On The Rocks: Where Celebrities & Cocktails Mix
Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel Talks Sondheim, Drowsy Chaperone, and Future of Broadway!
February 25, 2025 · 51 min
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A Tony-winning Broadway veteran reflects on 15 shows, originating iconic roles, and where theater is headed.
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In this episode
- What it was really like auditioning and breaking into Broadway
- How originating a role shapes a performer differently than inheriting one
- Why Sondheim's work continues to matter to working theater artists
- An honest look at the current state and future of Broadway
About this episode
On this On the Rocks, curtain up! We welcome Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel to chat about her many, many roles in 15 Broadway shows and counting, we talk about her early days auditioning in NYC, the roles that have left a mark on her life, the joy of originating roles in The Drowsy Chaperone and The Prom, the future of Broadway, the power of Sondheim, and all about her current run in Old Friends alongside Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga...with your sassy host with the sassy most, Alexander Rodriguez! Raise a glass, it's On the Rocks!
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About On The Rocks: Where Celebrities & Cocktails Mix
TV & Radio Personality Alexander Rodriguez sips and chats with your favorite celebrities from TV, film, Broadway, music, reality TV and pop culture in this weekly, entertainment, no holds barred talk show. Academy Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Tony Award, Golden Globe Award winners – he’s drank with them all!
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