"I have been wanting to return again to Broadway for therefore a few years," the 'Glee' alum mentioned.
Lea Michele dropped by The Tonight Present to advertise the Broadway revival of Humorous Lady.
The 36-year-old Glee alum sat down with host Jimmy Fallon on Friday to debate her starring position as Fanny Brice within the critically acclaimed theater manufacturing and later delivered a mesmerizing efficiency of the Humorous Lady quantity “Individuals.”
“I’ve been wanting to return again to Broadway for therefore a few years, I used to be gone for 15 years, Spring Awakening was the final present I did,” Michele mentioned. “To be again and to be within the present that I’ve liked for therefore a few years, however I’m such a fan of this manufacturing. Unimaginable forged. Unimaginable rating.”
After months of hype, the curtain went up on Michele’s stint because the Humorous Lady lead on Sept. 6. She took over from standby Julie Benko, who had carried out the position since authentic star Beanie Feldstein exited the manufacturing in July. The present additionally stars Tovah Feldshuh as Mrs. Brice, alongside current stars Ramin Karimloo and Tony nominee Jared Grimes.
Michele’s newest Broadway position isn’t the primary time she’s taken a crack at among the musical’s beloved songs made well-known by Barbra Streisand. Through the first season of Glee, the actress’ character Rachel Berry gave an immediately iconic efficiency of Act 1 nearer “Don’t Rain on My Parade” and later within the collection moved to New York Metropolis to star in a Broadway revival of Humorous Lady.
“Now I’m doing it,” Michele instructed Fallon. “I’m 36 now, and the story of Humorous Lady spans by means of the course of a few years. You see her love and her loss and her failures and her successes and turning into a mother and a spouse… I really feel like at this level being the place I'm proper now, it’s simply good. Timing is every little thing and I'm so grateful.”
Watch Michele’s Tonight Present interview and her show-stopping efficiency of “Individuals” beneath.
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.