Personal life

Born in Findlay, Ohio, Creel received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in 1998. Creel, who is openly gay, is a regular on the LGBT RFamilyVacations cruise with Rosie O'Donnell. He is also one of the founders, with Rory O'Malley and Jenny Kanelos, of Broadway Impact, an LGBT activist group. He is an alumnus of Findlay First Edition Show Choir.

Theatre credits

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2002	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Jimmy Smith	Marquis Theatre March 19, 2002 - April 27, 2003
2004	Hair	Performer	New Amsterdam Theatre September 20, 2004
2004	La Cage aux Folles	Jean-Michel	Marquis Theatre December 9, 2004 - June 26, 2005
2006	Spring Awakening	Melchior	Workshop
2006	Mary Poppins	Bert	Prince Edward Theatre, London July 26, 2006 - January 12, 2008
2009	Hair	Claude	Al Hirschfeld Theatre Mar 31, 2009 - March 7, 2010
2010	Hair	Claude	Gielgud Theatre, London April 1, 2010 - September 1, 2010
2013	The Book of Mormon	Elder Price	Prince of Wales Theatre, London March 21, 2013 - July 26, 2014
2016			Eugene O'Neill Theatre January 6, 2015 - January 3, 2016
2016	She Loves Me	Stephen Kodaly	Studio 54 March 17, 2016 - July 10, 2016

Other theater credits

• Fame - The North American Tour - as Nick Piazza - 1998
• Honk! - North Shore Music Theatre - as Ugly - 2000
• The Flood - Prospect Theater Company - Male Lead - May 2001
• Bat Boy: The Musical - Original Off-Broadway Production - Swing/Understudy - 2001
• Spring Awakening - Workshop - as Melchior - 2001
• Hair - Encores! Concert - as Principal, Father, Tribe - 2001
• Bounce - Chicago/Washington DC - as Hollis Bessemer - 2003
• The Mystery Plays - Second Stage Theatre & Yale Repertory Theater
• Bright Lights, Big City - New York Concert - as Michael - 2003
• A Tale of Two Cities - Workshop - as Charles Darnay - 2004
• Prometheus Bound - American Repertory Theater - as Prometheus - 2011
• The Book of Mormon - US National Tour - As Elder Price - 2012
• The Book of Mormon - Toronto/Montreal - Elder Price - 2014

Television

• Eloise at the Plaza as Bill - 2003
• Eloise at Christmastime as Bill - 2003

Discography

Creel was featured on the concept album of Bright Lights, Big City. He released his debut solo album, Goodtimenation, in March 2006. He released his second album, a six song EP titled Quiet. Gavin entered Billboard's Heatseeking Albums chart at No. 44 with Quiet. Creel's third solo release, Get Out, was released on March 20, 2012.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2002	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Nominated
2009			Hair	Nominated
	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance		Nominated
2014	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Actor in A Musical	The Book of Mormon	Won

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