Lea Michele Has the Last Laugh

After cancel culture temporarily derailed the ‘Glee’ star’s ‘Funny Girl’ dreams, she has emerged in the role of Fanny Brice and is sure to thrill her many fans.

Matthew Murphy
Lea Michele and Ramin Karimloo in ‘Funny Girl.’ Matthew Murphy

It’s a good time to be Lea Michele, again. For those who haven’t followed her saga, the singer and actress broke through as a star of the original Broadway production of “Spring Awakening” in 2006 and then gained wider exposure on the television series “Glee.” Two years ago, she was declared toxic after a cast member on the latter program accused her of committing — wait for it — “traumatic microaggressions” in their working relationship.

The inevitable pile-on followed, with others coming forward to speak their truths, in the modern parlance, about Ms. Michele’s supposedly diva-like behavior. By the time it was announced last year that the first-ever revival of “Funny Girl” would not star Ms. Michele — who had openly coveted the role of Fanny Brice, and on “Glee” had even been cast in a fictional Broadway production — the schadenfreude had metastasized to the point that social media addicts who had never been in the same room with the performer were doing virtual cartwheels.    

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