REFRESH FOR UPDATES: In the present day’s surprising information of the most cancers dying of stage star Gavin Creel has left Broadway reeling and in deep mourning. “We misplaced our prince,” wrote New York Metropolis Heart, the place Creel turned in a for-the-ages efficiency within the pleasant 2022 revival of Stephen Sondheim-James Lapin Into The Woods.
Among the many extra poignant remembrances pouring onto social media comes from Casey Likes, the younger star of Broadway’s Nearly Well-known and Again to the Future.
In a heartfelt put up on social media, Likes writes, “completely crushed. Gavin got here to nearly well-known and that’s the place we met. I used to be in a really tough place as that present was closing and his phrases of recommendation stored me going and impressed me the previous two years of being a performer. We at all times mentioned we might do one thing collectively. Our final dialog was his kindness after he noticed again to the longer term. I thanked him for the way a lot his phrases saved me 2 years in the past. The person is likely one of the most inspiration, type hearted, expert and unimaginable individuals this trade has EVER seen.”
In a follow-up message, Likes writes, “I thanked gavin creel for mainly saving my life and provoking me to proceed performing and this was his response: ‘So completely satisfied you might be completely satisfied and in it. and I sit up for see you within the present when i get a while. hold going and hold enchanting audiences. we’re fortunate to have this time to do that work. fortunate life.”
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