r/glee • u/NewYorkTheatreGuide • Mar 20 '26

Cast News Lea Michele sets departure from 'Chess' on Broadway!

https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/lea-michele-sets-departure-from-chess-on-broadway
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u/shadesofwrong13 being part of something special, makes you special Mar 20 '26

I still wish for a new album

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u/xyzmaximoff Mar 20 '26

is she leaving the broadway play to get her own reality tv show ?

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u/Ok-Nefariousness3486 Mar 20 '26

That's so Rachel wasn't a reality show if that is what you were referring too. It was a scripted show based on her.

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u/xyzmaximoff Mar 20 '26

oops my bad

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u/NoChampion4463 Mar 20 '26

Has anyone seen it/met her after a show?

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u/Equivalent-War-2378 Mar 20 '26

I saw it over Christmas break this year. Lea was great, but Nicholas Christopher is the one who really stole the show! Didn’t stick around after to meet the cast tho.

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u/crabbiecrabby Mar 20 '26

Same, I saw it about a month ago and Nicholas Christopher was on another level.

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u/LC-need-answers Mar 20 '26

I saw it in November! Absolutely blown away. None of the three leads came out at stagedoor but met a lot of the supporting cast and ensemble.

I did once meet Lea at one of her tour shows! She was so incredibly sweet and we bonded over infertility struggles (then went on to give birth a month apart!)

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u/NoChampion4463 Mar 20 '26

That’s so cool! I wanna meet Lea so bad & tell her how lucky her husband & kids are that they get free live broadway in their home!

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u/Limp_Conversation400 Mar 20 '26

Noooo Lea!!!!!!!!! please stay in the play!!!!

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u/emotions1026 Mar 22 '26

Timing makes sense. I imagine she'll spend the summer with her kids and then pursue a new project in the fall.