Dan McCoy

Cats History
US Tour 1 - 10/1986 - Swing

US Tour 4 - 03/1987 - Munkustrap

US Tour 4 - 08/1988 - Munkustrap

Broadway - 12/1992 - 20/09/1993 - Munkustrap

Biography (1987)
Dan McCoy is a graduate of the Jordan Conservatory of Music, joins Cats after six months with the national company. Dan has performed with Leslie Uggams, Barbara Eden, Sandy Duncan and Gene Barry. When at home, Dan enjoys eating and spending quiet moments with his goldfish.



Obituary
By Variety Staff:

Dan McCoy, an actor, singer and dancer who debuted in one of Broadway's longest-running musicals, died Feb. 7 at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City of complications from AIDS. He was 37.

A native of New Paris, Ind., McCoy was a cum laude grad from Butler University and a graduate of the Jordan Conservatory of Music.

He made his Broadway debut in "Cats" in December 1992. He played Munkustrap, the tuner's narrator, until he left in September '93. McCoy also performed that role in two national touring companies of the show.

Additional credits included leading roles in many stage shows such as Herod in "Jesus Christ Superstar" in Long Beach, Calif., opposite original Broadway cast members Carl Anderson and Barry Dennen, the L.A. production of "La Cage aux Folles" and a tour of "Woman of the Year" starring Barbara Eden.

McCoy was the model for the character of Gaston in Disney's animated "Beauty and the Beast." His TV credits included appearances on "Quantum Leap."

He is survived by his parents and a sister.

Links
[https://oklahoman.com/article/2252889/cats-back-on-the-prowl-again? Interview] - US Tour, Oklahoma 1989