![]() ![]() A public audition tape, of sorts.Īnd the public - A-list and otherwise - turned out in force. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her obsession with “Funny Girl” became lore on “Glee,” where her character Rachel Berry regularly belted the musical’s greatest hits - including “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star” and “People” - during the show’s six seasons. It’s been a long time coming for Michele, who has spent a good portion of her career (unofficially) campaigning to embody the incandescent comic and chanteuse Fanny Brice on stage. Before Michele could sing a note in her crystalline soprano, the crowd at the August Wilson Theatre leapt to its feet as soon as she appeared on stage, making it difficult to hear the show’s famous opening line, “Hello, gorgeous.” She would receive six standing ovations in all, crescendoing in a final, rafters-shaking round of applause. It appears the weather gods didn’t heed Fanny Brice’s humble request.īut not even a dreary, drizzly Tuesday in Manhattan could rain on Lea Michele’s parade as the former “Glee” star made her long-anticipated debut in Broadway’s “ Funny Girl” revival. ![]()
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