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Broadway To Dim Lights At Select Theaters For Gavin Creel While Petitioners Call For Full Tribute – Update

Select Broadway theaters will dim their lights for the late Gavin Creel at a date and time being coordinated with his family, the Broadway League said today. Creel’s death from a rare and aggressive cancer at age 48 on September 30 has prompted a massive and continuing outpouring on social media of love and heartbreak […]

Creel’s death from a rare and aggressive cancer at age 48 on September 30 has prompted a massive and continuing outpouring on social media of love and heartbreak from the Broadway community. An Ohio native and graduate of the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Creel’s professional stage career began in 1998 when he performed in the national tour of Fame. In 2002 he made his debut on a Broadway stage at the Marquis Theatre when he originated the role of Jimmy Smith in Thoroughly Modern Millie, for which he received his first Tony Award nomination.

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