Age: 23

Hometown: Havertown, PA

Currently: Making her Broadway debut as Sophie, the sweet and sassy young bride-to-be, in the smash hit musical Mamma Mia!

Precocious Pro: Never mind school plays—when Louis was 10, she was co-starring with Donna McKechnie! Under her real name, Alyse Wojciechowski (more on that later), she was plucked from children’s classes at Philadelphia ...

We've traveled a long and winding (and amazing!) road with Beth Leavel as she readied to take over the leading role of Donna Sheridan in Broadway's Mamma Mia!. It's been fun watching the Tony winner transform into a Dynamo in the rehearsal room, at her costume fitting and choosing a dressing room. Now it's time for ...

Is bigger always better? That's the question Beth Leavel, Mamma Mia!'s incoming Donna Sheridan, is struggling with this week. We've followed Leavel, who is taking on a mother of a role in the ABBA-rific musical beginning on September 22, in the rehearsal room and at her costume fitting. Now the Tony winner is in the final stages ...

What does it take to play Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!? The part of the Greek taverna owner with a trio of past lovers on her doorstep and a daughter to marry off—all set to the tunes of Swedish super-group ABBA—is one mother of a role. To find out more about all of that belting, dancing and Spandex-wearing ...

What does it take to play Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!? The part of the Greek taverna owner with a trio of past lovers on her doorstep and a daughter to marry off—all set to the tunes of Swedish super-group ABBA—is one mother of a role. To find out more about all of that belting, dancing and Spandex-wearing ...

On August 2, the hit musical Mamma Mia! passed Life With Father to become the 14th longest-running show in Broadway history. The show, about a mother, a daughter and three possible dads, also earned the distinction of having run longer than any straight play in Broadway history.

Mamma Mia! played its first Broadway performance on October 5, 2001, and opened ...