Kevin Del Aguila

Kevin Del Aguila
Del Aguila at Animate! Orlando in 2026
BornNovember 12, 1969 (age 56)
EducationTemple University (MFA)
OccupationActor • Writer
Years active2002–present
Known forSome Like It Hot (musical)

Peter and the Starcatcher (play) Frozen (musical)

Hazbin Hotel
Websitehttp://www.delaguila.info/about

Kevin Del Aguila (born November 12, 1969)[1] is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role as Osgood Fielding III in the Broadway musical Some Like It Hot.[2] He also originated the roles of Oaken in the Broadway version of Disney's Frozen and Smee in Peter and the Starcatcher.[3] Del Aguila also voices Baxter in the adult animated black comedy musical series Hazbin Hotel.

In addition to acting, Del Aguila writes for television and the stage. He wrote the book of the musical comedy Altar Boyz, which ran off-Broadway from 2005 to 2010 and won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical.[4] Del Aguila has won two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Pre-School Animated Program on the animated children's television series Peg+Cat. He has written multiple theatrical adaptations of children's literature, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dog Man, Cat Kid Comic Club and The Velveteen Rabbit for the nonprofit arts organization TheatreWorks USA.[5][6]

Personal life

Del Aguila was born in Bakersfield, California to a British mother and Peruvian father.[7] His introduction to music was through his mother, a church organist who accompanied his father, a minister.[7]

He received his Master of Fine Arts from Temple University in 1994.[7]

Career

Writing for Theatre and Television (2002–Present)

Del Aguila's first play was 6 Story Building (also stylized as Six Story Building), which consisted of seven connected one-act narratives following the residents on each floor of a New York City apartment building.[8][9] 6 Story Building won Best Production at the New York Fringe Festival in 2002.[8]

Del Aguila was approached by composers Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker to write the book for Altar Boyz.[8] The musical comedy, a satire of Christian pop and 2000's boy band culture, premiered at the New World Stages on March 1, 2005 and won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical.[10] Altar Boyz closed on January 10, 2010, after 2032 performances.[11] At the time of its closing, Altar Boyz was the ninth-longest running show in off-Broadway history.[4]

Del Aguila wrote the book and lyrics for Dog Man: The Musical based on the popular children's book series by Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey.[12] Dog Man: The Musical opened off-Broadway in 2019 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre and has since had a US tour and played at the Southbank Centre in London.[12]

He has adapted many other popular children's books into plays produced by the nonprofit arts organization TheatreWorks USA, including Click, Clack, Moo, The Velveteen Rabbit, Skippyjon Jones, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.[5]

Additionally, Del Aguila has written for a number of children's television programs, including Wonder Pets!, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Blue's Clues & You, and Peg+Cat. For his writing on the latter, he won two Daytime Emmy Awards.

Acting (2011–Present)

Del Aguila originated the role of Smee in Peter and the Starcatcher, which premiered off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2011 and twice extended its run.[13]

In 2012, Del Aguila made his Broadway debut reprising his role as Smee in the Broadway transfer of Peter and the Starcatcher, which played at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre from April 15, 2012 to January 20, 2013.[13][14] He continued to play Mr. Smee when Peter and the Starcatcher transferred off-Broadway to the New World Stages in 2013.[14]

Later in 2013, Del Aguila played Anthony Dull in the Public Theater's rock musical adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost as part of Shakespeare in the Park.[15]

He performed multiple roles in the Encores! staged concert rendition of Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, the first collaboration between composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman.[16] Del Aguila also recorded the cast album, which was the first official recording of the 1979 musical.[16]

Del Aguila originated the role of Oaken in the musical adaptation of Disney's Frozen, and played the role from 2018 to 2020.[3]

In March 2022, it was announced that Del Aguila was cast as Osgood Fielding III in a workshop for the musical Some Like it Hot, based on the 1959 film of the same name.[17] Some Like it Hot opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on December 11, 2022.[18] The character of Osgood was expanded upon in the stage version, where he is revealed to be half Mexican, baptized Pedro Francisco Alvarez. For his performance as Osgood/Pedro, Del Aguila was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical.[2]

In 2024, Del Aguila played Actor A in David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face on Broadway[3] and was a replacement Mr. Mushnik in the off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors.[19]

Del Aguila voiced the character Baxter in the second season of the adult animated black comedy series Hazbin Hotel, which was released in 2025.

In 2026, it was announced that Del Aguila was to star in a new musical, Basura, under a creative team led by Michael Greif, Karen Zacarías, and Alex Lacamoire.[20] Basura made its out-of-town debut on May 30, 2026 at the Alliance Theatre's Coca-Cola Stage in Atlanta.[20]

Theatre credits

Year(s) Production Role Location Notes
2011 Peter and the Starcatcher Smee New York Theatre Workshop

Off-Broadway

 Original off-Broadway Cast
2012–2013 Brooks Atkinson Theatre

Broadway

 Original Broadway Cast
2013 New World Stages

Off-Broadway
2013 Love's Labour's Lost Dull The Delacorte Theater
2014 Rocky the Musical Mike et al. Winter Garden Theatre

Broadway

 Original Broadway Cast
2016 Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Noyes Finnerty et al. Encores!

New York City Center
2018–2020 Frozen Oaken St. James Theatre

Broadway

 Original Broadway Cast
2022–2023 Some Like it Hot Osgood Fielding III/Pedro Francisco Alvarez Shubert Theatre

Broadway

 Original Broadway Cast
2024 Yellow Face Actor A Todd Haimes Theatre

Broadway

 Original Broadway Cast
2024 Little Shop of Horrors Mr. Mushnik Westside Theatre

Off-Broadway

 Replacement
2024 Once Upon a Mattress Wizard Ahmanson Theatre
2025 Schmigadoon! Reverend Layton/Leprechaun The Kennedy Center

World Premiere
2025 The Baker's Wife Antoine Lynn F. Angelson Theater

Off-Broadway

 Original off-Broadway Cast
2026 Basura Mario Alliance Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2005 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Altar Boyz Won
2010 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Musical Click, Clack, Moo Nominated
2011 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Musical We the People: America Rocks! Nominated
2015 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing in a Pre-School Animated Program Peg+Cat Won
2016 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Original Song Peg+Cat, "Fairy Tale Wedding" Nominated
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing in a Pre-School Animated Program Peg+Cat Won
2018 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing in a Pre-School Animated Program Nominated
2019 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Original Song in a Children's or Animated Program Peg+Cat, "You're All Number One Tonight!" Nominated
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing in a Pre-School Animated Program Peg+Cat Nominated
2023 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical Some Like it Hot Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical Won
Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Del Aguila – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  2. 1 2 "2023 Tony Awards Nominees". www.tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  3. 1 2 3 "Playbill: Kevin Del Aguila". Playbill. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Altar Boyz to Close Off-Broadway January 10 - TheaterMania.com". 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  5. 1 2 "Kevin Del Aguila Interview for Disney's Frozen on Broadway and Dog Man the Musical for TheaterWorksUSA NYC | TDF Stages | TDF - Theatre Development Fund". www.tdf.org. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  6. ↑ "Meet Kevin Del Aguila, the guy who turns hip children's' books into onstage musicals". Fox News. 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  7. 1 2 3 Daniel, Danica (Jun 14, 2012). "Starcatcher Baddie Kevin Del Aguila on Unleashing Altar Boyz, Playing with Christian Borle and Being Smee". www.broadway.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  8. 1 2 3 Appler, Michael (Feb 7, 2020). "Frozen's Kevin Del Aguila Loved Writing Altar Boyz So Much, He Almost Quit Acting". www.broadway.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  9. ↑ "Fringe Festival 2002". nymag.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  10. ↑ "2005 Outer Critics Circle Award winners announced. / New York Theatre Guide". New York Theatre Guide. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  11. ↑ "Off-Broadway, Altar Boyz to close on 10 Jan 2010". New York Theatre Guide. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  12. 1 2 Wiegand, Chris (2025-12-02). "Dog Man: The Musical, based on Dav Pilkey's bestsellers, to be staged in London". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  13. 1 2 Blank, Matthew (March 12, 2012). "A COVER STORY: Peter and the Starcatcher".
  14. 1 2 Blank, Matthew (February 28, 2013). "PHOTO CALL: Meet the Cast of Off-Broadway's Peter and the Starcatcher".
  15. ↑ Hetrick, Adam (August 18, 2013). "Musical Adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost Ends Shakespeare in the Park Run Aug. 18".
  16. 1 2 "Encores! Off-Center Production of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Is Getting a Cast Album".
  17. ↑ Gans, Andrew (March 1, 2022). "Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Adrianna Hicks Cast in Some Like It Hot Musical Workshop".
  18. ↑ Culwell-Block, Logan. "Some Like It Hot Opens on Broadway December 11".
  19. ↑ King, Darryn (May 14, 2024). "Tony Nominee Kevin Del Aguila Takes Over Mushnik's Flower Shop Tonight". www.broadway.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  20. 1 2 Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Mandy Gonzalez, Kevin Del Aguila and More to Lead Gloria Estefan's BASURA World Premiere". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
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