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Kristin Chenoweth reacts to early closure of Broadway musical ‘The Queen of Versailles’<\/p>\n

After the production’s opening night drew mixed-to-negative reviews, it was announced that the musical ‘The Queen of Versailles’ will close less than three months after performances began.<\/p>\n

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Whitney Leavitt<\/a>\u00a0is riding the wave of her controversial “Dancing with the Stars”<\/a> run all the way to Broadway.<\/p>\n

The “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star<\/a>, 32, will play the role of Roxie Hart in “Chicago” on Broadway, she announced Dec. 1 on Instagram.<\/a> Her stint in the storied musical will begin Feb. 2 at the Ambassador Theatre in New York City and run through March 15.<\/p>\n

The announcement follows a tumultuous season on “DWTS,”<\/a> where Leavitt<\/a> impressed judges with her dancing chops but struggled against a tidal wave of online hate, some stemming from her actions filmed on previous seasons of “Mormon Wives.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Blistered ankles. Teased hair. <\/strong>My weekend on ‘Dancing with the Stars’<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite strong technical skills, Leavitt<\/a> was eliminated before the finals of “Dancing with the Stars,”<\/a> failing to earn enough fan votes to advance to the end of the competition. Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin ultimately nabbed the Mirrorball trophy.<\/a><\/p>\n

Leavitt and her pro partner from the show, Mark Ballas, performed their final dance on an episode of “Call Her Daddy,”<\/a> during which she recounted the difficulty of the show’s fanbase turning against her.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“I am used to the hate. And so with Season 1 and Season 2 of ‘Secret Lives and Mormon Wives’ being out, like I just didn’t think I was going to make it that far in ‘Dancing with the Stars’\u00a0because I already knew the persona that I had in the media,” she told host Alex Cooper.<\/a> “So I didn’t think people were going to really vote for me.”<\/p>\n

Her casting in “Chicago” finds easy roots in her time on “Dancing.” Mid-season, she and Ballas performed an Argentine Tango to “Cell Block Tango,” an iconic sequence from the show. It also slots into a growing trend on Broadway of outside celebrities dropping in for a guest-starring stint, some say to raise the profile of a struggling industry.<\/p>\n

Leavitt follows in the footsteps of other celebrities who have played Roxie, including fellow reality TV stars Ariana Maddix, Erika Jayne and Lisa Rinna, as well as actress Melanie Griffith.<\/p>\n

How to get tickets to ‘Chicago’<\/p>\n

Tickets for the show are available now via the official “Chicago” musical website.<\/a><\/p>\n