Broadway News
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives‘ Whitney Leavitt Will Make Broadway Debut in Chicago
The Dancing With the Stars semi-finalist will join the Tony-winning revival in February 2026.
Whitney Leavitt
Whitney Leavitt, star of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, will make her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago next year at the Ambassador Theatre.
Also a semi-finalist on Dancing With the Stars, Leavitt will step into the role of Roxie Hart February 2, 2026, for a limited engagement through March 15. The Utah-based actress and mom of three has also built a loyal digital following, amassing over four million followers through her mix of dance videos,
family-focused comedy, and lifestyle content.
Smash Star Robyn Hurder Sets Return to Broadway’s Chicago
The Broadway production, currently celebrating its 29th anniversary, features Kate Baldwin as Roxie Hart, Sophie Carmen-Jones as Velma Kelly, Tam Mutu as Billy Flynn, Tony winner Alex Newell as Matron “Mama” Morton, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.
The ensemble includes Zach
Bravo, David Bushman, Max Clayton, Jennifer Dunne, Jessica Ernest,
Arian Keddell, James T. Lane, Marty Lawson, Joseph London, Barrett
Martin, Sharon Moore, Drew Nellessen, Celina Nightengale, Kristen Faith
Oei, Denny Paschall, Mikayla Renfrow, Sean Samuels, and Samantha Sturm.
Check out Chicago merchandise in the Playbill Store
The revival of Chicago began life as one of the three annual Encores!
presentations offered by City Center. The musical opened on Broadway at
the Richard Rodgers Theatre November 14, 1996, where it remained
through February 1997. The musical transferred to the Shubert Theatre,
and played that house through January 26, 2003. The revival reopened at
the Ambassador Theatre January 29 that year.
Since its debut in 1996, Chicago has played in 36 countries
and been seen by 33 million people worldwide. It is now the
second-longest running show in Broadway history (after the recently
closed The Phantom of the Opera).
READ: How the Chicago Costumes Have Evolved Over 25 Years
With a book by the late Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Ebb, Chicago
features direction by Walter Bobbie, choreography by the late Ann
Reinking, set design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by William Ivey
Long, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by Scott Lehrer,
and casting by ARC.
The current production, produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, won the
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 1997 as well as awards for
actors Bebe Neuwirth and James Naughton, director Bobbie, lighting
designer Billington, and Reinking. The original production was directed
and choreographed by the late Fosse.
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Photos: Kate Baldwin and Alex Newell in Chicago
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Kate Baldwin and Tam Mutu in Chicago
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Kate Baldwin and Sophie-Carmen Jones in Chicago
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Kate Baldwin and Sophie-Carmen Jones in Chicago
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Alex Newell, Sophie-Carmen Jones, and Kate Baldwin in Chicago
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