Lee Roy Reams is an American

United States

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 musical theatre

Musical theatre

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 actor

Actor

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, singer, dancer, choreographer, and director.

Born in Covington, Kentucky

Covington, Kentucky

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...

, Reams earned a Master of Arts

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 degree and was awarded an honorary doctorate

Honorary degree

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 from the Conservatory of Music

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

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 at the University of Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati

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. He made his Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 debut in Sweet Charity

Sweet Charity

Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...

in 1966.

Reams was nominated for both the Tony

Tony Award

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 and Drama Desk Award

Drama Desk Award

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s as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in the original production of 42nd Street

42nd Street (musical)

42nd Street is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren. The 1980 Broadway production, directed by an ailing Gower Champion and orchestrated by Philip J. Lang, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit...

in 1980. He played the role of Frank Schultz in the 1989 Paper Mill Playhouse

Paper Mill Playhouse

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 production of Show Boat

Show Boat

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, which was televised on Great Performances

Great Performances

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by PBS .

Reams has appeared on concert stages and in cabaret

Cabaret

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s throughout the country. At present he is serving as the resident director of the Theatre at Sea program sponsored by the Theatre Guild

Theatre Guild

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.

Broadway credits

• 1966: Sweet Charity
  Sweet Charity
  Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...
  
  (Young Spanish Man)
• 1969: Oklahoma! (Will Parker)
• 1970: Applause
  Applause (musical)
  Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Lauren Bacall won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical....
  
  (Duane Fox)
• 1974: Lorelei
  Lorelei (musical)
  Lorelei is a musical with a book by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Jule Styne. It is a revision of the Joseph Fields-Anita Loos book for the 1949 production Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and includes many of the Jule Styne-Leo Robin songs written for...
  
  (Henry Spofford)
• 1978: Hello, Dolly!
  Hello, Dolly! (musical)
  Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955....
  
  (Cornelius Hackl)
• 1983: La Cage aux Folles (Albin/Zaza)
• 1994: Beauty and the Beast
  Beauty and the Beast (musical)
  Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name. Seven new songs were written for the stage musical...
  
  (Lumiere)
• 1995: Hello, Dolly! (Choreographer)
• 1998: An Evening with Jerry Herman
  Jerry Herman
  Jerry Herman is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage...
  
  (Co-star & Director)
• 2006: The Producers
  The Producers (musical)
  The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film of the same name, with lyrics written by Brooks and music composed by Brooks and arranged by Glen Kelly and Doug Besterman. As in the film, the story concerns two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich...
  
  (Roger DeBris)

External links

• Lee Roy Reams at Internet Off-Broadway Database