Gavin Creel, a Tony-winning Broadway star who appeared in “Hair,” “Hello, Dolly,” “Into the Woods,” died Monday at his Manhattan home of metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, his publicist confirmed to the newspaper. New York Times. He was 48.

A 20-year Broadway veteran, Creel won his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2017 for “Hello, Dolly,” before which he was nominated for in 2009 for “Hair” and in 2002 for “Thoroughly Modern Millie ‘. .” He also won a 2023 Grammy for best musical theater album for the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.”

He won a Laurence Olivier Award in 2014 for portraying the role of Elder Price in ‘The Book of Mormon’ in the West End. Between 2012 and 2016, he appeared in the US national touring cast, performed in the West End and served as a Broadway replacement for the irreverent musical comedy.

Creel made his Broadway debut and received his first Tony nomination in the 2002 original musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” opposite Sutton Foster. After joining the original Chicago cast of Sondheim’s “Road Show,” he returned to Broadway in the 2004 revival of “La Cage aux Folles.” In 2006 he made his West End debut in “Mary Poppins” as Bert.

He earned his second Tony nomination playing Claude Hooper Bukowski in the 2009 revival “Hair” and moved to the West End after its Broadway run. After his role in ‘The Book of Mormon’, he starred in the 2016 Broadway revival of ‘She Loves Me’ with Jane Krakowski. The production was the very first Broadway show to be broadcast live.

In 2017, Creel finally won the Tony for playing Cornelius Hackl in the Broadway revival of “Hello, Dolly” with Bette Midler. Then he played Dr. Pomatter in Sara Bareilles’ ‘Waitress’ on Broadway and West End. His last Broadway role was in the 2022 revival of “Into the Woods” as the Prince of Wolf and Cinderella, and he also appeared in the off-Broadway show “Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice.”

Creel made his TV debut in 2003 with ‘Eloise at the Plaza’ and appeared in the sequel ‘Eloise at Christmastime’. He also appeared in episodes of ‘Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure’. “American Horror Stories” and more.