Beth Leavel — Pics Of The Broadway Star

By:

Elissa Anderson

June 3, 2019 4:29PM EDT

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Beth Leavel — Pics

Beth Leavel — Pics — Beth Leavel is a Broadway icon who made her debut in 1985 as a replacement for Annie in ’42nd Street.’ Twelve years later, she made her original cast debut in ‘Crazy for You’ as Tess and an understudy for Polly Baker. In ’99, Beth played Mabel and Mrs. Bixby in The Civil War, before returning to ’42nd Street’ in 2001 as a standby for Maggie and Dorothy Brock. She eventually played Dorothy Brock in the production.

In 2006, Beth played Beatrice Stockwell in ‘The Drowsey Chaperone’ — the starring role for which she helped create a backstory. For this role, she received a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

Today, Beth Leavel is starring as washed-up Broadway star Dee Dee Allen in ‘The Prom.’ She has been nominated for the 2019 Tony Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical.

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Beth Leavel — Pics — ‘The Prom’ is Beth’s 13th starring role on Broadway. It was 13 years ago that she won her Tony for Drowsy Chaperone. In addition, there are 13 performers making their broadway debut in the Prom. Beth is calling this role and this show her “Lucky #13”

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Beth Leavel — Pics — Beth Leavel replaced Andrea Martin as Frau Blucher in the Broadway production of ‘Young Frankenstein.’

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Beth Leavel — Pics — Tony Award-winning actress Beth Leavel visited HollywoodLife.com to talk about her role in ‘The Prom,’ which earned her a Tony nomination.

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Beth Leavel — Pics — Beth also starred in the role of Emily Hobbs in ‘Elf: The Musical’ during its Broadway run from 2010-2011.

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Beth Leavel — Pics — Beth revealed that she proposed marriage to her long-time love, actor Adam Heller. They’re currently engaged.

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Beth Leavel — Pics — Beth Leavel plays Dee Dee Allen in ‘The Prom,’ a new Broadway show about a lesbian student who was not allowed to bring her girlfriend to high school prom.

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Beth Leavel — Pics — Tony Award-winning actress Beth Leavel visited HollywoodLife.com to talk about her role in ‘The Prom,’ which earned her a Tony nomination.

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Beth Leavel — Pics

Beth Leavel — Pics — Tony Award-winning actress Beth Leavel visited HollywoodLife.com to talk about her role in ‘The Prom,’ which earned her a Tony nomination.

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