CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline reports:

Lea Michele confirmed today that she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be out for a longer period than initially stated. The former Glee star posted the news via her Instagram Story, citing “production protocols” that will see her sidelined from Broadway’s Funny Girl.

“Unfortunately, I have officially tested positive for COVID. In following production protocols, I cannot return to the theater for 10 days,” wrote Michele.

“Thankfully staying home today and catching this early protected so many members of our company from being exposed. Funny Girl has been and still is tackling a tremendous wave of COVID with close to a dozen company members currently out.”

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Lea Michele’s stepping away from the lead role, for the time being, due to a bout with COVID.https://t.co/uHqqOeB5OZ

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