{"id":717118,"date":"2026-03-16T18:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whitney-leavitt-on-slomw-potential-exit-broadway-dwts-acting\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:50:13","slug":"whitney-leavitt-on-slomw-potential-exit-broadway-dwts-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whitney-leavitt-on-slomw-potential-exit-broadway-dwts-acting\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Leavitt on SLOMW Potential Exit, Broadway, DWTS, Acting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tWhitney Leavitt comes from the reality television world, but she\u2019s making sure that won\u2019t be what she\u2019s remembered for.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSince The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em> hit Hulu in September 2024, the show\u2019s cast has been catapulted into swift stardom. Most of those opportunities have orbited the reality TV space, with Leavitt herself competing on ABC\u2019s buzziest Dancing With the Stars<\/em> installment last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd then, following quite the impressive run on the competitive dance series<\/a>, Leavitt landed the leading role in Chicago<\/em> on Broadway. Later this year, she\u2019ll also make her feature film debut in a holiday rom-com for Ninth House Productions that she\u2019s also executive producing.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll the while, she\u2019s been starring in Mormon Wives<\/em> and filming for future unreleased seasons. But Leavitt tells The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> she\u2019s ready to take on new challenges that may lead her away from the Hulu series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be where I am without [The<\/em> Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em>,]\u201d Leavitt says, continuing, \u201cBut it feels like it\u2019s time to challenge myself in other ways and fulfill these dreams and passions that I\u2019ve been trying to get even before the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, Leavitt breaks down her busy life as Chicago<\/em>\u2019s leading lady while filming for the reality TV show, the behind-the-scenes aspects of DWTS<\/em> shown on Mormon Wives<\/em> season four, her future acting ambitions and which filmmaker she\u2019d love to work with and how she\u2019s \u201cfiguring it out in real time\u201d what her future with Mormon Wives<\/em> looks like.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat does a typical day in the life look like for Whitney Leavitt starring in Chicago<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tMy kids are up at about 6:30 a.m. We get up, we have breakfast, take them to school. I go to the gym, and then after, I\u2019ve been either auditioning or I still take vocal lessons. I\u2019m filming for Secret Lives<\/em> right now, other housekeeping duties and then I head to the theater. I\u2019m there about an hour and a half early, do my warm-up, get ready, do a show.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn season four of Secret Lives<\/em>, we got to see the behind-the-scenes of how Chicago<\/em> came about. You\u2019re going to be starring in your first feature this year that you\u2019re executive producing. Are there any future projects brewing right now behind-the-scenes you can tease?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tWhat I can say is I\u2019ve always been a performer, and Secret Lives<\/em> just kind of stumbled into my life. People don\u2019t know that before this happ<\/a>ened, I was still auditioning. I moved to California, I was taking acting classes; Margie Haber, Groundlings, Lesly Kahn, like, I did everything. Then I got this reality [TV] opportunity, and I took it. But even during that time of still auditioning, my passion is film. I love entertaining, I love acting, so that\u2019s what I can tease. Hopefully more films you\u2019ll see me in. (Laughs<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

\n\tDid you always see yourself going into acting, or did you want to do Broadway? What did you see yourself doing when you were younger?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI always saw myself acting. Obviously, I\u2019ve always had a passion for Broadway, but I never felt like I had that Broadway voice. [I] felt like I had the acting, I felt like I had the dancing, but a voice is a huge role in that. And while I was doing Dancing With the Stars<\/em> and that opportunity to audition for the role came, I was like, Oh my God, I need to take voice lessons now<\/em>, which I did while I was doing Dancing With the Stars<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tWhitney Leavitt stars as Roxie Hart in \u2018Chicago\u2019 on Broadway.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJeremy Daniel<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tLet\u2019s talk about Dancing With the Stars<\/em>. On season four of Mormon Wives<\/em>, you talked about how, as you made it farther into the competition, you never thought you would last long. Why didn\u2019t you think you would go far into Dancing With the Stars<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI think just this perception of me from season one of Secret Lives<\/em> spread into the world. That narrative just gave me an insecurity going to a different platform, because I felt like I didn\u2019t have that community that was rooting for me. And boy was I surprised, because I definitely did, and I still do. Because I\u2019m telling you right now, the records<\/a> that we\u2019re breaking with Chicago<\/em>, with ticket sales, that wouldn\u2019t happen without that community that\u2019s rooting for me. That was a very overwhelming and beautiful moment in my life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tYou mentioned you were receiving a lot of hate, and your run on Dancing With the Stars<\/em> drove this conversation<\/a> about women and mothers who are ambitious and candid in that ambition. Did you see that on the flip side of the hate, people were in support of you, and how you also broke out this conversation about [ambitious women]?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tYeah, I did see that. Not all of it, because I tried to stay off during it, but I\u2019m a human being and I definitely wanted to see what the talk of the town was. But it was interesting, and I would be interested if it was a man, a father, who basically had the same stance that I took, and I wonder how that would have been received. But I think it was a great conversation. I\u2019m so happy that it happened, because I think it really got people thinking. I mean, it got me thinking. I was like, You\u2019re right. What if it was a man?<\/em> (Laughs<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

\n\tRight before your elimination on Dancing With the Stars<\/em>, <\/strong>season three of Mormon Wives<\/em><\/strong> came out, and a lot of people think that contributed to your elimination. Do you agree?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m gonna say yes, because I either got respect from being candid and honest about my wants, or people felt like I was exploiting a group to get what I wanted, which just wasn\u2019t true. I was very honest and candid about my reasons of coming back [to the show.] Like, it was the producers that called me and said, \u201cWell, if you do this, you could possibly do this.\u201d And I was willing to take that risk, because this is what I\u2019ve always wanted to do. I want to be an actress, and that felt like a platform where I could showcase some of those skills.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019re still involved with the DWTS<\/em> family as you\u2019re going to appear at <\/strong>Dancing With the Stars Con<\/strong> this year. There\u2019s been this conversation about when they are going to do a second All-Star season. If they did that and they asked you, would you say yes?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t1,000 percent. If it worked out in my life, and I didn\u2019t have any other projects that were conflicting. That\u2019d be amazing.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tWhitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas perform to \u201cCell Block Tango\u201d from Chicago the Musical on \u2018Dancing With the Stars.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDisney\/Eric McCandless<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tYou are now an executive producer of Mormon Wives<\/em>. That means you could be officially nominated for an Emmy if the show gets <\/strong>another nomination<\/strong>. If you received that Emmy nomination attached to the show as an EP, what would that mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tOh, wow. I think even just getting the title [of EP,] I know not just for me, but for all of the women, means a lot, because that\u2019s something that we can carry with us for future business opportunities or future projects. Like, that\u2019s with us forever. Wow, that would be really cool. I\u2019ve never even thought of that, that I would be the one going up there with the rest of the women if we actually won. (Laughs<\/em>) That would be so cool.<\/p>\n

\n\tDo you have a dream Broadway role?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI don\u2019t know if it needs to be a remake of a film or if we need to revive it on Broadway, but I think we need a revival of Sweet Charity<\/em>. I would love to play Charity.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019ve mentioned that acting is one of your main passions right now, but after Chicago<\/em>, do you see yourself continuing on Broadway or are gonna go full-fledged into acting?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tTo me, being on Broadway is still acting. That\u2019s still filling my cup. But if I could do both, 1,000 percent, because Broadway is like an acting boot camp. And I don\u2019t have this expectation to all of a sudden be in massive Oscar award-winning films. That\u2019s the goal, but I know it\u2019s going to take time to get there, because I want to work with people. There\u2019s actors and actresses who have been doing this for years, climbing that ladder, and I\u2019m climbing that.<\/p>\n

\n\tDo you have a dream filmmaker you want to work with?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI love Ryan Murphy. I think he\u2019s so talented and such a hard worker, and I admire that. I admire his passion, and I want to work with passionate people and people who also want to work hard.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen we\u2019re talking about all these opportunities and the future of your career, I noticed on season four of Secret Lives<\/em> the women talking about how opportunities outside of MomTok could drive the group apart. What do you think when you hear the women say things like that? Do they expect you not to jump at some of these amazing opportunities?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI don\u2019t know if that\u2019s an expectation. If it is, it hasn\u2019t been communicated to me. But just like any band, let\u2019s just use One Direction for a minute, I would hope that they would all support each other when they broke off and had their individual careers because it felt like the right time to do that. And, you know, I can\u2019t speak for the other women, but it kind of feels like that\u2019s what\u2019s happening with me. I wouldn\u2019t be where I am without that platform and this group that we created, this business that we created, but maybe it\u2019s time for me to branch out in other areas. And I feel, today, that each one of them would support me in that.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019re filming right now for Secret Lives<\/em>, but how do you see yourself moving forward with the show when you\u2019re getting these opportunities? Do you think that you would leave the show soon?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tWell, I\u2019m figuring it out in real time. We\u2019re figuring it out together, but it feels like that\u2019s the trajectory of where it\u2019s going. But again, I wouldn\u2019t be where I am without it, but it feels like it\u2019s time to challenge myself in other ways and fulfill these dreams and passions that I\u2019ve been trying to get even before the show.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tMayci Neeley, Miranda Hope, Whitney Leavitt, Jessi Draper and Mikayla Matthews on \u2018The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u2019 season four.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDisney\/Fred Hayes<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tMormon Wives<\/em> is very similar to The Real Housewives<\/em>, but one of the major differences is that on Mormon Wives<\/em>, the women are a real group of friends with real relationships, but on Housewives<\/em>, they look at their shows and relationships more as a business opportunity. Do you think you would fare better on a show like Real Housewives<\/em>, where the business side of things is better understood?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNo. You know, before [I started] reality TV, I didn\u2019t really watch reality TV. It\u2019s a world that\u2019s foreign to me, so it\u2019s kind of ironic that that was my start (Laughs<\/em>) in this entertainment world in Hollywood. No, I don\u2019t think I would ever do that. No. Like, be on Real Housewives of Salt Lake<\/em>?<\/p>\n

\n\tOr any <\/strong>Housewives<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 I mean, you\u2019re in New York.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNo. (Laughs<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

\n\tI think if your journey did end on Mormon Wives<\/em>, eventually in the future, people would want to see more of you in that [reality TV] format.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tOh, I mean, I don\u2019t ever close a door. I\u2019m not closing it, but yeah, I don\u2019t see myself being on a Real Housewives<\/em> show. (Laughs<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

\n\tWhitney, you\u2019re crushing it on Broadway; you killed it on Dancing With the Stars<\/em>; you\u2019re starring in your first feature; you\u2019re executive producing Mormon Wives<\/em> and that feature \u2014 what is next for Whitney Leavitt?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThis is just the beginning. It feels like this is just the beginning of something that I\u2019ve wanted to do and I\u2019ve been trying to do for years. I couldn\u2019t be more grateful. I feel like I\u2019m just now on the ladder, and I\u2019m just going to slowly start climbing it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n