Singer and actress Lea Michele was spotted out and about on Thanksgiving Thursday.
The 36-year-old glee vet wore a bright red outfit and black hat with feathers as she performed a song from the Broadway show Funny Girl Don’t Rain on Me.
The mother of one was performing at the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Featured: Singer and actress Lea Michele was spotted on Thanksgiving Day Thursday
Also there were Paula Abdul, Jordyn Sparks and Mariah Carey.
Along with the famous balloons, the parade features 28 floats, 12 marching bands, 700 clowns and a host of musical stars set to usher in Thanksgiving Day.
She was spotted practicing in October.
Powerful: The Glee vet wears a bright red outfit and black hat with feathers as she sings ‘Don’t Rain in My Show’ from the Broadway show Funny Girl
Sing girl! . The mother of one was performing at the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Favored Comments: Michelle received rave reviews for her performance and singing ability.
The star spoke to Good Morning America in NYC about stepping into very large shoes before singing a song on the show.
Asked if she would like her idol Barba Streisand, who made her famous as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, come and watch her perform, Michelle said yes and it would be ‘amazing’.
Her moment to shine: Michelle spoke to Good Morning America in NYC in October while practicing for the T Day parade.
She got all suited up: Leah showed up in costume to sing for GMA.
Funny Girl is a musical by Jules Stine, with lyrics by Bob Merrill and a book by Isobel Lennart, which first opened on Broadway in 1964.
Streisand performed on stage and then starred in the 1968 film starring Omar Sharif.
Leah shared, ‘Everybody knows my love for Barbra Streisand, I’ve had that since Glee, growing up, and she’s what a funny girl is and we’d love for her to come on the show.
Leah said it would be a surprise if she came.
Yes please: When her idol Barba Streisand, who made the role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl famous, came to watch her performance, Michelle said yes and said it was ‘amazing’.
Good Response: Funny Girl, a musical by Jules Stein, lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Isobel Lennart, first opened on Broadway in 1964. Streisand played it on stage and then in a 1968 film starring Omar Sharif.
Returning to Broadway, she said, makes her happy.
‘Being a part of the Broadway community, for me it’s really exciting to be back home, I love it,’ she said.
‘I started playing in Les Miserables when I was eight years old and now I’m back on Broadway many years later in my fifth show, Fanny Brice in Funny Girl It was my dream.’
Happy: Leah shared, ‘Everybody knows my love for Barbra Streisand, I’ve had that since Glee, growing up, and she’s what a funny girl is and we’d love for her to come on the show.’
Until her two-year-old daughter, Ever, comes on the scene, she says she’s doing the best she can.
I’m thinking about it, I have a great husband, he’s wonderful, he helps. But it is a challenge. My son knows I sing and I go to work,’ she said.
She told her son that she loved him and would see him later.
The star was in costume to perform his song Don’t Rain on My Parade with the cast of Funny Girls.
On Stage: Ramin Karimlo as Nikki Arnstein and Michelle as Fanny Brice Michelle’s first curtain call on Broadway in Funny Girl at the August Wilson Theater on September 6
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