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Beth Leavel

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Actor b. 1955 On stage 19802025

Beth Leavel (born November 1, 1955) is an American stage and screen actress and singer. She is best known for her performances in Broadway musicals such as The Drowsy Chaperone, Baby It's You! and The Prom, receiving Tony Award nominations for all three and winning for The Drowsy Chaperone.

On stage 14 productions, 45 years

1980 42nd Street Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion 3,486 perf.
1992 Crazy for You Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Ockrent 1,622 perf.
1994 Show Boat Gershwin Theatre · Revival · directed by Harold Prince 947 perf.
1999 The Civil War St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Jerry Zaks 61 perf.
2001 Mamma Mia ! Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Phyllida Lloyd 5,758 perf.
2006 The Drowsy Chaperone Marquis Theatre · Original 674 perf.
2007 Young Frankenstein Hilton Theatre · Original 485 perf.
2010 Elf Al Hirschfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Casey Nicholaw 241 perf.
2011 Baby It's You! Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Sheldon Epps 148 perf.
2012 Elf Al Hirschfeld Theatre · Return-Engagement · directed by Casey Nicholaw 74 perf.
2017 Bandstand Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre · Original · directed by Andy Blankenbuehler 167 perf.
2018 The Prom Theatre not recorded · Original · directed by Casey Nicholaw 309 perf.
2024 Lempicka Longacre Theatre · Original 41 perf.
2025 Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Samuel J. Friedman Theatre · Original 95 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Mark Jacoby 3 productions
Valerie Wright 2 productions
Timothy J Alex 2 productions
Sutton Foster 2 productions
Sheila Smith 2 productions
Nancy Johnston 2 productions
Michelle Dawson 2 productions
Michele Pawk 2 productions
Michel Bell 2 productions
Michael Mandell 2 productions
Michael James Scott 2 productions
Mary Callanan 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 8 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Harry Groener, Jodi Benson, Beth Leavel, Bruce Adler, Jane Connell, John Hillner, Irene Pawk, Stephen Temperley, Amelia White, The Manhattan Rhythm Kingsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Bob Martin, Sutton Foster, Beth Leavel, Danny Burstein, Georgia Engel, Edward Hibbert, Troy Britton Johnson, Eddie Korbich, Garth Kravits, Jason Kravits, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Jennifer Smith, Lenny Wolpeebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Anyhoo, I also loved Michael Berresse's amazing dancing and Beth Leavel's hilarity in Nanette . Plus, she is the queen of hitting a high note and making you think, "Wow… she can't belt that, but it sounds amazing in head voice… good choice!" and then, one minute later, belting that same note and then belting one even higher just to show y…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • At the Chatterbox , I interviewed Tony Award winner Beth Leavel. The first shocker she laid on me is that she's from North Carolina! I asked her if there was a "Lynn" involved with her name, and she admitted her full name is Elizabeth Lynn Leavel, and when she'd hear all three names from her mother, it meant she was in severe trouble. She…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
  • “Beth Leavel. Oh my God. Amazing voice, and so funny. Marc Kudisch—he was so good in Millie . And this is the White Christmas wall.”ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • About four times over the course of our run of The Drowsy Chaperone , the murphy bed that would take Beth Leavel, the Drowsy Chaperone, and me off after we sang “I Am Aldolpho,” would fail to flip back into the wall. Sometimes, it didn’t even come down, and stagehands would try to push the bed down.ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt

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