the great white way The obituary of Gavin Creel.
Broadway stars react to Tony-winning actor’s news Died on Monday at the age of just 48Sharing their grief and shock.
Creel’s partner called out “Hair!” Like announcing the death of the show’s young star. and “Hello, Dolly!” Died from metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer, which he had been diagnosed with in July.
Sutton Foster, who starred with Creel in “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” for which Creel earned her first Tony nomination, mourned the late star in a post on Instagram.
“My dear friend. I will always love you,” Foster, 49, wrote.
“Book of Mormon” star Josh Gad said he couldn’t find the “right words” to express his grief.
“Sometimes, I don’t have the right words to describe my sadness,” Gad, 43, captioned a post on Instagram“Today is a bad day. We have lost someone who was very young, very early in his journey and very influential to our creative community.”
“My heart breaks for his family and his close friends,” he said. “This is not fair at all. We will never forget you @realgavincreel.”
Creel played the role of Elder Price in the first American tour and West End tour of “Mormon”.
Creel’s “Hello, Dolly!” Costa Bette Midler also paid tribute to the late actor, who won a Tony Award for his work in the revival.
“Beloved by the Broadway community, talented actor #GavinCreel has died from a rare form of cancer,” Midler posted on“He played Cornelius Hackle to Mary Dolly in ‘Hello Dolly,’ and I looked forward to working with him every night. That was fantastic. I can’t believe he’s gone. What a huge loss.”
“There are no words to describe this loss. “Gavin was my first role model, idol and hero,” Tony-winner and “Dear Evan Hansen” star Ben Platt said in his speech. instagram storeYou on Monday.
“When I saw my first Broadway show they showed me backstage. I couldn’t believe that someone so supernaturally talented could be everyone’s favorite person in the building. I wanted to sing like him and be like him.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda, who cast Creel to play King George III in “The Hamilton Mixtape,” his then-work in progress that would become the Broadway smash “Hamilton,” said he was shocked by the news of the actor’s death. Were “broken” by.
“Gavin Creel was our first King when we only had 11 songs and he had the audience wrapped around his finger with nothing more than the Burger King crown and his adorable charisma and talent,” 44 year old Miranda captioned a photo on Instagram Creel singing with Joshua Henry, Brian D’Arcy James, Philippa Sue and Sara Bareilles.
“He is deeply loved and it is unimaginable that he is no longer with us. My heart goes out to all the friends, family and colleagues who were fortunate enough to be in his class. We love you and we will always love you Gavin.”
Idina Menzel, who hosted the 2021 PBS special “Wicked in Concert”, in which Creel performed, wrote on instagram“Sweet sweet Gavin Creel. An angel among angels. I love you very much.”
“What a tragic loss,” Cynthia Erivo, star of Broadway’s “The Color Purple” and the upcoming “Wicked” film, posted on her Instagram Story. “Rest in peace Gavin.”
One of the more emotional memorials belongs to 22-year-old actor Casey Likes, who starred in the Broadway adaptations of the films “Almost Famous” and “Back to the Future.” He said he was “absolutely crushed”.
“Gavin almost became famous and that’s where we met. I was in a very difficult situation because that show was closing and his words of advice helped me move forward and inspired me over the last two years as an artist,” Likes said in a statement posted to X. Wrote in.
“We always said that we will do something together. Our last conversation after looking towards the future was his kindness. I thanked him for how much his words had saved me 2 years ago. This man is one of the most inspiring, kind, accomplished, and incredible people I have ever seen in this industry.
in a separate postHe shared a message sent to him by Creel, whom he credited with “basically saving” his life.
Lykes wrote, “I basically thanked Gavin Creel for saving my life and inspiring me to keep performing and this was his response.”
As screenshots of their conversation revealed, Creel messaged the young actor, “You are so happy and so into it. And I look forward to seeing you on the show when I get some time. Keep moving forward and keep enthralling the audience. We are lucky that we got the time to do this work. Lucky life.”
tony awards Creel also celebrated“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,” he said, posting a video of his 2017 acceptance speech on X.
Creel also starred in several other Broadway musicals, including ‘La Cage aux Folles’ (2004), ‘She Loves Me’ (2016), ‘Waitress’ (2019), and ‘Into the Woods’ (2022). She also frequently performed on London’s West End, including in “Mary Poppins” (2006) and “Waitress” (2020).
