{"id":131290,"date":"2026-02-12T15:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/131290\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:19:19","slug":"photos-whitney-leavitt-mykal-kilgore-more-in-broadways-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/131290\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Whitney Leavitt, Mykal Kilgore, More in Broadway’s Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whitney Leavitt<\/a>, star of Hulu\u2019s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, made her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago<\/a> February 2 at the Ambassador Theatre.<\/p>\n

Also a semi-finalist on Dancing With the Stars, Leavitt has stepped into the role of Roxie Hart for a limited
\nengagement through March 15. The Utah-based actress and mom of three has
\n also built a loyal digital following, amassing over four million
\nfollowers through her mix of dance videos,
\nfamily-focused comedy, and lifestyle content.<\/p>\n

Check out Chicago merchandise in the Playbill Store<\/a><\/p>\n

The record-breaking revival also welcomed several other actors to its
\n company February 2: Mykal Kilgore, here billed as M. Kilgore<\/a>,
\nstepped into the role of Mary Sunshine. Kilgore has also been seen on
\nBroadway in Motown the Musical, Hair, and The Book of Mormon. Returning to the cellblock were Greg Hildreth<\/a> (The Queen of Versailles, Frozen, Cinderella)
\n as Amos Hart and ensemble members Tia Altinay<\/a> and Chelsea James<\/a>. New
\nensemble members include Austin Dunn<\/a>, Danielle Marie Gonzalez<\/a>,
\nChristopher Kelley<\/a>, and Jeff Sullivan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Broadway production, currently celebrating its 29th
\nanniversary, also features Sophie Carmen-Jones<\/a> as
\n Velma Kelly, Tam Mutu<\/a> as Billy Flynn, and Jacqueline B. Arnold<\/a> as Matron “Mama” Morton.<\/p>\n

Check out the current company in new production photos in the\u00a0gallery below.<\/p>\n

The revival of Chicago began life as one of the three annual Encores!
\n presentations offered by City Center<\/a>. The musical opened on Broadway at
\n the Richard Rodgers Theatre November 14, 1996, where it remained
\nthrough February 1997. The musical transferred to the Shubert Theatre,
\nand played that house through January 26, 2003. The revival reopened at
\nthe Ambassador Theatre January 29 that year.<\/p>\n

Since its debut in 1996, Chicago has played in 36 countries
\nand been seen by 33 million people worldwide. It is now the
\nsecond-longest running show in Broadway history (after the recently
\nclosed The Phantom of the Opera).<\/p>\n

READ: How the Chicago Costumes Have Evolved Over 25 Years<\/a><\/p>\n

With a book by the late Fred Ebb<\/a> and Bob Fosse<\/a>, music by John Kander<\/a>, and lyrics by Ebb, Chicago
\n features direction by Walter Bobbie<\/a>, choreography by the late Ann
\nReinking, set design by John Lee Beatty<\/a>, costume design by William Ivey
\nLong, lighting design by Ken Billington<\/a>, sound design by Scott Lehrer<\/a>,
\nand casting by ARC.<\/p>\n

The current production, produced by Barry and Fran Weissler<\/a>, won the
\nTony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 1997 as well as awards for
\nactors Bebe Neuwirth<\/a> and James Naughton<\/a>, director Bobbie, lighting
\ndesigner Billington, and Reinking. The original production was directed
\nand choreographed by the late Fosse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whitney Leavitt, star of Hulu\u2019s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, made her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-131290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}