 gavin james creel (born april 18, 1976) is an american actor, singer and song writer. creel is best known for his work in musical theatre, for which he received two tony award nominations: for originating the role of jimmy in "thoroughly modern millie and for his performance as claude in hair, and won laurence olivier award for originating the role of elder price in the book of mormon at prince of wales theatre. he also played the role of elder price in us national tour. ==personal life== born in findlay, ohio, creel received his bachelor of fine arts in musical theatre at the university of michigan in 1998. creel, who is openly gay,millie and hair star gavin creel on coming out, making ânoiseâ and dreaming of a hippie heaven broadway.com, january 16, 2013 is a regular on the lgbt rfamilyvacations cruise with rosie o'donnell.gans, andrew."all aboard!: "rosie" cruise, with murney, creel and rudetsky, departs march 15", playbill.com, march 15, 2008 he is also one of the founders, with rory o'malley and jenny kanelos, of broadway impact, an lbgt activist group. he is an alumnus of findlay first edition show choir.  ==theatre credits== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; width="60%" |- align="center" ! style="background:#b0c4de;" | year ! style="background:#b0c4de;" | show ! style="background:#b0c4de;" | role ! style="background:#b0c4de;" | notes |- | align="center"| 2002 | thoroughly modern millie | jimmy smith | marquis theatre march 19, 2002 â april 27, 2003 |- | align="center"| 2004 | hair (actors' fund concert) | performer | new amsterdam theatre september 20, 2004 |- | align="center"| 2004 | la cage aux folles | jean-michel | marquis theatre december 9, 2004 â june 26, 2005 |- | align="center"| 2006 | [[mary poppins (musi
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