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Gavin Creel

Shows · Gavin Creel

Actor 1976–2024 On stage 20022022

Tony winner for Hello, Dolly! known for his charisma and vocal warmth.

On stage 10 productions, 20 years

2002 Thoroughly Modern Millie Marquis Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Mayer 903 perf.
2004 Hair New Amsterdam Theatre · Revival 1 perf.
2004 La Cage aux Folles Marquis Theatre · Revival · directed by Jerry Zaks 229 perf.
2009 Hair Al Hirschfeld Theatre · Revival · directed by Diane Paulus 519 perf.
2011 She Loves Me Stephen Sondheim Theatre · Revival · directed by Scott Ellis 1 perf.
2011 The Book of Mormon Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Original · directed by Casey Nicholaw & Trey Parker 5,000 perf.
2016 She Loves Me Theatre not recorded · Revival · directed by Scott Ellis 293 perf.
2016 Waitress Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Diane Paulus 1,544 perf.
2017 Hello, Dolly! Shubert Theatre · Revival · directed by Jerry Zaks 699 perf.
2022 Into the Woods St. James Theatre · Revival · directed by Lear deBessonet 425 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Darius Nichols 3 productions
Anastacia McCleskey 3 productions
Will Swenson 2 productions
Victor Garber 2 productions
Tommar Wilson 2 productions
T Oliver Reid 2 productions
Shoshana Bean 2 productions
Rory O Malley 2 productions
Peter Bartlett 2 productions
Paul Canaan 2 productions
Nancy Opel 2 productions
Michael McGrath 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 4 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on3 works

Hair (2009 Revival)
Hello, Dolly! (2017 Revival)
Into the Woods (2022 Revival)

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Sutton Foster, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Harriet Harris, Marc Kudisch, Gavin Creel, Angela Christian, Ken Leung, Francis Jue, Anne L. Nathanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Gary Beach, Daniel Davis, Linda Balgord, Gavin Creel, Angela Gaylor, Michael Mulheren, John Shuman, Michael Benjamin Washington, Ruth Williamson, Merwin Foardebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Gavin Creel, Will Swenson, Sasha Allen, Allison Case, Caissie Levy, Darius Nichols, Bryce Ryness, Kacie Sheik, Megan Lawrence, Andrew Koberebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • The next night, I played for Gavin Creel, who did an act in the piano bar. As usual, his voice sounded glorious. Gavin said he's planning on playing Jesus on Broadway in Godspell , and he asked the audience to leave a note backstage if they're seeing the show. I sassily said that it was to remind him not to mark that night. He laughed and…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • I do remember a moment on stage that was amazing. Sutton Foster and Marc Kudisch and Gavin Creel did what they called the “Scooby-Doo scene.” It was a scene at the end of the show where they did a lot of quick dialogue. “No!” “What?” “Yes.” One night, one of them started laughing and they absolutely couldn’t recover. They kept laughing an…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • The plane landed in Norfolk, Virginia. We were stuck at the gate, eating Pop-Tarts and dreaming of Gavin Creel, for three hours. When we got back on the plane, we were panicked. Would we get to NYC in time for Thoroughly Modern Millie ?!ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt

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