Lea Michele began her short run of summer shows dubbed, An Evening With Lea Michele: Life In Music.The singer and actress hit the stage for her first performance of the tour at theCity Winery in Washington, DC on Wednesday night, July 20.The show was the first of six shows she's doing atCity Winery locations in the U.S.
this summer ahead of her much-anticipated return to Broadway to play the lead role of Fannie Brice in Funny Girl. Tour underway: Lea Michele, 35, kicked off her mini tourAn Evening With Lea Michele: Life In Music in Washington, DC on Wednesday, July 20; she pictured during NYC show in 2017Michele, 35, belted out songs instrumental to her career during her first show in the Nation's Capital.The set list included music from Broadway shows Spring Awakening and Les Miserables, as well as from her stint on the hit musical series Glee, and her original studio albums.She wowed the crowd with renditions ofI Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables,Mama Who Bore Me from Spring Awakening,her original song Cannonball, Somewhere Over The Rainbow and Sweet Child Of Mine from her new lullaby album Forever, and Glee covers including Poker Face, Glitter in the Air and Make You Feel My Love.
While introducing Make You Feel My Love, Micheletold a touching story about the one episode of Glee she's never watched that hits close to her heart.That episode, titled The Quarterback, is the one that addresses the death of her former boyfriend and co-star Cory Monteith and his character Finn Hudson.
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