Mark Ballas & Whitney Leavitt Light Up Broadway

0:00It's April 7, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today. AI-powered and star driven, Mark Ballis is lighting a Broadway in Chicago, sliding into the role of slick lawyer Billy Flynn alongside his dancing with the star season, 32 partner Whitney Levitt as Roxy Hart. Therefore we run just shattered records with the highest grossing week in the show's 29-year history, kicked off April 6 at New York City's Ambassador Theatre, where fans jumped up for a standing ovation after Mark's big bow. Whitney's original six-week stand pass mid-March got stretched out, and now the duo grooves together till May 3. For the 39-year-old Mark, it's pure full circle. He auditioned for Chicago's Ensemble in London's West End at 19, but got turned down. Two decades on, this is his third Broadway credit, all from grinding through rejections with non-stop hustle. Whitney, 32, and fresh off secret lives of Mormon wives, gushed on Instagram that Mark

1:01was absolutely incredible post debut. They clicked hard on dancing with the stars, despite an early November exit, turning ballroom chemistry into stage fire. Reality stars and dance pros keep owning the great white way like this, proving those moves translate anywhere, keep an eye on Chicago before these two. Wrapping early May.