Student Laurel Smalley shakes the room with ''Take Me or Leave Me'' from RENT. Photo

From: Photo and Video Flash: Behind the Scenes at a Master Class with Beth Leavel

Broadway legend and Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel prepared five talented performers -- Kristen DelBosque, Mark Jammal, Priscilla Milliner, Lauren Santana, and Laurel Smalley -- for careers in theatre in a special Straight From New York documentary. Watch the video below, plus scroll down for photos from the workshop!