There’s nothingsourabout this meeting of stars!
Michele, 36, who is currently starring as Fanny Brice, shared a smiling photo with the pop star, 19, to Instagram.
“This beautiful girl came to see @funnygirlbwy last night ❤️ loved seeing you @oliviarodrigo absolutely adore you! 💓” Michele captioned the post.
Rodrigo seemed to have a great time at the show, as she commented: “LOVE U! U WERE INCREDIBLE!!!!”
Lea Michele and Olivia Rodrigo.Lea Michele Instagram
“This pic is so powerful,” wrote another, while a third predicted that “IfSourcame out whileGleewas on, Rachel definitely would have sung ‘driver’s license.'”
Michele starred as Rachel Berry for the entire six-season run ofGlee, while Rodrigo plays the similarly musically inclined (and ambitious) high schooler Nini Salazar-Roberts onHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
The “good 4 u” singer also famously included a shout-out to the series in her2021 hit “deja vu"with the lyrics: “Watching reruns ofGlee/Being annoying, singing in harmony.”
Though the line made it seem like Rodrigo was a longtimeGleefan, she admitted in anInstagram Liveshortly after the song’s release that when she wrote the lyric, she’d never actually watched an episode of the hit Fox series.
Lea Michele as Fanny Brice inFunny Girl.Bruce Glikas/WireImage
“I think it’s so funny, some of the specifics in ‘deja vu’ are like, not entirely reality at all. And like, Dan [Nigro] and I wrote that line, ‘Watching reruns ofGlee,’ And neither of us had ever watched an episode ofGleewhen we wrote that,” she explained. “I have since actually gone back and I watched the first two seasons ofGleeand it’s amazing and I obviously am a little musical theater girl at heart, so it’s really cool, but people really like that line.”
“The amount of times this guy has seen me sing ‘Don’t Rain on My Parade’ 😂,” Michele captioned an Instagram photo of her with Criss and Mia. “I love you @darrencriss and @miavoncriss ❤️.”
Darren Criss, Lea Michele, Mia Criss.Lea Michele/Instagram
Michele made hertriumphant return to Broadway last monthafter a 13-year absence, stepping into the role of Fanny Brice in the musical revival ofFunny Girl.
A crowd of friends and fans including her fellowSpring Awakeningcostars John Gallagher Jr. and Gideon Glick,Drew Barrymore,Zachary Quinto,Lee Pace, Fierstein, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul were present on opening night to cheer her on, as was her longtime best friend (andSpring AwakeningandGleecostar) Jonathan Groff.
source: people.com
