Lea Michele has a great time Joy their roots in the next generation, starting with their own children.
The 39-year-old actress, who now stars Chess on Broadway, recently reflected on revisiting the hit series while speaking with people magazine.
Michele, who shares son Ever Leo, 5, and daughter Emery Sol, 15 months, with husband Zandy Reich, says the last time she watched Glee was to show Ever her performance from season 6 of let it go.
The choice was a natural one, he explains, as the song, originally sung by his on-screen mother Idina Menzel, was already familiar to him thanks to his son’s deep love for Frozen.
“He started to know that Mom is a singer,” Michele says, “and she wanted him to sing a song.”
Although Ever has seen her on stage, including during her performance on Funny Girl, Michele notes that she “doesn’t understand that it was a TV show.”
Still, he says he “knows” acting and acknowledges that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande play Elphaba and Glinda in the film. Wicked movies.
One Frozen fact remains a secret: Jonathan Groff, Michele’s longtime best friend and former Glee co-star, voices Kristoff. “We haven’t told him that Uncle Jonathan is Kristoff,” he says. “I want to keep this as long as possible.”
Glee continues to play a role in Michele’s career. During her solo tours, she asks fans to share their favorite covers from the series, moments she says reconnect her with songs she once performed. “It brings back so many memories…that they connected with so many things,” he says.
Michele adds that Groff has become a beloved presence to her children. after forever I saw him on Just in Time, Groff sang directly to him during the show.
“Ever was smiling from ear to ear,” he says, and songs like Somewhere beyond the sea and splash They are now family staples at home.
