While for most people singing in the shower is as far as their vocal talents go, for Dean Regan it was the first step to a life on the stage.

“I always loved singing in the shower,” Regan says in his bio. “An act was born when I heard applause outside my window!”

That may be an exaggeration, but Regan has stepped out of the shower and into a stellar career as both an actor, singer and stage personality.

“. . . I’ve found something special happens in a live concert. People gather together in a theater and leave their troubles behind. We meet. We start off as strangers, and through the magic of music, our hearts resonate, or lives unite, and by the end of the evening we’ve become the best of friends. You can’t feel that kind of connection in front of a television, at a movie, or even in the shower. That’s why people say ‘Live in Concert,’ because when you come to a concert, there’s life!” he said.

Regan will be “Live!” on stage Nov. 5 at the Admiral Theatre, performing a wide variety of well-known audience favorites from “America’s Popular Song Book,” including Cole Porter, Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller, combined with a fast-paced comic energy.

His onstage persona is a combination of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, prompting one reviewer to call him a mix of romantic crooner and court jester of song.

Regan is from Chicago, but calls Los Angeles home now. In addition to touring as a one-man singing dynamo, he has an impressive resumé as an actor.

He said his first love is theater, and he has played several major roles, including Harold Hill in “The Music Man” and The Emcee in “Cabaret.”

He was a member of the first national tour of “The Pirates of Penzance,” which also featured Jim Belushi, Maureen McGovern and Peter Noone, of Herman’s Hermits. The tour made a stop at the White House where they performed for President and Nancy Reagan.

Regan has performed in Broadway productions, off-Broadway productions and “off-off-off-off Broadway as well,” he said.

He has appeared on TV on NYPD and several soap operas, and on the big screen in the Mike Nichols film, “Working.”

When not acting or singing, Regan is coaching aspiring young singers and actors.

Dean Regan appears at 8 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Admiral Theatre, 515 Pacific Ave., Bremerton. Serving for the pre-show dinner begins at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $50 for main floor dinner show, reservations required; $19 for main floor show only and loge, and $14 balcony, available at the box office, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or by phone at (360) 373-6743. wu