Kreis previously received a Jeff Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor playing the same role in the Chicago production of Quartet.
His films include "Frailty" and "Don't Let Go." A multi-award-winning independent recording artist, he has toured more than 300 cities nationwide; his most recent recording is titled "Where I Belong."
Full given name: | Levi Todd Kreis |
Hometown: | Oliver Springs, TN |
Zodiac Sign: | (Double) Scorpio |
Audition song/monologue: | Looking for new audition material at present. |
Special skills: | Songwriting, composing, arranging. |
First Broadway show ever saw: | Rent on Broadway, 2000 |
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | The original production of The Who's Tommy |
Current show you have been recommending to friends: | Memphis and Fela! |
Favorite show tune: | "Children Will Listen" from Into the Woods |
The one performance – attended - that you will never forget: | Tina Turner, third row, Staples Center, Los Angeles! |
MAC or PC? | MAC, all the way |
Most played song on your iPod: | Several selections by Llewellyn, and a CD called "Reiki Journey" |
Web obsession: | Facebook, who isn't? |
Last book you read: | "The Dynamic Laws of Healing" by Catherine Ponder |
Must-see TV show: | "So You Think You Can Dance." Dancers amaze me. |
Last good movie you saw: | "Toy Story 3"! Awesome. |
Performers you would drop everything to go see: | Ricky Martin or Kumbia All Starz |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "Tool Academy" on VH1. I'm sorry, it's just too ridiculous to not watch. |
First CD/Tape/LP you owned | "Hand In Hand" by the Williams Brothers. Favorite song off of the album: "Beautiful World"! |
First stage kiss: | I've never had a stage kiss... |
Favorite post-show meal: | Pre-show: Protein Shake and Cliff Bar
Post-show: Steak and veggies made with love by my baby |
Worst onstage mishap: | In Million Dollar Quartet, regarding singing the "devil's music"... I said, "Listen to it, and you'll spend a million years in JAIL!" Hell is the correct sentiment there. |
Worst costume ever: | My old catering costume! |
Pre-show rituals: | At 15 minutes before the places call, I start my 10-minute pre-show meditation. |
Pets' names: | Momo and Jack |
Favorite junk food: | Doritos |
Worst job you ever had: | Baskin Robbins. I sprayed whipped cream all over this sweet lady and her innocent little girl once, before locking myself in the freezer for 30 minutes. I was an "I Love Lucy" episode with that job! |
TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | Working with Matthew McConaughey in Bill Paxton's directorial debut, a film called "Frailty." |
Person, living or dead, you'd most like to meet: | Jesus Christ. So that we can cut through the layers of agenda that Paul layered over a Master Teacher's message. I'm sure upon listening to His teachings directly we might all discover the inherent divinity within. |
"I'll never understand why…" | ...we can't just celebrate individual creative expression and release the need to critique or judge. No one creative expression is meant to appeal to everyone; and that's the beauty of being a unique expression of God, perfect just as we are. |
Three things you can't live without: | Meditation, my baby, and writing and recording my own music. |
Most vivid memory from Tony night: | At the end of the night, laying down in bed with my baby's hand in mine, recalling the truth of Booker T. Washington's well-known comment: "Success is to not be measured by the position one has reached in life, but by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed." |