Sunday Broadway Concert Series with John McDaniel, starring Beth Leavel at Legacy Theatre

Beth Leavel is a Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor, who recently concluded her 15th Broadway show - Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends.

For her performance as the title character in The Drowsy Chaperone, she received Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and LA Drama Critics Awards. She also received Tony, New York Outer Critics Circle and other nominations for her roles as Dee Dee Allen in The Prom and Florence Greenberg in Baby, It’s You.

On Broadway, Beth also originated the roles of The Duchess in Lempicka, June Adams in Bandstand, Emily in Elf, Mrs. Bixby in The Civil War and Tess in Crazy For You. Other Broadway credits include Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein, Dorothy Brock in the revival of 42nd Street, Ellie in Hal Prince’s Show Boat, and Anytime Annie (her Broadway debut) in 42nd Street.

Other New York credits include starring as Lucille in the New York City Center Encores! production of No, No, Nanette, as well as the off-Broadway productions of Lone Star Love and Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. She also starred as Miranda Priestly in the Chicago premiere of the new musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada.

Beth has dazzled and delighted sold-out audiences with her cabaret act, which she has taken from 54 Below in New York City to other venues across the United States, and will now bring it to The Legacy Theatre!