Latest Gavin Creel News

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024

Dec. 20, 2024 12:47 PM EST

It was a murder case almost everyone had an opinion on. O.J. Simpson 's “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend bared divisions over race and law enforcement in America and brought an intersection of sports, crime, entertainment and class that was hard to...

Memorial service set for next week for Broadway star Gavin Creel, who died Sept. 30

Nov. 25, 2024 19:01 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A memorial tribute to Broadway star Gavin Creel is planned next Monday in the theater where he starred in “Into the Woods” and will be livestreamed online to viewers in the U.S. and U.K. Creel died Sept. 30 at the age of 48. MCC Theater will host...

All of Broadway's theater lights will dim for actor Gavin Creel after an outcry

Oct. 09, 2024 16:50 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — All of Broadway's marquees will dim to honor the life of Gavin Creel following an outcry by theater fans when only a partial dimming was proposed after the 48-year-old Tony Award-winner's death last month. The Committee of Theatre Owners on Wednesday said all 41...

Gavin Creel, Tony Award winner and musical Broadway veteran, dies at 48

Sep. 30, 2024 17:07 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Gavin Creel, a Broadway musical theater veteran who won a Tony Award for “Hello, Dolly!” opposite Bette Midler and earned nominations for “Hair” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” died Monday of a rare and aggressive form of cancer. He was 48. Publicist...