Gavin Creel

Gavin Creel
Gavin Creel performing at Boston's Ryles Jazz Club in December 2010.
Background information
Birth name	Gavin James Creel
Born	(1976-04-18) April 18, 1976 Findlay, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	Pop, vocal, Broadway
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, songwriter
Website	gavincreel.com

Gavin James Creel (born April 18, 1976) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. Creel is best known for his work in musical theatre, for which he has received two Tony Award nominations—for originating the role of Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie and for his performance as Claude in Hair—and an Laurence Olivier Award for originating the West End version of Elder Price in The Book of Mormon at Prince of Wales Theatre. He also played the role of Elder Price in US National Tour and on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. He plays Steven Kodaly in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of She Loves Me, which premiered in spring 2016.

Personal life

Born in Findlay, Ohio, Creel received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in 1998. Creel, who is openly gay,^[1] is a regular on the LGBT RFamilyVacations cruise with Rosie O'Donnell.^[2] He is also one of the founders, with Rory O'Malley and Jenny Kanelos, of Broadway Impact, an LGBT activist group. He is an alumnus of Findlay First Edition Show Choir.^[3]

Theatre credits

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2001	Spring Awakening	Melchior	Workshop at Roundabout Theatre Company June 2001
2002	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Jimmy Smith	Marquis Theatre March 19, 2002 – April 27, 2003
2004	Hair (Actors' Fund Concert)	Performer	New Amsterdam Theatre September 20, 2004
2004	La Cage aux Folles	Jean-Michel	Marquis Theatre December 9, 2004 – June 26, 2005
2006	Mary Poppins^[4]	Bert	Prince Edward Theatre, London July 26, 2006 – January 12, 2008
2009	Hair	Claude	Al Hirschfeld Theatre Mar 31, 2009 – March 7, 2010
2010	Hair	Claude	Gielgud Theatre, London April 1, 2010 – September 1, 2010
2013	The Book of Mormon	Elder Price	Prince of Wales Theatre, London March 21, 2013 – July 26, 2014
2015	The Book of Mormon	Elder Price	Eugene O'Neill Theatre January 6, 2015 – January 3, 2016
2016	She Loves Me	Stephen Kodaly	Studio 54 March 17, 2016 – July 10, 2016

Other theater credits

Fame – The North American Tour – as Nick Piazza – 1998
Honk! – North Shore Music Theatre – as Ugly – 2000
The Flood – Prospect Theater Company – Male Lead – May 2001
Bat Boy: The Musical – Original Off-Broadway Production – Swing/Understudy – 2001
Spring Awakening – Workshop – as Melchior – 2001
Hair – Encores! Concert – as Principal, Father, Tribe – 2001
Bounce – Chicago/Washington DC – as Hollis Bessemer – 2003
The Mystery Plays – Second Stage Theatre & Yale Repertory Theater^[5]
Bright Lights, Big City – New York Concert – as Michael – 2003
A Tale of Two Cities – Workshop – as Charles Darnay – 2004
Prometheus Bound – American Repertory Theater – as Prometheus – 2011
The Book of Mormon – US National Tour – As Elder Price – 2012
The Book of Mormon - Toronto/Montreal - Elder Price - 2014

Television

Eloise at the Plaza as Bill – 2003
Eloise at Christmastime as Bill – 2003

Discography

Creel was featured on the concept album of Bright Lights, Big City. He released his debut solo album, Goodtimenation, in March 2006. He released his second album, a six song EP titled Quiet. Gavin entered Billboard's Heatseeking Albums chart at No. 44 with Quiet.^[6] Creel's third solo release, Get Out, was released on March 20, 2012.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2002	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Nominated
2009	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Hair	Nominated
2009	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance	Hair	Nominated
2014	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Actor in A Musical	The Book of Mormon	Won

References

↑ Millie and Hair Star Gavin Creel on Coming Out, Making ‘Noise’ and Dreaming of a Hippie Heaven broadway.com, January 16, 2013
↑ Gans, Andrew."All Aboard!: "Rosie" Cruise, with Murney, Creel and Rudetsky, Departs March 15", playbill.com, March 15, 2008
↑ "Coming home: Findlay native plays Stranahan with 'Book of Mormon' tour". Toledo Free Press. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
↑ Portantiere, Michael."Gavin Creel to Play Bert in London Production of Mary Poppins" theatermania.com, June 16, 2006
↑ Hernandez, Ernio. "Gavin Creel Starts in The Mystery Plays at Second Stage's New Plays Uptown, June 21". Playbill.com. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
↑ Trust, Gary (July 1, 2010). "Chart Beat Thursday: Eminem, Jason Derulo, Cyndi Lauper". Billboard Chart Beat. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

External links

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Anton Rodgers (1979)
Denis Quilley (1980)
Michael Crawford (1981)
Roy Hudd (1982)
Denis Lawson (1983)
Paul Clarkson (1984)
Robert Lindsay (1985)
Michael Crawford (1986)
John Bardon and Emil Wolk (1987)
Con O'Neill (1988)
Jonathan Pryce (1989/1990)
Philip Quast (1991)
Alan Bennett (1992)
Henry Goodman (1993)
Alun Armstrong (1994)
John Gordon Sinclair (1995)
Adrian Lester (1996)
Robert Lindsay (1997)
Philip Quast (1998)
Jody Abrahams, Loukmaan Adams, Mandisa Bardill, Junaid Booysen, Salie Daniels, and Alistair Izobell (1999)
Simon Russell Beale (2000)
Daniel Evans (2001)
Philip Quast (2002)
Alex Jennings (2003)
David Bedella (2004)
Nathan Lane (2005)
James Lomas, George Maguire, and Liam Mower (2006)
Daniel Evans (2007)
Michael Ball (2008)
Douglas Hodge (2009)
Aneurin Barnard (2010)
David Thaxton (2011)
Bertie Carvel (2012)
Michael Ball (2013)
Gavin Creel (2014)
John Dagleish (2015)
Matt Henry (2016)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 71061980

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