Going in new directions? Kevin McHale hasn’t rushed to see former Glee costar Lea Michele in Funny Girl on Broadway just yet.
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making her debut in the musical “Funny Girl” Tuesday, and she’s already wearing her Fanny Brice best.“This is such a dream come true for me,” Michele told Entertainment Weekly on Monday, revealing first-look photos of herself in costume.“And I cannot wait to take the stage on Tuesday as Fanny Brice on Broadway.”Michele, 36, first announced in July 2022 that she was taking over the role after Beanie Feldstein shocked fans by announcing her departure from the show — after receiving lukewarm reviews from critics and missing several performances. The production is a revival of the 1964 show which starred Barbra Streisand and tells the real-life story of Brice, who rose to stardom as a member of Florenz Ziegfeld’s “Follies.”The “Glee” alum has long coveted the role of Fanny ever since her days on the hit musical TV show.
Her character gave spirited performances of many of the show’s iconic numbers such as “Don’t Rain on My Parade” and “People.”The production will also add the song “I’d Rather Be Blue Over You,” which was sung by Streisand for the film adaptation. “It’s going to be sort of like a reopening, in a sense,” Michele told Vogue, noting she has 22 costume changes which feel like “being shot out of a cannon.”A post shared by Funny Girl on Broadway (@funnygirlbwy)“I think that a lot of people might have had an idea of how I would be playing Fanny based on some of the things I did on ‘Glee,’ but this character is a combination of everything that I’ve learned in my life,” she added.In 2014, “Glee” creator Ryan Murphy obtained the rights to revive “Funny Girl,” which would have been helmed by Michele, but ultimately lost it, reports Vogue.During the run-up to her big debut, Michele has come under fire for her behavior
.Going in new directions? Kevin McHale hasn’t rushed to see former Glee costar Lea Michele in Funny Girl on Broadway just yet.
Lea Michele is back on Broadway after being sidelined from Funny Girl due to a bout of COVID-19.
A brush with COVID-19 won’t rain on Lea Michele‘s parade.
Lea Michele will officially be out of — for 10 days --after testing positive for COVID-19. On Sunday, the 36-year-old shared the message with her fans via her Instagram Stories. “Unfortunately, I have officially tested positive for COVID,” she wrote.
UPDATE: Lea Michele confirmed today that she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be out for a longer period than initially stated.
Lea Michele felt ready for the challenge of balancing motherhood with her new starring role in Funny Girl. The Glee actress made her debut as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of the musical on Tuesday, marking her first major role since she gave birth to her son Ever in August 2020. In an interview with Vogue.
Lea Michele will have to cancel upcoming performances from her Broadway show, citing signs and symptoms of COVID-19.The actress took to her Instagram Story on Saturday and announced that an «inconclusive test result.» Nevertheless, Michele said she's also experiencing symptoms, and will have to step away momentarily. Julie Benko, the understudy, will play the role of Fanny Brice.«I’m devastated to say that due to early signs and symptoms of Covid and an inconclusive test result – due to the production’s safety protocols I’m not allowed to perform today’s shows,» she wrote on Instagram.
Lea Michele is canceling some of her Funny Girl performances, citing early signs and symptoms of Covid-19.
It was an emotional week for Lea Michele.
Lea Michele is enjoying her Broadway success! The ‘Glee’ star received multiple standing ovations Tuesday night, as the audience was absolutely thrilled to see the actress at her first performance of ‘Funny Girl.’Performing at August Wilson Theater in New York City, Lea’s celebrity friends were also in the audience, including Jonathan Groff, Zachary Quinto, Lee Pace, Ryan Murphy, Harvery Fierstein, Drew Barrymore, among others.The first standing ovation happened before she even said a word, with a total of four standing ovations, even before the end of Act 1, including after her performance of ‘Don’t Rain on My Parade’ and during Act 2 of the show.Attendees were excited to comment on Lea’s display of talent on stage, with Fierstein declaring that he “haven’t had a night like this in the theater in years.” Another person said, “She’s the greatest star alright,” while someone else commented, “I’m going to need to come back this Friday and see it again.”Lea was spotted waving at her friend Jonathan Groff in the audience at the end of the show, getting emotional after noticing the joy of the audience. She had previously said she was excited to perform for her friends and family during the first show.“I have all of my people.
It happened! Lea Michele is officially Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, and plenty of Glee fans think it’s fulfilling her destiny laid out in the show.
Lea Michele made her Broadway debut as Funny Girl‘s Fanny Brice Tuesday (September 6), and photos are emerging from the show!
As you might have heard, Lea Michele made her debut last night, taking the stage at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre to six standing ovations, a bouquet of white roses and through plenty of curtain call tears.
Lea Michele had a monumental day on Tuesday! Before hitting the stage for her opening night performance as Fanny Brice in on Broadway, she celebrated a tearful motherhood milestone. «Today is a special and important day that within the blink of an eye was here...» she wrote on her Instagram Story, following up with a photo of her two-year-old son, Ever, wearing a monogrammed backpack as he embarked on his first day of Little School.«I cried as I tied your little shoes this morning,» she wrote. «I feel like just yesterday you were born.
A mommy milestone. Lea Michele got emotional as she prepared son Ever for school before making her big debut in Broadway’s Funny Girl.
Lea Michele’s parade as the former “Glee” star made her long-anticipated debut in Broadway’s “Funny Girl” revival. Before Michele could sing a note in her crystalline soprano, the crowd at the August Wilson Theatre on Tuesday leapt to its feet as soon as she appeared on stage, making it difficult to hear the show’s famous opening line, “Hello, gorgeous.” She would receive six standing ovations in all, crescendoing in a final, rafters-shaking round of applause. It’s been a long time coming for Michele, who has spent a good portion of her career (unofficially) campaigning to embody the incandescent comic and chanteuse Fanny Brice on stage. Her obsession with “Funny Girl” became lore on “Glee,” where her character Rachel Berry regularly belted the musical’s greatest hits — including “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star” and “People” — during the show’s six seasons. A public audition tape, of sorts.
Lea Michele's first night as Fanny Brice was nothing short of a success. According to multiple reports, Michele wowed audiences while making her debut in Broadway's .Michele stepped into the role Tuesday night for the first time, replacing Beanie Feldstein, who left the broadway show sooner than expected in July. Both and reported that the alum received four standing ovations at the August Wilson Theatre from a star-studded audience that included Michele's castmate Jonathan Groff, creator Ryan Murphy and Harvey Fierstein, who added new material to the musical revival. Drew Barrymore and Zachary Quinto were also said to have been in the audience for the show's opening night.Michele reportedly received her first standing ovation upon her entrance, and there were at least three more before the end of the first act.More ovations were said to have followed throughout the evening, including one at the final curtain, which saw a sobbing Michele and co-star Tovah Feldshuh — who also made her debut Tuesday -- accepting large bouquets of white roses.So far Lea Michele has gotten four standing ovations at this Funny Girl performanceIt’s intermission at #FunnyGirl, and so far Lea Michele has gotten 4 standing ovations also shared footage from the show, including a clip of Michele taking her first bow as Brice.Lea Michele takes her first bow as Fanny Brice at #FunnyGirl on Broadway.
Lea Michele is the toast of Broadway!