Stumbling Into Another Year: Happy Birthday, Beth Leavel!

Today we wish a very Happy Birthday to Broadway favorite and Tony Award-winner, Beth Leavel!

Leavel made her Broadway debut in 1985 with the production of 42nd Street. But, it was her work as Beatrice Stockwell in The Drowsy Chaperone that earned her a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2006. Other Broadway credits include Crazy for You, The Civil War, Young Frankenstein, Mamma Mia!, Elf The Musical and Bandstand.

In 2011, she received Tony and Drama Desk nominations once again for her role as Florence Greenberg in Baby It's You!

To celebrate this Broadway favorite, see some of Beth's finest moments here!

2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats

Best Orchestrations - Top 3

1. Ethan Popp, The Rescues - The Lost Boys

25.7% of votes

2. Anders Eljas, Brian Usifer - Chess

13.1% of votes

3. William David Brohn - Ragtime

12.3% of votes

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