Lea Michele is taking a break from doing Funny Girl, and it is not because she wants to.
“Unfortunately, Lea Michele has tested positive for Covid.” the Broadway musical wrote. “She will be out of the show this week and will return on Tuesday, May 23rd.”
Hopefully, she has a mild case and will be back wowing the gorgeous audiences as she has been!
If you want to be one of the gorgeous audience members, don’t wait too long. The curtain goes down forever on September 3rd.
And ladies and gentlemen, just a quick reminder, COVID is still a thing.
Lea Michele is starring in her dream role on Broadway, so you think she would want to play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl forever. But she doesn’t.
That is because the musical announced today, “Hey, gorgeous! We’re having so much fun with you on Broadway, we’re sticking around until September 3rd! Get your tickets now. #FUNNYGIRL”
I am surprised that with the record-breaking box office, they are letting the curtain go down. But I guess nothing lasts forever.
Unless Michele signed on to do a movie version of the show. Will Barbra Streisand let her do that? I am sure that is something Babs would allow only over her dead body.
Lea Michele and almost all of her life acting, and not a lot of it in traditional school. So there are rumors that she cannot read. However, she finally has a reason to learn how to do it.
It is not to put her son to sleep by reading him fairy tales. It is not how to read all the scripts that will come her way because of the success of Funny Girl. Instead, it is because her idol, the original Fanny Brice, aka Barbra Streisand, is releasing a memoir.
Can you do it in 265 days? We shall see. If not, she can hold out for the audiobook. That is what I would do. I can read; I just opt not to do it. You’ve read my blog.
Chris Colfer is in NYC, so you have to wonder if he is going to see his Glee co-star, Lea Michele, in Funny Girl. Well, Michelle Collins had him on her Sirius XM radio show, so she asked him for us.
Is the author going to go to see Rachel Barry as Fanny Brice? He told her, “No, I can be triggered at home!” And with that, the temperature suddenly dropped in Manhattan, and they skipped fall and immediately entered winter in the city.
And now, Colfer is my favorite person from Glee.
On the list of scandals from the musical comedy, this wouldn’t even make the list. To find out what will make it, we will have to watch the 3-part docuseries that is coming to Discovery+. According to Deadline, several of the cast members will be interviewed for the program. I really hope they get Colfer to sing like a canary.
One of the most memorable moments from Glee is when Lea Michele sang Don’t Rain on My Parade during the first season finale. Now she is doing it nightly as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s Funny Girl. Her dream come true has finally happened, and we got to witness it this morning on Good Morning America.
And I have to admit; the actress sounded better when she did it, Glee. Be careful what you ask for because it is not always as good as you hoped it would be.
