Lea Michele

I felt like I had... so much more to access now that I was a wife, now that I was a mother. And what I learned in the whole experience was that the universe wanted me to wait until I was married and until I had a child to truly understand Fanny's pull of not, of, of between love and fame.

And until I could learn that as a person, I wasn't supposed to play Fanny Bryce and, And I was the only person to play her on the stage to ever be a mom. Wow. And, like, Barbara had her son in between the show and the movie. But to play Fanny as a mother, like, it was, you know, I just needed that growth and that understanding. Right.

And until I could learn that as a person, I wasn't supposed to play Fanny Bryce and, And I was the only person to play her on the stage to ever be a mom. Wow. And, like, Barbara had her son in between the show and the movie. But to play Fanny as a mother, like, it was, you know, I just needed that growth and that understanding. Right.

And until I could learn that as a person, I wasn't supposed to play Fanny Bryce and, And I was the only person to play her on the stage to ever be a mom. Wow. And, like, Barbara had her son in between the show and the movie. But to play Fanny as a mother, like, it was, you know, I just needed that growth and that understanding. Right.

I prepared and prepared quietly in a studio all by myself with our director and our assistant director, um, who gave me so much support and freedom. I remember coming in and Michael Mayer, who's the director who I've known since I'm 13 years old, literally doing spring awakening together. Um, he was like, I just want you to, what, what comes from like here? Um, And I was like, are you ready?

I prepared and prepared quietly in a studio all by myself with our director and our assistant director, um, who gave me so much support and freedom. I remember coming in and Michael Mayer, who's the director who I've known since I'm 13 years old, literally doing spring awakening together. Um, he was like, I just want you to, what, what comes from like here? Um, And I was like, are you ready?

I prepared and prepared quietly in a studio all by myself with our director and our assistant director, um, who gave me so much support and freedom. I remember coming in and Michael Mayer, who's the director who I've known since I'm 13 years old, literally doing spring awakening together. Um, he was like, I just want you to, what, what comes from like here? Um, And I was like, are you ready?

I was like, sit down. And I was like climbing on ladders and jumping off things. I was like, this is what I want to do. And if we can't do it like this, then I don't want to do it. And he was like, we will do it like that. And they had to relight the show and restage parts of the show.

I was like, sit down. And I was like climbing on ladders and jumping off things. I was like, this is what I want to do. And if we can't do it like this, then I don't want to do it. And he was like, we will do it like that. And they had to relight the show and restage parts of the show.

I was like, sit down. And I was like climbing on ladders and jumping off things. I was like, this is what I want to do. And if we can't do it like this, then I don't want to do it. And he was like, we will do it like that. And they had to relight the show and restage parts of the show.

And the cast who had already worked so hard came back, did a whole other rehearsal process with me, a lighting, everything. And then I opened the show and I did it. And the greatest cast in the whole world, the most unbelievable support from that cast of Funny Girl from day one until the end, like they were so incredible, just opening their arms and their hearts to me.

And the cast who had already worked so hard came back, did a whole other rehearsal process with me, a lighting, everything. And then I opened the show and I did it. And the greatest cast in the whole world, the most unbelievable support from that cast of Funny Girl from day one until the end, like they were so incredible, just opening their arms and their hearts to me.

And the cast who had already worked so hard came back, did a whole other rehearsal process with me, a lighting, everything. And then I opened the show and I did it. And the greatest cast in the whole world, the most unbelievable support from that cast of Funny Girl from day one until the end, like they were so incredible, just opening their arms and their hearts to me.

It was the greatest professional experience that I've ever had in my life. I'm grateful to look back and like have the best memories with on stage and off. And I just loved it. It was unbelievable. My last night was crazy. Like it was just like I got really hard. Like, you know, I don't think the adrenaline faded by like six months in and I started to really feel like what it felt like.

It was the greatest professional experience that I've ever had in my life. I'm grateful to look back and like have the best memories with on stage and off. And I just loved it. It was unbelievable. My last night was crazy. Like it was just like I got really hard. Like, you know, I don't think the adrenaline faded by like six months in and I started to really feel like what it felt like.

It was the greatest professional experience that I've ever had in my life. I'm grateful to look back and like have the best memories with on stage and off. And I just loved it. It was unbelievable. My last night was crazy. Like it was just like I got really hard. Like, you know, I don't think the adrenaline faded by like six months in and I started to really feel like what it felt like.

My body hadn't done anything like that in a really long time. Um, you know, I, like I found that I had endometriosis halfway through and I was trying to get pregnant and I couldn't, and I had a lot of losses and you know, my, I'm older than I was when I was on Broadway before and I'm taking care of, my son was in the hospital, you know, halfway through the run as well.

My body hadn't done anything like that in a really long time. Um, you know, I, like I found that I had endometriosis halfway through and I was trying to get pregnant and I couldn't, and I had a lot of losses and you know, my, I'm older than I was when I was on Broadway before and I'm taking care of, my son was in the hospital, you know, halfway through the run as well.

My body hadn't done anything like that in a really long time. Um, you know, I, like I found that I had endometriosis halfway through and I was trying to get pregnant and I couldn't, and I had a lot of losses and you know, my, I'm older than I was when I was on Broadway before and I'm taking care of, my son was in the hospital, you know, halfway through the run as well.

And it's like life, life is happening while you're doing it and you need to show up and you need to do your best every night. And the people that are sitting in the audience, they don't know, they don't care. Um, You know, I mean, not that they don't care, but they don't know. They don't know. And they just want to see you do a great job and as they should, you know.