Biography:

Kevin Gray (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny) returns to the cast of Phantom after creating the role of Valentin opposite John Rubinstein in the Harold Prince/Terence McNally/John Kander/Fred Ebb musical version of Kiss of the Spiderwoman for the New Musicals series at Purchase, New York. Mr. Gray first came to the attention of New York theatregoers in the 1985 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures in which he received rave reviews for his portrayal of Kayama. Subsequently, he has been seen on Broadway in Chu Chem (as the Prince) and Off-Broadway in The Baker's Wife, at the New York Shakespeare Festival in The Knife and The Death of Garcia Lorca, and in the Young Playwright's Festival at Playwright's Horizons. He also appeared in the pre-Broadway revival of The Night of the Iguana with Eileen Brennan and Jeanne Moreau and created the title role in Billy Brown's Colorados at the Mount Gretna Playhouse. Mr. Gray's regional theatre credits include Romance Language at the Mark Taper Forum; The Real Thing at Portland Stage Company; Irma la Douce at the Goodspeed Opera House; and The Tempest, Richard III and All's Well That Ends Well at the Boston Shakespeare Company. In 1987, he sang the lead in Villa-Lobos' Magdalena at Alice Tully Hall opposite George Rose, Judy Kaye, Faith Esham and John Raitt; the cast album of this much-acclaimed event was released on RCA Victor records. Among Mr. Gray's other musical credits are Henrik in A Little Night Music, Macheath in The Threepenny Opera, the Caliph in Kismet and Lun Tha in a national tour of The King and I with Stacy Keach. On television, Mr. Gray has guest-starred on "Miami Vice" and "The Equalizer" and played recurring roles on "Ryan's Hope" and "The Guiding Light" and on film co-starred with Robby Benson in "White Hot". Mr. Gray was a recipient of the 1988-1989 National Institute for Music Theater (NIMT) Award.