Gavin Creel, the musical theater actor who won a Tony Award for "Hello, Dolly!" and an Olivier Award for "The Book of Mormon," died on Monday at his home in Manhattan.

News of Creel’s passing drew an outpouring of condolences from the New York theater community, including tributes from Ben Platt, Bette Midler and more.

Gavin Creel, a Tony-winning Broadway veteran known for his work in productions of “Hello, Dolly!” “Waitress” and “The Book of Mormon,” has died, according to his representative. He was 48.

Gavin Creel, a Tony-winning Broadway star who appeared in “Hair,” “Hello, Dolly,” “Into the Woods” and more, died Monday at his home in Manhattan, his publicist told the New York Times. He was 48. Creel won a Tony Award in 2017 for best featured actor in a musical for “Hello,

He was honored for a Broadway revival of “Hello, Dolly!” and won an Olivier Award for “The Book of Mormon.” In July, he was diagnosed with a rare cancer.

The Broadway community is mourning the death of actor Gavin Creel, a star who shined on stage for more than 20 years. Creel made his Broadway debut in 2002 and won a Tony Award in 2017 for his role in "Hello Dolly,

Gavin Creel, an accomplished Broadway actor best known for his performance in Hello, Dolly!, has died. He was 48 years old. The star's publicist told The Associated Press that Creel died at home in NYC after a two-month battle with metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma.

Gavin Creel, a Broadway musical theater veteran who won a Tony Award for “Hello, Dolly!” opposite Bette Midler and earned nominations for “Hair” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Publicist Matt Polk said Creel died at his home in Manhattan of metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma.

Creel died on Monday at his home in Manhattan, New York, at the age of 48 from a rare and aggressive form of cancer, Creel's publicist Matt Polk confirmed to ABC News.

After Gavin Creel won the Tony Award for his lead role in “Hello, Dolly!”, an interviewer asked him about his time studying at the University of Michigan. “I think the best thing I learned at the University of Michigan is to truly appreciate the history of the art form,