About us.
Best friends and collaborators for over 15 years, Leah and Nicole share a love of old timey musicals, vaudeville, and slap-stick humor! After a chance meeting singing and hoofing in a summerstock production of 42nd Street in NYC, the two individually went on to perform all over the world, from Broadway to South Africa, National Tours, Tony Award winning theatres, The Groundlings Sunday Company, TV, film, commercials and everywhere in between! Years later, finding themselves reunited and with a newfound urge to give back to the community, they teamed up to build an award-winning children’s theatre program in Northern California, but they didn’t stop there…
After Nicole became a mom, she wanted to share her passion for musical theatre with her baby but couldn’t find a class that would allow for the inspirational engagement she was looking for so she called up her bestie Leah and from there Broadway Babies was born!
Bios.
Nicole Mangi
Nicole made her Broadway debut alongside Patti LuPone as Agnes in the critically acclaimed revival of Gypsy. She can also be heard on the Grammy Award winning cast album. Favorite credits include: City Center (Gypsy), Goodspeed Opera House (Meet John Doe), Signature Theatre (Dainty June in Gypsy), Walnut Street (Beauty and the Beast), Westchester Broadway Theatre (The Full Monty), and Northshore Music Theatre (Fame) as well as numerous Broadway concerts and guest appearances. TV credits include Law and Order SVU and ABC’s The Middle. She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Webster Conservatory. Nicole’s passion for arts education began while working with the Broadway In South Africa organization, bringing musical theatre to children living in townships in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town. That experience catapulted her into additional arts advocacy, from volunteering for the Young Storytellers program, to building the children’s programming for the Transcendence Theatre Company in Sonoma.
Leah Sprecher
With a varied professional career spanning over 15 years, Leah's work can be seen and heard on TV, in Film, and in some of the nations most prestigious theatres and music halls. After earning a B.A. in Theatre from UCLA's Ray Bolger Musical Theatre Program, she went on to join multiple National tours including 42nd Street, Happy Days, and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. She has also performed regionally at the Tony award winning Papermill Playhouse (Cinderella) and Goodspeed Opera House (Pirates of Penzance, Happy Days, world premiere of Darling Grenadine). Most recently, Leah wrote and performed as a member of the renowned Groundlings Sunday Company. She is also a founding member of the Transcendence Theatre Company, which earned her a Broadway World "Person to Watch" nomination and the opportunity to open for both Rita Moreno and Ben Vereen in concert. Her TV credits include guest stints on IFC's Maron, and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live and Blackish.
“The teachers are Nicole and Leah. I like to look at them. They make a smile for me.”
-Johnny (age 2)
