Paul Kreppel

 ( 1947 Births ) 

Paul Kreppel (born June 20, 1947) is an American actor and director. On television, he was best known as pianist Sonny Mann on the show It's a Living. In his work as theater director-producer-creator, he received the 2007 Tony Award for .

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Early life Kreppel was born in Kingston, New York, to Adele and Irv Kreppel. He later moved to Boston to attend Emerson College, and graduated with honors as a member of the Class of 1969.

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Career Kreppel started his acting career by starring in the improvisational theater group, "The Proposition," which included Jane Curtin, Josh Mostel, Judith Kahan, and Munson Hicks. When the group moved to New York, Kreppel began starring in off-Broadway plays, including Godspell and Tuscaloosa's Calling Me...

While appearing at the New York Shakespeare Festival, he notably starred with Meryl Streep in the musical, Alice in Concert, by Elizabeth Swados. Kreppel also performed in Agamemnon (as part of chorus) and The Comedy of Errors in the late 1970s.

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Television and other work In 1979, Kreppel moved to Los Angeles to become the memorable waitress-harassing pianist, Sonny Mann, of It's a Living. He starred in all 120 episodes, and also directed some episodes. Kreppel, along with Gail Edwards, the late Marian Mercer, and the late Barrie Youngfellow, were the only four who lasted through the show's network and syndicated runs.

He was a semi-regular celebrity guest on the 1980s versions of the game show Pyramid, and also made celebrity appearances on Hollywood Squares, Win, Lose or Draw, Body Language, Blackout, and The New Liar's Club.

During the 1990s, he returned to theatre and starred in the musical revue of the Allan Sherman song, "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!" In addition, he starred in Jerome Robbins' Broadway on its national tour.

Kreppel was the voice of Apollo Blue in , and guest-starred in and directed other television shows, including appearing as Jackie's dad in That '70s Show. He appeared off Broadway for more than a year in the one-man show My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy.

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Community work Kreppel has served on the Council of Actors' Equity Association and as a board member of the Screen Actors Guild. He is active in arts education as a professional arts educator, and as a member of the board of directors of Enrichment Works, a not-for-profit that provides curriculum-based theatre for schools in Southern California.

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Recent projects Among other projects, Kreppel directed and produced with his partner in WetRock Entertainment, Ms. Murphy Cross, , for which he won a 2007 Tony Award for best special theatrical event.

Kreppel played the Wizard of Oz during the second national tour of the musical Wicked, from March 7, 2012, to March 10, 2013.

He appeared in the 2021 drag queen-themed television movie The Bitch Who Stole Christmas.

In June 2022, Kreppel joined the cast of the Broadway revival of Into the Woods, understudying the Narrator/Mysterious Man and the Steward. He reprised these roles in the 2023 national tour.

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Personal life Kreppel is divorced with two children. His children, Will and Molly, are both artists.

In 1992, Kreppel received an Alumni Achievement Award from Emerson College, for outstanding achievements in his field.

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Filmography

3 episodes

episodes: "One Man's Intervention Is Another Man's Tupperware Party"

3 episodes

episode: "Phoney Business"

episode: "Freak Show"

episode: "The Wedding"

episode: "Babewatch"

episode: "Janet's Old Boyfriend"

episode: "When You Wish..."

episode: "The Real Estate Thing"

episode: "Murder: According to Maggie"

episode: "Greed Is Good"

episode: "The Emperor's New Clothes"

Main Cast

episode: "Welcome Back, Momma"

episode: "Scene Steelers"

episode: "Rhino of the Year/One Last Time/For Love or Money"

episode: "Love Island/The Sisters"

episode: "Turnabout"

episode: "The Beatnik Show"

voice

TV movie

TV movie

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Stage credits

1974	Godspell	Herb
		Judas
1976-77	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Levi	Brooklyn Academy of Music
1977	Agamemnon	Chorus	Broadway
	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Levi	Brooklyn Academy of Music
1981-82	Godspell	Light of the World
1990-91	Jerome Robbins' Broadway	Performer	Tour
1992-93	Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! The Allan Sherman Musical	Man 3	Regional
2005	Tough Titty	Ensemble/Dr. Pearlman
2008	Silk Stockings	Comrade Brankov
2010	Chicago	Amos Hart
2012-13	Wicked	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	2nd National Tour
2019	Enter Laughing The Musical	Mr. Foreman	Regional
	Indecent	Otto/The Elder
2022-23	Into the Woods	Narrator / Mysterious Man (Standby) Steward (Understudy)	Broadway
			National Tour
2024	Once Upon a Mattress	Ensemble	Off-Broadway

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External links

• Rotten Tomatoes profile

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