Whitney Leavitt is still getting words of wisdom from Dancing With the Stars partner Mark Ballas as she prepares to make her Broadway debut.

“Mark’s done Broadway. He’s done multiple shows. He is gearing me up,” Leavitt, 32, told Us Weekly exclusively while attending the 20th anniversary celebration of L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on Tuesday, December 2. (The event honored this year’s 10 Women of Worth honorees and celebrated two decades of spotlighting impactful female changemakers across the country.)

Leavitt continued, “He’s like, ‘Get ready.’ Like, ‘You think Dancing With the Stars was hard? Singing, dancing, acting, it’s a whole different ballgame.’ So I’m just trying to mentally prepare for that, take it all in, because I’ve n

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