Gavin Creel, Broadway star whose Hello, Dolly! performance won him a Tony Award, dead at 48
The Broadway veteran died Monday of a rare form of cancer
Gavin Creel, a Broadway veteran who won a Tony Award for Hello, Dolly!and nominations for Hairand Thoroughly Modern Millie,died Monday of a rare and aggressive form of cancer. He was 48.
Publicist Matt Polk said Creel died at his home in Manhattan of metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma.
Creel performed the role of Dr. Pomatter in Sara Bareilles's musical Waitresson Broadway in 2019 and on the West End in 2020. He won an Olivier Award for The Book of Mormon.
Today, we mourn the devastating loss of Tony Award winner Gavin Creel, whose extraordinary talent, kindness, and passion lit up the stage and our hearts. pic.twitter.com/s3YjJkglN0
—@TheTonyAwardsHe played Steven Kodaly in the 2016 production of She Loves Meat Studio 54. The following season, Creel was tapped for the role of Cornelius Hackl, opposite legends Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce, in the smash 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!directed by Jerry Zaks.
He also played the singing waiter Bill in the films Eloise at the Plazaand Eloise at Christmastimealongside Julie Andrews.
In 2021, he was cast in Ryan Murphy's miniseries American Horror Storiesopposite Matt Bomer. His 2022 solo concert was filmed for the premiere episode of PBS's Stars Onstage at Westport Country Playhouse.
Gavin Creel. What a beautiful soul what a fine person ,, a great performer and voice
RIP. We are all so sad pic.twitter.com/C8ESxUrrDx
—@OfficialBPetersHe is survived by his mother, Nancy Clemens Creel, and father, James William Creel; his sisters, Heather Elise Creel and Allyson Jo Creel; and his partner, Alex Temple Ward.
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