Lea Michele 'cried hysterically' after being cast in Funny Girl

Lea Michele is now on TikTok and she’s recreating a viral video about her!

Even with a Covid-shortened performance schedule, Lea Michele’s star turn in Funny Girl was serious business last week, with box office for the musical revival more than doubling from the previous week.

A brush with COVID-19 won’t rain on Lea Michele‘s parade.

Lea Michele has tested positive for COVID-19. The 36-year-old actress has confirmed via social media that she's set to miss several performances of 'Funny Girl', her new show on Broadway, after contracting the virus. Lea - who plays Fanny Brice in the production - wrote on her Instagram Story: "In following production protocol I cannot return to the theater for 10 days.

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 is taking a break from 'Funny Girl' after being hit with "early signs" of COVID-19. The 36-year-old actress has been playing the part of Fanny Brice on Broadway, but Lea has confirmed via Instagram that she's taking a step back from the production after feeling ill. She wrote on the photo-sharing platform: "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 for today's shows.

It’s official – Lea Michele has COVID-19.

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.

Days into her run in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, Lea Michele is sadly missing her first Saturday shows.

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Beanie Feldstein is heading back to the big screen.

playing Fanny Brice in Broadway’s “Funny Girl” for a few short days, but her performance has already raised eyebrows.It was announced in July that the “Glee” star, 36, would be replacing original star Beanie Feldstein, and fans are already comparing the two women.A viral TikTok, originally posted by a user named Alaina Noelle, has surfaced showing how Feldstein’s show finale dress had enormous sleeves while Michele’s was sleeveless, alleging the costume change is evidence of fatphobia.“It took [the producers] no more than three seconds to remove the sleeves for Fanny’s final dress after Beanie left,” she said. “And you can say whatever you want about it, but as a bigger-bodied person, it was noticed, felt and noted.”Another video using Noelle’s footage noting the differences between the two actresses has garnered over 1.1 million views on the platform.“Shorten the sleeves, shorten the dress, because bodies are meant to be celebrated, right?” the user name Lily captioned the TikTok that was duetted with Noelle.#stitch with @jordanrothofficial they did Beanie so dirty.

It was an emotional week for Lea Michele.

Take a bow!

has finally made on Broadway. In addition to glowing tweets about her performance, she received six (six!) standing ovations.

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.