Michele, 39, and Mitchell, 68, reunited at the awards show on Sunday night
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NEED TO KNOW
- Lea Michele and Brian Stokes Mitchell first worked together in Broadway’s original cast of Ragtime in 1998
- Michele performed “The Impossible Dream” at MCC’s Miscast gala where Mitchell, known for the song, was in attendance
- Michele currently stars in Broadway’s Chess and participated in the 2026 Tony Awards opening number despite no nominations
Lea Michele and her Glee dad Brian Stokes Mitchell are getting the band back together!
Michele, 39, reunited with Mitchell, 68, at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7. The pair was all smiles as they posed together, alongside Mitchell's wife Allyson Tucker, in the green room. Mitchell played one of Michele's on-screen dads, LeRoy Berry, for all six seasons of Glee. The show wrapped in March 2015.
The pair first teamed up in 1998 on Broadway's original cast of Ragtime. Mitchell played Coalhouse Walker Jr. while 11-year-old Michele played Tateh's Little Girl.
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"I was able to work with Audra McDonald, Marin Mazzie, Peter Friedman and Brian Stokes Mitchell," Michele told Broadway World of her Ragtime experience in 2007. "They are the most amazing actors, in my opinion, on Broadway and they just taught me everything that I know now."
Michele currently stars as Florence Vassy on Broadway in the revival of Chess. She was notably absent from this year's Tony nominations, but still took part in the ceremony's opening number.
The two also reunited at MCC's 2026 Miscast gala. Michele sang "The Impossible Dream" from the musical Man of La Mancha at the gala, and Mitchell is famous for his rendition of the song. He earned a Tony Award for his role in the musical in 2003.
"When I decided to sing it, I didn't know that the incomparable Brian Stokes Mitchell would be here tonight," Michele told the audience. "So I don't know if this makes me brave or crazy."
Hosted by Pink, the 2026 Tony Awards air from Radio City Music Hall on both coasts beginning at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+. Before the broadcast, Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess hosted the pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, which streamed live on Pluto TV.
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