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He is survived by Ward and two sisters, Heather and Alyson Creel.
Born in 1976, Creel was raised Methodist in Findlay, Ohio.
I would read stories that left me thinking,Oh my God, Im fucked.
He came out at 25, around the same time that his theater career started taking off.
The role earned him his first Tony nomination, Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
He received his second nomination, in the same category, forHairin 2009.
In it, he worked through his relationships with men, with religion, and with art.
