Kevin Earley is an American actor and singer.

Biography

Earley was born in

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, one of four brothers, and attended Mundelein High School in

Mundelein, Illinois Mundelein is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States and a northern suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 31,560, making this the fourth largest town in Lake County. The village straddles ...

. He trained at the Webster Conservatory of

Webster University Webster University is a private university with its main campus in Webster Groves, Missouri, United States. It has multiple branch locations across the United States and countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa. The university has an alumni net ...

in the St. Louis, Missouri metro-area where he earned his B.F.A. in 1994. He is married to

Julie Ann Emery Julie Ann Emery is an American television and film actress. She has had roles in the television series ''Better Call Saul'', ''Preacher (TV series), Preacher'', ''Five Days at Memorial (miniseries), Five Days at Memorial,'' and ''Star Wars: Skele ...

. Kevin was cast as Ernest Defarge in the Broadway musical adaptation of ''

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'' which opened for preview on August 19, 2008 at the

Al Hirschfeld Theatre The Al Hirschfeld Theatre, originally the Martin Beck Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 302 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1924, it was designed by G. Albert Lansburg ...

in New York.

Theatre Credits

* '' Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends'' (2025) - Broadway * '' Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812'',

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(2024) -

Pioneer Theatre Company The Pioneer Theatre Company (PTC) is one of four professional theatre companies in Utah, and the only fully professional theatre in Salt Lake City, contracting with union members belonging to Actors' Equity Association (AEA), Stage Directors an ...

* '' Something Rotten!'', Portia's Father / Brother Jeremiah (2023) - Fulton Opera House * '' The Play That Goes Wrong'', Robert Grove (2023) - Fulton Opera House * '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'',

Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial '' The String of Pearls'' (1846–1847). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend. A barber from Fleet St ...

(2018) -

* ''

Guys and Dolls ''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical theater, musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Run ...

'', Sky Masterson (2018) - Fulton Opera House * ''

Jesus Christ Superstar ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Life of Jesus in the New Testament, Gospels' accounts of Passion of Jesus, the Passion, the work interprets ...

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(2017) * ''

The Secret Garden ''The Secret Garden'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in ''The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is seen as a classic of English c ...

'', Lord Archibald Craven (2015) * ''

The Pirates of Penzance ''The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 3 ...

'', The Pirate King (2012) * '' Death Takes a Holiday'', Death / Prince Nikolai Sirki (2011) - Off-Broadway * ''

Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles, California, United States, that stretches from the Pacific Coast Highway (California), Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Pacific Palisad ...

'', Joe Gillis (2010) * ''

Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

'', Jud Fry (2010) * ''

Into the Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1986 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. T ...

'', The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince (2009) - Benedum Center * ''

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Enjolras Enjolras () is a fictional character who acts as the charismatic leader of the Friends of the ABC in the 1862 novel ''Les Misérables'' by Victor Hugo. In both the novel and the musical that it inspired, Enjolras is a revolutionary who fights f ...

(2009) - Benedum Center * ''

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(2009) -

Paper Mill Playhouse Paper Mill Playhouse is a regional theater containing approximately 1,200 seats located in Millburn, within Essex County, New Jersey, United States, on the banks of the Rahway River. Due to its relative proximity to Manhattan, the theater draw ...

* ''

'', Ernest Defarge (2008) - Broadway * '' Hello, Dolly!'', Cornelius Hackl (2008) * ''

'', Constable /

(u/s) (2007-08) - Broadway * ''

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'', Anatoly Sergievsky (2007) -

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) is an American nonprofit organization that raises funds for AIDS-related causes across the United States, headquartered in New York City. It is the theatre community's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. ...

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Anything Goes ''Anything Goes'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madc ...

'', Billy Crocker (2006) * ''

Camelot Camelot is a legendary castle and Royal court, court associated with King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and, since the Lancelot-Grail cycle, eventually came to be described ...

'', Sir Sagramore (2005) -

Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheatre and Urban park, public park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California. It was named one of the 10 best live music venues in the United States by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine in 2018 and was listed on ...

* ''

Thoroughly Modern Millie ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' is a 1967 American musical romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay by Richard Morris, based on the 1956 British musical ''Chrysanthemum'', follows a naïve young ...

'', Trevor Graydon (2003–2004) - Broadway * ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' and on the Pygmalion (1938 film), 1938 film ...

'', Freddy Eynsford-Hill (2003) -

* ''

The Music Man ''The Music Man'' is a musical theatre, musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns a confidence trick, con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and ...

'', Ewart Dunlop (2002) -

* ''

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(2001) - Concert * ''Carousel'', Billy Bigelow (2001 & 2003) * ''

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(1999-2000) - 3rd US National Tour * ''

'', Lesgles /

(u/s) (1998) - Broadway * ''

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'', Balladeer (1996)

Film and television

* '' Girlfriends'', Guest Star (2006), UPN * ''Imagine That'' (Pilot), Host, Disney / Love Letters Ltd. * ''Pre -K'' (2007), Opera Man, Directed by

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* ''Opus 4'', Starring Role, Premier Films * ''Ten Commandments'' (DVD), Ramses (2006), BCBG Ent. (Live at the Kodak Theatre)

Recordings

* Earley Standards, Solo CD, Midlothian Road Productions Inc. * Ripper (Original Cast), Chester, Nelsen Productions Inc. * Rarities, Rogers and Heart, Bygone Records

References

External links

''A Tale of Two Cities''
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Kevin Earley
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