Broadway Actor Kevin Gray to Join Univ of Hartford Faculty This Fall

The Hartford Courant reports that Kevin Gray, a leading musical actor on Broadway and on tour as well as film and television, will join The Hartt School at the University of Hartford this fall as associate professor of theater, teaching music-theatre and actor-training majors.

Gray has appeared in more than 8,500 Broadway and national tour performances, and has acted in or directed more than 150 productions.

Gray recently starred as Scar in the national tour of "Disney's The Lion King," and toured the United Kingdom as The King in "The King and I," reprising his role from the Broadway revival.

Gray starred as Pontius Pilate in the Broadway revival of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and starred in Harold Prince's production of "Showboat," as Gaylord Ravenal. He toured as the star of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Music of the Night," and appeared as The Engineer in the Los Angeles and Toronto productions of "Miss Saigon."