Jeremy Benton
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Jeremy is honored to be directing 42nd Street, the show that is most near and dear to his heart. He was last seen at The Lyceum as “Pat Gilbert” in R&H’s State Fair. Favorite performances include: “Fred Astaire” in the Off-Broadway hit Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood, “Phil Davis”- National Tour of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (7 seasons), “Bob Hope”- Off Broadway’s Cagney (Astaire Award Nominee), “Billy Lawlor”- 42nd Street (Broadway-opposite Shirley Jones), “Billy Crocker”- National Tour of Anything Goes (opposite Rachel York), “Kenneth Gibson”- Call Me Madam (Lyric Theatre-opposite Beth Leavel), “Bert” – Mary Poppins (Nashville Rep), and he has played “Don Lockwood” in Singin’ in The Rain seven times. Jeremy will be serving as Associate Director/Choreographer for the upcoming Broadway debut of Cagney (the story of Hollywood’s favorite tough guy with tap shoes, Jimmy Cagney) Follow him on IG: @jeremywbenton