Lea Michele belts I'm The Greatest Star in behind-the-scenes Funny Girl footage

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Lea Michele showed off her vocal chops in an evocative behind-the-scenes montage from her Funny Girl rehearsals.The current Broadway revival of Funny Girl opened this April with Beanie Feldstein, who received a rash of stinging reviews and has been replaced by Lea.Now, ahead of Lea officially entering the show on September 6, the revival's Twitter has offered a sneak peek of her rendition of I'm The Greatest Star - a song inextricably associated with the show's original leading lady Barbra Streisand. 'I'll blow my horn 'till someone blows it': Lea Michele showed off her vocal chops in an evocative behind-the-scenes montage from her Funny Girl rehearsalsThe new video includes an audio recording of Lea singing the bridge of the song accompanied solely by a rehearsal pianist.Fanny Brice, a real-life vaudeville star and the lead character of the show, sings the song early in the storyline while desperately attempting to land a job as a chorus girl.

An intertitle teases the audience: 'A STAR RETURNS,' referring to the fact Funny Girl will be Lea's first time back on Broadway since the 2006 musical Spring Awakening.Incidentally Spring Awakening, which made Lea a stage star, was directed by Michael Mayer, who is also at the helm of this Funny Girl revival.

Lea's triumph: The current Broadway revival of Funny Girl opened this April with Beanie Feldstein, who received a rash of stinging reviews and has been replaced by Lea The voice: Now, ahead of Lea officially entering the show on September 6, the revival's Twitter has offered a sneak peek of her rendition of I'm The Greatest Star Big shoes to fill: The song used in the latest sneak peek is inextricably associated with the show's original leading lady Barbra Streisand.