Gavin Creel, a Broadway veteran who won a Tony Award for Hello, Dolly!┬аand nominations for Hair┬аand Thoroughly Modern Millie,┬аdied 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.┬а┬а┬а┬а
Creel performed the role of Dr. Pomatter in Sara Bareilles’s musical Waitress┬аon 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. ЁЯдН <a href=”https://t.co/s3YjJkglN0″>pic.twitter.com/s3YjJkglN0</a>
—@TheTonyAwards
He played Steven Kodaly in the 2016 production of She Loves Me┬аat 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!┬аdirected by Jerry Zaks.
He also played the singing waiter Bill in the films Eloise at the Plaza┬аand Eloise at Christmastime┬аalongside Julie Andrews.
In 2021, he was cast in Ryan Murphy’s miniseries American Horror Stories┬аopposite 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<br>RIP. We are all so sad ЁЯТФ <a href=”https://t.co/C8ESxUrrDx”>pic.twitter.com/C8ESxUrrDx</a>
—@OfficialBPeters
He 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.
