Lea Michele hints a Funny Girl movie may be on the way... possibly a filmed version of the Broadway stage show like Disney Plus' Hamilton

While Lea Michele winds down her run as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, she's hopeful that a movie adaptation may come after.

The original musical - with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill and the book by Isobel Lennart - debuted on Broadway in 1964, with Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice.

The latest revival debuted in March 2022 with Beanie Feldstein in the lead role, though she left the show after a few months, with Michele, 36, taking over.

It was announced that the revival will come to an end in September, with Michele revealing to E! at Variety's Power of Women event that she's hopeful a movie will happen. 

She also offered an update on her son, who is back in the hospital after a scary health issue. 

'You know, I think that’s the hope. I think we really would love to make that happen. I have five more months in the show, so if we can squeeze it in,' Michele began.

'It’s hard. I’ve talked to a couple people who have made filmed versions and it’s taxing. But I think that if we can make that happen, it would be great,' the actress added.

She joked, 'If I have to be there overnight… I’ll do the show, I’ll put my son to sleep, I’ll come back, I’ll film it.'

The actress first revealed her son Ever was hospitalized in late March, revealing she would have to bow out of a few Funny Girl performances because of her son's illness.

'We are at the hospital with our son dealing with a scary health issue that I need to be here for,' she said on social media

The Glee star added, 'I'm so sorry. Please send us some love and strength.'

When asked at the Variety event about her son's condition, she opened up about how grateful her and husband Zandy Reich are for the support. 

'My husband and I, my whole family, we're just so grateful. We've had so much incredible support, from our friends, people we don't know, our Funny Girl family,' Michele added.

She clarified, 'We're not out of the woods completely and this is going to be a long process, but the care we've gotten from the doctors and the nurses.'

'My mother was a pediatric nurse right here in New York, and the care and the love they give the children is wonderful, so we're so grateful,' she said.

When asked what her secret is to navigating Broadway and motherhood, Michele added, 'You know, when I started the show and was doing the show, I reached out to so many women that I know who are Broadway veterans and these women I look up to so much who are moms.'

'How could I do this show? How do I be a mom at the same time? I honestly couldn't do it without them, the support and the advice has been so helpful,' she added.

When asked what she's doing next, she said she's just doing Funny Girl but she has her first solo concert at Carnegie Hall in October, 'which has been a dream come true of mine for so many years.

She added that she has, 'so many special guests coming and it's going to be a really special concert.' 

Michele hasn't appeared in a movie or TV show since the 2019 TV movie Same Time, Next Christmas, but she's been keeping busy with music.

She released her album full of cover songs Forever: A Lullaby Album in November 2021.