in Eloise at the Plaza and its Christmas-themed sequel.

Walk On Through: Live At MCC - 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000000Z

MCC Theater's Miscast: The Studio Sessions - 2025-03-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Oz, the Musical (Studio Cast Soundtrack) - 2024-03-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Preschool Educational Songs - 2023-07-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Preschool Music - 2023-07-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Into The Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) - 2022-09-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Central Park Season Two, The Soundtrack – Songs in the Key of Park (Vol. 1) [Original Soundtrack] - 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000000Z

R&H Goes Pop! - 2021-03-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Sing Your Hallelujah - 2020-12-18T00:00:00.000000Z

I Put a Spell on You - 2020-10-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Waiting For The Elevator - 2019-10-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Three Points of Contact - 2019-02-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast Recording) - 2017-05-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Cockeyed Optimist : The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

She Loves Me (2016 Broadway Cast Recording) - 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Fugitive Songs: A Song Cycle (Studio Cast Recording) - 2012-09-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Get Out - 2012-03-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Love on a Summer Afternoon: Songs of Sam Davis - 2010-11-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Quiet - 2010-06-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Hair (The New Broadway Cast Recording) - 2009-05-25T00:00:00.000000Z

It's Only Life (A New Musical Revue) - 2006-05-30T00:00:00.000000Z

GOODTIMENATION - 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Hair (Actors Fund Of America Benefit Recording) - 2005-06-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Fine and Dandy (World Premiere Recording) - 2004-05-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Broadway Romances Manhattan - 2002-10-18T00:00:00.000000Z

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