Broadway is always up for a surprise casting shake-up—and this one comes with a built-in fanbase of more than four million followers. Whitney Leavitt, the Utah creator turned reality-TV star, will step into sequins to play Roxie Hart in for a six-week run. Leavitt’s first turn on the Great White Way will begin on February 2.

While Leavitt broke out on Hulu’s hit , her resume feels made for a splashy musical entrance. She danced her way to the semifinals on season 34 of and, offscreen, she’s known for her comedic family content, choreographed routines and millennial-mom candor—all energy that should translate neatly into her charming, chaotic role as Roxie.

The long-running revival (it’s now the longest-running American musical in Broadway history) has gone through its share of celebrit

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