Tony Awards 2025: Nicole Scherzinger emotionally shares how Broadway changed her life
Nobody was going to rain Léa Michelethe parade.
Indeed, the Joy an alumnus detailed the surprising story of how she personally created it Broadway his debut took place in 1995 at the age of 8.
“There was an open call for the Broadway show THE [Misérables] and my friend wanted to audition,” Léa said in an interview with She published October 20. “The night before, his dad had a heart attack and his mom called my mom and said, ‘Please, you have to take him to the audition.’ »
Despite the difficult situation, the now 39-year-old woman saw an opportunity, even if her parents were unaware of her hidden talents.
“I said, ‘Well, I’ll try too. If we take him, I’ll go too,'” Lea said. “My parents said, ‘Well, you can’t sing.’ But they didn’t know it. I had never sung before.
She added: “I practiced a song in my room. I sang ‘Angel of Music’ from The Phantom of the Opera.”
After auditioning during the open call, the Spring awakening star – who shares children Always Leo5, and Emery Ground14 months, with husband Zandy Reich— noted that she took casting directors.
