Kelly Lloyd

Kelly Lloyd (born May 20, 1994) is an American actor. Lloyd is best known for his career on Broadway starring in various musicals such as Newsies, In the Heights, and Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark.

Early Life
Kelly Lloyd grew in a not so good part of Ohio. He lived with only his mother and sister. When he was 7, his mother got re-married and he moved to Massachusetts where he was introduced to a much better life. There, he realized his love for theatre.

2001-2007: The beginning of a Broadway star
Lloyd was singing all his life. When he was young, his mother often took him and his sister to shows at the community theatre. Lloyd always wanted to go see a show on Broadway but never got the oppurtunity. When Lloyd was seven, he auditioned for his first musical, Into the Woods Jr., at the community theatre. Lloyd recieved the role of Jack. From there, Lloyd auditioned for many more shows and recieved much more starring roles as well as ensemble roles.

Lloyd and his family recieved a much larger income, with his step-father being a lawyer, so Kelly was able to recieve an abundant amount of voice lessons and musical theatre classes.

When Kelly was 12, he had already been in 12 shows. He finally went to New York to audition for the Off-Broadway production of Seussical. Lloyd go into the ensemble of the show and performed in 23 shows.

2007-2014: Lloyd's Broadway career
Due to recieving a role in Seussical, the Lloyd's moved out to New York so Lloyd could pursue his career. At 13, Lloyd went on the US tour with the the Broadway cast of Annie after recieving an ensemble role. After this, his Broadway career sped off. Lloyd performed in 30 shows of Annie and then recieved the starring role of Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot the Musical. Lloyd was overjoyed as this was his very first major Broadway role. In an interview, Lloyd said, "I was amazingly blessed to recieve the role of Billy Elliot. When I got the call that I was cast, I literally screamed on the phone. The director reminds me of it everyday (laughs)."

Lloyd performed in Billy Elliot for nearly 2 years and departed from the show in 2010. He then went on to play Sonny in the Broadway musical, In the Heights. "I have a few family members of Spanish descent," Lloyd said in an interview, "So it was awesome to dig into my Spanish roots!" In mid 2011, Kelly Lloyd recieved the role of Flash in Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark.