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Actor, dancer, choreographer, director on Broadway and around the country. Once hailed by the New York Times as "Broadway's song and dance man nonpareil." Received both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in '81 for his role as Bill Lawlor in "42nd Street."
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![Lee Roy Reams with Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly!](https://magazine.uc.edu/famousalumni/broadway/LeeRoyReams/jcr%3acontent/MainContent/image_8/image.img.jpg/1394485446875.jpg "Lee Roy Reams with Carol Channing in "Hello, Dolly!"")
Lee Roy Reams with Carol Channing in "Hello, Dolly!"
The CCM alumni in the photo above are (from the left, front row) Billy Harrigan Tighe, '07; Brandon Bieber, '07; (back row) Sara Shepherd, '08; Kyle Brown, '08; Stephanie Gibson, '07; director Lee Roy Reams, '64, '82; Halle Morse, '09; Sean Montgomery, '07; and Dana Domenick, '07.
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![Lee Roy in 42nd Street in '81](/content/dam/magazine/images/famous/Broadway/LeeRoyReams/LeeRoy42ndSt.jpg "PHOTO GALLERY (1 of 20) fLee Roy in "42nd Street" in '81")
![Reams on Broadway as Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast.](/content/dam/magazine/images/famous/Broadway/LeeRoyReams/LeeRoyLumiere.jpg "Reams on Broadway as Lumiere in "Beauty and the Beast."")
![Lee Roy in 42nd Street in '81](/content/dam/magazine/images/famous/Broadway/LeeRoyReams/LeeRoyReams_42ndStreet.jpg "Lee Roy in "42nd Street" in '81")
![Reams (center) in the national touring company of The Producers in '04. With him are CCM grads Tory Ross, '02; Bill Nolte, '76; and Joel Newsome, '89.](/content/dam/magazine/images/famous/Broadway/LeeRoyReams/LeeRoyProducers.jpg "Reams (center) in the national touring company of "The Producers" in '04. With him are CCM grads Tory Ross, '02; Bill Nolte, '76; and Joel Newsome, '89.")
![Lee Roy Reams as Van Buren in Damn Yankees at the St. Louis Muny in 2010.](/content/dam/magazine/images/famous/Broadway/LeeRoyReams/ReamsDamnYankees10.jpg "Lee Roy Reams as Van Buren in "Damn Yankees" at the St. Louis Muny in 2010.")
![Reams with Lauren Bacall in Applause](/content/dam/magazine/images/famous/Broadway/LeeRoyReams/ReamsLaurenBacall_Applause.jpg "Reams with Lauren Bacall in "Applause"")
![Reams performs a number from La Cage aux Folles in the show An Evening with Jerry Herman.](/content/dam/magazine/images/famous/Broadway/LeeRoyReams/Reams_EveningWithJerryHerman.jpg "Reams performs a "La Cage aux Folles" number in "An Evening with Jerry Herman."")
![Reams directiing CCM students in a St. Louis Muny production of Hello, Dolly! in '07.](/content/dam/magazine/images/famous/Broadway/LeeRoyReams/LeeRoyDolly1107.jpg "Reams directiing CCM students in a St. Louis Muny production of "Hello, Dolly!" in '07.")