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Carnegie Mellon University.
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Jeffrey Mylett
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Best known for his roles in the stage and film productions of Godspell. Theater & Stage He appeared in the original off-Broadway production of Godspell. During its initial two-week run at Louisiana MaMa in New York City, the show featured songs by cast members, including two by Mylett.
When a team of producers interested in presenting the show in an open-ended commercial transfer brought in songwriter Stephen Schwartz to compose a new score, all the original songs (including Mylett"s) were replaced, except for "By My Side" by Jay Hamburger and Peggy Gordon.
He also appeared in the off-Broadway musical Thoughts (1973), written by Godspell castmate Lamar Alford, and the Broadway musical The Magic Show (1974), in which he was Doug Henning"s standby and also played the role during Henning"s vacations. During his scheduled appearances in the show, the character"s name was changed from "Doug" to "Jeff." In early 1977, he participated in the workshop in which the musical Working was created, but when the show premiered at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and later played on Broadway, the roles he developed in the workshop were performed by Joe Mantegna.
Born in North Canton, Ohio, he attended Hoover High School there, and studied theater at Carnegie Mellon University. He died in Los Angeles as a result of complications arising from Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in 1986.
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