Funny Girl: Last News

Jane Lynch is gushing over her former Glee co-star!

Lea Michele starred in the Funny Girl revival on Broadway, but she isn’t leading the national tour production that is traveling around the country right now.

An interesting detail about the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, starring replacement actress Lea Michele, was buried into a new report about Taylor Swift‘s concert movie.

Legendary actor James Brolin says that his wife Barbra Streisand is working on a new ending for her classic movie Funny Girl, but some people think he misspoke.

Lea Michele bid goodbye to Funny Girl with a very special performance during the final curtain call.

Lea Michele is saying goodbye to Funny Girl ahead of her final show!

Lea Michele had an icon cheering her on in the audience at a recent Funny Girl performance – Glenn Close.

Funny Girl has hit a major milestone.

Lea Michele is currently bringing the house down every night with her starring role in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, fulfilling a longtime dream of hers to play the iconic role.

Lea Michele has clearly bonded with her Funny Girl co-stars after nearly a year on Broadway and they just had the best girls night out!

76th annual Tony Awards, Lea Michele and the cast of delivered a show-stopping rendition of «Don't Rain on My Parade»live on stage at the United Palace Theatre in New York City. The performance comes 10 months after Michele took over as Fanny Brice from Beanie Feldstein in the 2022 Broadway revival. Michele's performance closed out Broadway's biggest night and after she belted the musical number she was met with a standing ovation from the Tony Awards crowd. Barbra Streisand is somewhere watching Lea Michele do Funny Girl #TonyAwardspic.twitter.com/C981o6WAh7Since taking the stage in the lead role, Michele has earned critical acclaim for her performance, with many feeling that she was deserving of awards recognition even though replacements do not qualify for most stage and theater honors. The Tony Awards performance also marks the final stretch for Michele and, which is slated to close on Sept.

Lea Michele has arrived at the 2023 Tony Awards!

Lea Michele is one of the performers hitting the stage tonight at the 2023 Tony Awards, but she’s not nominated for an award.

Lea Michele has enjoyed monumental success since formally joining the cast of the Broadway hit Funny Girlin September 2022.But while she's earned praise for deftly portraying the coveted role of the beloved character Fanny Brice, there's a simple reason why she's not eligible for a Tony Award. According to the Tony Awards' rules and regulations under eligibility requirements, «in order to be eligible, an actor or actress must perform in the role on the production's opening night and must perform in the minimum number of performances to which the producer of such production must invite and make tickets available to Tony voters as required by Rule 2(a)vi).»And therein lies the issue — the original actress who performed on opening night was Beanie Feldstein, who left in the wake of the show being at risk of closing due to poor reviews and lackluster ticket sales. That all changed after Michele formally replaced Feldstein in September.Michele and the cast of are still set to take the stage during Sunday night's ceremony as one of the evening's running list of performers.

Lea Michele has enjoyed monumental success since formally joining the cast of the Broadway hit Funny Girlin September 2022.But while she's earned praise for deftly portraying the coveted role of the beloved character Fanny Brice, there's a simple reason why she's not eligible for a Tony Award.According to the Tony Awards' rules and regulations under eligibility requirements, «in order to be eligible, an actor or actress must perform in the role on the production's opening night and must perform in the minimum number of performances to which the producer of such production must invite and make tickets available to Tony voters as required by Rule 2(a)vi).»And therein lies the issue — the original actress who performed on opening night was Beanie Feldstein, who left in the wake of the show being at risk of closing due to poor reviews and lackluster ticket sales. That all changed after Michele formally replaced Feldstein in September.The former star's debut came on Sept.

Lea Michele was added to the 2023 Tony Awards performers lineup alongside the cast of her smash-hit musical Funny Girl.

Lea Michele has been bringing the house down every night with her starring role in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, fulfilling a longtime dream of hers to play the iconic role.

Lea Michele is sadly going to miss her Funny Girl performances this week.

Lea Michele celebrated Mother's Day in a special way. After her Sunday performance as Fanny Brice in Broadway's , the 36-year-old actress brought out her 2-year-old son, Ever, during the current call.As seen in a video posted on TikTok, after Michele walked onstage, she leaned down to the orchestra section to grab her son, whom she shares with her husband, Zandy Reich. The tot had bouquets of flowers in his hands.

Lea Michele isn't going anywhere!Speaking with  Tuesday, Michele shared that her run on Broadway isn't over when she wraps Funny Girl in September.While she's keeping tight-lipped on the details, Michele has already got another gig lined up.«I already know what it is,» she teased to the outlet. «You know it.»Careful not to give too much away, Michele did share that her next foray on Broadway will be «very different musically.»The singer-actress, who last appeared on Broadway in 2006's , made her return to the stage in September when she replaced Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice in the first revival of  since Barbara Streisand helmed the role in 1964.The musical follows Brice on her rise to fame and her turbulent relationship with gambler Nicky Arnstein. While she's not saying goodbye to Broadway just yet, Michele does have some plans for when production on  ends, namely spending some time at home with her soon-to-be three-year-old son, Ever.«I'm gonna just spend as much time with my son as I can, and rest,» Michele told ET last month.

Lea Michele has been starring in Funny Girl on Broadway since September 2022 and she has five more months in the musical.