Jeff Kready (born in Parsons, Kansas, United States) is an American stage performer and has been featured in Broadway musicals.
[5] Santino Fontana stars as Michael Dorsey,[6] with Lilli Cooper as Julie Nichols, Sarah Stiles as Sandy Lester, John Behlmann as Max Van Horn, Andy Grotelueschen as Jeff Slater, Julie Halston as Rita Mallory, Michael McGrath as Stan Fields and Reg Rogers as Ron Carlisle.
[8] Prior to that Kready starred in the lead role of Monty Navarro [9] in the Tony Award winning A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.
Kready was in the original Broadway company of Billy Elliot The Musical,[11] directed by Stephen Daldry and choreographed by Peter Darling.
[12] Kready was featured as Bert Healey in Annie Live!, a musical television special that aired on NBC on December 2, 2021.
[14] Off-Broadway, Kready starred in the World Premiere of Tokio Confidential for the Atlantic Theater Company in the role of Ernest alongside of Jill Paice (Isabella).
[16][17] Kready starred in the 2012 production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Carousel in the role of Enoch Snow opposite Jenn Gambatese (Carrie), for which he received a Connecticut Critics Circle Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical,.
In addition to Kready's stage credits, he can be found guest starring in the Emmy-nominated HBO series Boardwalk Empire appearing in season 3, episode 6.