Lea Michele Breaks Silence After ‘Funny Girl’ Debut: This Has Been The ‘Greatest Honor’

Lea Michele, 36, is connected unreality 9 aft her archetypal show successful Broadway’s Funny Girl on Sept. 6, wherever she received a full of seven lasting ovations. The Glee alum celebrated the debut amusement by sharing photos to Instagram from the curtain telephone aft the show astatine August Wilson Theatre successful New York City. She besides wrote retired a heartfelt connection astir completing her life-long imagination and joining Funny Girl.

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“I privation to accidental convey you full heartedly for the enactment pursuing my archetypal show connected the broadway signifier arsenic Fanny Brice,” Lea wrote. “I cognize I’ve said it before, but joining this formed has genuinely been the top honor. I americium truthful grateful to each idiosyncratic progressive successful this production,” she added. In the photos, Lea wore a reddish formal arsenic she smiled and question to the audience. She besides wrapped her arms astir her co-stars including Ramin Karimloo and Tovah Feldshuh.

Lea sang her bosom retired successful her inaugural show arsenic the main relation of Fanny Brice, which was archetypal made celebrated by the iconic Barbra Streisand successful the 1964 archetypal Broadway debut. Ironically, Lea’s Glee character Rachel Berry fictitiously took connected the aforesaid relation successful the deed Fox series. Critics praised Lea’s archetypal performance, wherever she received 4 lasting ovation adjacent earlier intermission began!

Lea Michele (Photo: Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock)

Lea’s BFF and erstwhile Broadway co-star Jonathan Groff and Glee creator Ryan Murphy were some successful the assemblage for the archetypal show. Fans who attended the amusement tweeted retired their praise for Lea’s performance, calling it “phenomenal” and “unforgettable”. Another idiosyncratic said that Lea was a “true star.”

News of Lea’s casting was first announced successful the opening of July. She replaced Beanie Feldstein in the main relation which instantly made headlines. Lea gushed astir joining the Broadway amusement connected societal media astatine the time, writing, “A imagination travel existent is an understatement. I’m truthful incredibly honored to articulation this astonishing formed and accumulation and instrumentality to the signifier playing Fanny Brice connected Broadway. See You September 6th.”