Jeff Kready is an American stage performer and has been featured in Broadway musicals. Raised in Topeka, Kansas, Kready made his Broadway debut in the 2006 revival of Les Mis�rables in the role of Babet/Understudy Jean Valjean, and has the distinction of being the youngest actor to portray the role on Broadway. The show opened 9 November 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre and closed on 6 January 2008. His next appearance on Broadway was in the Roundabout Theater Company 2008 Revival of Sunday in the Park with George, directed by Sam Buntrock and starring Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell. Kready was in the Original Broadway Company of Billy Elliot The Musical, directed by Stephen Daldry and choreographed by Peter Darling. The Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on 1 October 2008 in previews and officially on 13 November 2008. The production received fifteen Tony Award nominations, winning ten. Kready took over the lead role of Tony Summer 2010 Through 29 August 2010. Kready then left the show to originate the role of Tony on the second National Tour beginning November 2010. [More at Wikipedia]