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The Glee alum dropped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to talk starring in the Jule Styne-Bob Merrill musical revival on Broadway.

Broadway's current Funny Girl Lea Michele dropped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon October 1 to talk starring in the Broadway revival—and to sing one of the score's most beloved ballads, "People." See Michele's take on the song above.

Glee star Michele, who joined the revival at the August Wilson Theatre September 6, is best known to theatre fans for starring in the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening, with earlier appearances including Les Misérables, the 2004 revival of Fiddler on the Roof, and creating the role of The Little Girl in the original Broadway cast of Ragtime.

Michele joined the cast along with Tovah Feldshuh, who succeeded Jane Lynch as Mrs. Brice, also September 6. Read updated reviews for the production with its two new stars here.

Funny Girl, which premiered on Broadway in 1964, features a score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill and a book by Isobel Lennart, newly adapted by Tony winner Harvey Fierstein for this revival. The original production propelled a young Barbra Streisand to international fame; she would reprise her stage performance in the 1968 film adaptation, winning an Academy Award and a Golden Globe in the process. The biomusical tracks real-life singer and comic Fanny Brice from her humble beginnings in Brooklyn, New York, to fame and fortune onstage in the Ziegfeld Follies and as a radio and screen performer.

The cast also includes Ramin Karimloo as Nick Arnstein, 2022 Tony nominee Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan, Peter Francis James as Florenz Ziegfeld, Ephie Aardema as Mrs. Nadler, Debra Cardona as Mrs. Meeker, Toni DiBuono as Mrs. Strakosh, and Martin Moran as Tom Keeney.

The ensemble features Amber Ardolino, Daniel Beeman, Kurt Csolak, Leslie Donna Flesner, Afra Hines, Masumi Iwai, Aliah James, Stephen Mark Lukas, John Thomas Manzari, Katie Mitchell, Justin Prescott, Mariah Reives, and Leslie Blake Walker. Rounding out the company are standbys Julie Benko, Liz McCartney and Jeremiah James and swings Miriam Ali, Colin Bradbury, John Michael Fiumara, Danielle Kelsey, Alicia Lundgren, and Conor McRory.

The production is directed by Michael Mayer with choreography by Ellenore Scott, tap choreography by Ayodele Casel, music supervision and direction by Michael Rafter, scenic design by David Zinn, costume design by Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Kevin Adams, sound design by Brian Ronan, and hair design by Campbell Young Associates. Casting is by Jim Carnahan and Jason Thinger. The production also includes orchestrations by Chris Walker; dance, vocal, and incidental music arrangements by Alan Williams; additional arrangements by Carmel Dean and David Dabbon; music coordination by Seymour Red Press and Kimberlee Wertz; and vocal supervision by Liz Caplan.

See Lea Michele and Tovah Feldshuh in Funny Girl on Broadway

 
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