Lewis Cleale is an American theatre actor and singer . He is originally from Houlton, Maine . A graduate of the University of Miami 's Frost School of Music (where he has been named Distinguished Alumnus) and of the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre, Cleale's big break came when he was cast in a European tour of Oklahoma! , in which he was noticed by Mary Rodgers , who recommended him for a Los Angeles production of State Fair .