Former “Glee” star Sammie Ware isn’t happy that Lea Michele is chosen as the new protagonist on Broadway’s “Funny Girl.”
“Yes, I’m online today. Yes, I see you all. Yes, I care,” the 30-year-old actress tweeted Monday. “Yes, I am affected. Yes, I am human. Yes, I am black. Yes, I was mistreated. Yes, my dreams were tainted. “
Ware, who previously called Michele for mistreatment on the Ryan Murphy series, concluded, “Yes, Broadway defends whiteness. Yes, Hollywood does the same. Yes, silence is complicity. Yes, I’m strong. Yes, I would. to do “.
A representative of Michele, 35, did not immediately respond to the request for comments on Page Six.
She was chosen to take on the role of Fanny Brice after Beanie Feldstein announced her early release from production on Sunday.
“Playing Fanny Brice on Broadway has been my lifelong dream and doing it for the past few months has been a great joy and a real honor,” Feldstein, 29, wrote on social media of his career. on Broadway, which began in April.
Michele takes on the role of Fanny Brice after Beanie Feldstein announced her early exit from production. Getty Images for alicia + olivia
“Once the production decided to take the show in a different direction, I made the extremely difficult decision to move away from what was planned.”
Previously, Feldstein was due to leave “Funny Girl” in September. His last show will now be on July 31st. Actress Julie Benko will play Fanny in August before Michele takes over the role on September 6th.
“I’m very honored to join this amazing cast and production and get back on stage playing Fanny Brice on Broadway,” the Spring Awakening student tweeted Monday. “See you on September 6. @funnygirlbwy #FUNNYGIRL. ”
Michele’s casting comes more than two years after she was exposed for allegedly mistreating the actors on the set of “Glee,” i.e. Ware.
Feldstein left the show eight weeks earlier. Bruce Glikas / WireImage
Ware claimed in June 2020 that Michele made her stay on the Fox show a “hell” after the latter expressed her support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
“He waited until the scene was over and stopped in the middle of the stage and made a‘ come here ’gesture, like what a mother does with her son,” he alleged to Variety , who also claimed that Michele threatened her job when she refused to come.
Ware memorably alleged that Michele said he “would be in my wig,” among other “traumatic microaggressions.”
Michele later apologized to Ware and more co-workers who claimed they were victims of his alleged abuse.
“What matters is that I clearly acted in a way that hurt other people,” Michele wrote via an Instagram statement, insisting that her Black Lives Matter message was aimed at “showing supporting our friends and neighbors and communities of color during this really difficult time. “