He attended Hoover High School and studied theater at Carnegie Mellon University.
A team of producers then transferred the show to commercial theaters and hired Stephen Schwartz to compose a new score.
Mylett also appeared in Thoughts, written by Godspell castmate Lamar Alford, at La MaMa in 1972[4] and again in 1973.
When the show premiered at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and later on Broadway, the roles Mylett had developed in the workshop were performed by Joe Mantegna.
The special featured appearances by Doug Henning, Bill Cosby, and the Hudson Brothers, among others.