UPDATE: Lea Michele confirmed today that she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be out for a longer period than initially stated. The former Glee star posted the news via her Instagram Story, citing “production protocols” that will see her sidelined from Broadway’s Funny Girl. “Unfortunately, I have officially tested positive for COVID. In following … Read more
Lea Michele is canceling some of her Funny Girl performances, citing early signs and symptoms of Covid-19. The Broadway star just started as Fanny Brice, the Funny Girl lead, on Sept. 6, taking over from standby Julie Benko, who had performed the role since original star Beanie Feldstein exited the production in July. The show … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock Jonathan Groff, 37, shared the words of encouragement he texted to bestie Lea Michele, 36, the morning of her Funny Girl debut on Broadway. “I was texting that morning, I was driving up from Pennsylvania where I live, my mom and I were coming up to see her,” he told … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: Fernando Ramales / BACKGRID Irina Shayk, 36, took to the streets of NYC for a walk with her daughter, Lea De Seine Shayk Cooper, 5, on Sept. 8. The Russian-born model opted for a relaxed all-black look on Thursday with loose-fitting trousers and loosely-buttoned black long sleeve blouse. She paired the … Read more
A mommy milestone. Lea Michele got emotional as she prepared son Ever for school before making her big debut in Broadway’s Funny Girl. “Today is a special and important day that with the blink of an eye was here,” the Glee alum, 36, captioned an Instagram Story photo of her toddler on Tuesday, September 6. … Read more
Four standing ovations before intermission. Sounds like Lea Michele’s first night as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl is going, well, gleefully. Among those standing: Former Spring Awakening castmate Jonathan Groff, Glee creator Ryan Murphy and Harvey Fierstein, who added some new material to this musical revival. Michele is making her public debut in the show … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Lea Michele will be making her public debut as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s Funny Girl tonight, but don’t expect reviews tomorrow. A production spokesperson tells Deadline exclusively that while critics will be invited to review – or, rather, re-review – the musical with its new star, the invites won’t be arriving for a few … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Lea Seydoux who played Dr. Madeleine Swann in the two most recent 007 films, Spectre and No Time to Die, posed a mischievous question about whether audiences will see the mother of James Bond’s daughter in the next instalment of the long-running film franchise. ”After all I’m not dead,” she teased. “It was James who died, not … Read more
Just days before her “Funny Girl” debut, Lea Michele is speaking out about a viral internet rumor theorizing that she doesn’t know how to read. “I went to ‘Glee’ every single day; I knew my lines every single day. And then there’s a rumor online that I can’t read or write? It’s sad. It really … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock Lea Michele is days away from taking the stage at the August Wilson theater, to bring to life the role some would say she was born to play: Fanny Brice in Broadway’s Funny Girl revival. But before stepping into the spotlight, the starlet has come forward to clear the air … Read more