Lucas Steele

Career

Steele made his Broadway debut in the 2006 revival of The Threepenny Opera, playing the ensemble roles of Harry and Velma while understudying the role of Lucy Brown.

In the fall of 2006, Steele was signed to a four-year development deal for a commercial music project. From 2006-2010 he focused on writing, producing, conceiving and developing a conceptualized electro/rock/pop album (in the vein of a modern-day Ziggy Stardust) in Europe. While working on the album, Steele continued to travel between the United States and Europe, originating roles in the world premieres of 'Oliver Twist', presented by Theatre for a New Audience off-Broadway (in 2007) and 'It's Only Life', premiering at the Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura, CA (in 2008). In 2009, he returned to the West Coast, cast in Theatre For A New Audience's critically acclaimed production of 'Othello' at the Intiman Theater in Seattle, WA. In 2010, after participating in two years of developmental readings, Steele originated the role of Terry Savage in The New Group production of The Kid, based on the best selling novel by writer/author/activist Dan Savage. After completing its run, Steele returned to Europe, entering the last chapter of the fated music project, ultimately leaving the deal in February 2011. Taking the next year off to develop several screenplays as a writer, in February 2012 Steele originated the role of 'the Son' in the critically acclaim production of Myths and Hymns presented off-Broadway by Prospect Theater Company.

In Summer of 2012, Steele was cast in the Ars Nova developmental reading/workshop of Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812, a sung-through musical based on a portion of Leo Tolstoy's magnum opus, War and Peace, as Anatole Kuragin. He further developed the role in the shows premiere at Ars Nova Theatre, and Steele stayed with the production through its venues at Kazino, both downtown in the Meatpacking District and its transfer to midtown on 45th street. After the production closed in March 2014, Steele booked the role of Luca Bavarra in the ABC pilot 'Dangerous Liaisons'. Several months later, he was nominated for and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. In fall of 2014 he shot the short film 'Photo Op'. In 2015 he reprised the role of Anatole Kuragin for the American Repertory Theatre production of The Great Comet, securing an IRNE nomination for Supporting Actor and an Elliot Norton nomination for Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor.

Steele will continue his role as Anatole Kuragin in The Great Comet during its Broadway run at the Imperial Theatre, starting in November 2016. He is one of only two actors who have stayed with the production since its debut at Ars Nova in 2012.