Tom Hewitt (born c. 1957) is an American actor and Broadway stage performer, and a native of Victor, Montana. His Broadway credits include leading roles in Chicago, Hadestown, Dracula, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Lion King, The Rocky Horror Show, and Doctor Zhivago.
Early life and career After graduating from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee with the Professional Theatre Training Program's first class in 1981, Tom Hewitt worked with such regional powerhouses as Minneapolis's Guthrie Theatre, the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and the Berkshire Theatre Festival in New England before heading to New York and the commercial stage.
Hewitt trained and worked with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki for over a decade, including playing the title role in Suzuki's only production with an all-American cast, an English language version of his Shakespeare adaptation, The Tale of Lear.
Later career While in the first part of his career he appeared primarily in straight plays, such as Beau Jest and Jeffrey, "Review/Theater; Mom, Dad, Meet My Boyfriend, The Doctor", The New York Times, MEL GUSSOW, October 11, 1991 once in New York he became better known for his performances in musicals. On Broadway, Hewitt has appeared in The Lion King, Art, The School for Scandal, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Boys from Syracuse, Jesus Christ Superstar, Amazing Grace, and Hadestown. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Frank-N-Furter in the 2000 revival of The Rocky Horror Show.
Hewitt's Off-Broadway credits include acting in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of Othello. Tom Hewitt's first above-title credit came when he played the title role of Dracula in Frank Wildhorn's Dracula, The Musical on Broadway from August 19, 2004 – January 2, 2005. In 2006–2007, he headlined in the national touring Broadway production of the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He received a 2007 Touring Broadway Award.
In November 2009, he began his two-month run in Peter Pan as Captain Hook/Mr. Darling at the Mansion Theater in Branson, Missouri with Cathy Rigby in the lead role. He reprised this role in the national tour, which began performances August 2011.Complete Cast Announced for Peter Pan Starring Cathy Rigby; NYC-Bound Tour Takes Flight Aug. 24 In February 2010, he was in the National Tour of Chicago. In October 2013, he performed in New York City in a one-person show called Another Medea.
For a limited time, starting in September 2021, Hewitt played Hades in the reopening of the Broadway production of Hadestown after the COVID-19 pandemic, serving as a temporary replacement for Patrick Page. After two stints in the Broadway revival of Chicago as Billy Flynn, Hewitt returned to Hadestown in June, 2022, again serving as a temporary replacement for Page. Following Page's retirement from the show in December, 2022, Hewitt was announced as his permanent replacement. Hewitt made his final performance of this stint on September 3, 2023. On January 14, 2025, Hewitt returned to Hadestown replacing Phillip Boykin.Hailey Kilgore, Carlos Valdes, and Tom Hewitt to Join Cast of Broadway's Hadestown
Theatre credits Year Title Role Theater Notes1988The Tale of LearLearArena Stage, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, StageWestRegional co-production. Directed by Tadashi Suzuki1991OthelloLodovicoNew York Shakespeare FestivalOff-Broadway1993-94The Sisters RosensweigGeoffrey DuncanEthel Barrymore TheatreBroadway (replacement)1995The School for ScandalCharles SurfaceLyceum TheatreOriginal Broadway Revival Cast1999-2000The Lion KingScarNew Amsterdam TheatreBroadway (replacement)2000-01The Rocky Horror ShowDr. Frank-N-FurterCircle in the Square TheatreOriginal Broadway Revival Cast2002The Boys from SyracuseAntipholus of EphesusAmerican Airlines Theatre2003-04UrinetownOfficer LockstockVariousNational Tour2004-05Dracula, the MusicalCount DraculaBelasco TheatreOriginal Broadway Cast2005Doctor DolittleDr. John P. DolittleVariousNational Tour2006-07Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsLawrence Jameson2008Peter PanMr. DarlingCaptain HookPittsburgh CLORegional2008-10ChicagoBilly FlynnAmbassador TheatreBroadway Revival (replacement)2010TitanicThomas AndrewsThe MunyRegionalThe Sound of MusicCaptain Georg von Trapp2010-11ChicagoBilly FlynnAmbassador TheatreBroadway Revival (replacement)2011Kiss Me, KateFred GrahamPetruchioThe MunyRegional2011-12Peter PanMr. DarlingCaptain HookVariousNational Tour2012Jesus Christ SuperstarPontius PilateNeil Simon TheatreOriginal Broadway Revival CastJekyll & HydeSir Danvers Carew-Concept recording2013ChicagoBilly FlynnWells Fargo PavilionRegionalVariousNational Tour2014Monty Python's SpamalotKing ArthurPittsburgh CLORegional2015Doctor ZhivagoViktor KomarovskyBroadway TheatreOriginal Broadway CastAmazing GraceCaptain NewtonNederlander Theatre2016Finding NeverlandCharles FrohmanCaptain HookVariousNational TourChicagoBilly FlynnVariousNational Tour2016-19Ambassador TheatreBroadway Revival (replacement)2019Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSweeney ToddProvincetown TheaterRegional2019-20ChicagoBilly FlynnAmbassador TheatreBroadway Revival (replacement)2021HadestownHadesWalter Kerr TheatreBroadway (replacement)2021-22ChicagoBilly FlynnAmbassador TheatreBroadway Revival (replacement)2022-23HadestownHadesWalter Kerr TheatreBroadway (replacement)2023Another MedeaSolo PerformerProvincetown TheaterRegional2024Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilJim WilliamsGoodman TheatreWorld Premiere2025HadestownHadesWalter Kerr TheatreBroadway (replacement)
References
External links Official website
Tom Hewitt at Internet Off-Broadway Database