- Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1986 as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "The Mystery of Edwin Drood;" and in 1988 as Best Actor (Musical) for playing Billy Crocker in a revival of "Anything Goes."
- Provided the singing voice of "Gregory" for the song "La Resistance" in the movie, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999).
- An accomplished Broadway star, He created the role of John Jasper in "Drood" and also starred as Molina in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" and Billy Crocker in "Anything Goes" on the New York Stage. McGillin was twice nominated for the Tony Award.
- As of August 2006, he has achieved over 1 500 performances as the title character in the Broadway production of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash-hit musical, "The Phantom of the Opera", earning him the title of the Longest-Running Broadway Phantom.
- Very tall and handsome actor, who has appeared on TV and on Broadway.
- Has two sons from a previous marriage.
- On July 25, played his final performance as The Phantom of the Opera at Broadway's Majestic Theatre. (July 2009)
- On January 26, 2008, played The Phantom of the Opera for the musical's 20th Anniversary performance on Broadway. (January 2008)
- Made a special appearance as "The Phantom of the Opera" at the 60th Annual Tony Awards in 2006 and sung a verse of "The Music of the Night" to commemorate both "Phantom" becoming the Longest-Running Show in Broadway history and director Harold Prince receiving a special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award.
- Was chosen to play "The Phantom of the Opera" for the 7,486th performance of the musical on Broadway, on January 9, 2006. This gala performance marked TPOTO as the Longest-Running Show in Broadway history, surpassing the previous record of 7 485 performances set by another Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, "Cats".
- Studied acting under Bradford Dillman, who originated the role of "Edmund", in "Long Day's Journey into Night" on Broadway.
- Sang at the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraising concert, "Standing Ovations IV: From Stage to Screen and Back Again" on October 16, 2005, at Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre. Howard performed the song, "Something's Coming" from "West Side Story".
- In 2003, released a solo CD entitled, "Where Time Stands Still".
- Will be returning to the role of Phantom in Broadway's "The Phantom of the Opera" to mark its celebration as the longest running show on Broadway (October 2005)
- Howard has renewed his contract with the Broadway production of "The Phantom of the Opera", and therefore will continue to play the title role in the musical until at least April or May in 2007. (October 2006)
- Contributed the song, 'All the Things You Are" from his solo CD to the "Broadway's Fabulous Phantoms" album.
- Taking a vacation during the first 3 weeks of May, and then will return once more to the Broadway production of "The Phantom of the Opera" to continue his record-setting run as the title character. (April 2007)
- McGillin, Broadway's longest running Phantom, will play his last performance on April 12th. (April 2003)
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