Pregnant Lea Michele Poses Backstage with Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe After Their Tony Wins

Lea Michele shows her support!

On Monday, June 24, joy alum (and her baby bump) were seen posing backstage as she celebrated her friends’ wins.

“Old friends and new friends ❤️ Congratulations to the entire @merrilyonbway team on an amazing season!” Michele, 37, captioned the photo on Instagram of herself with some of the cast of the Broadway musical.

Lindsay Mendez and John Gallagher Jr. were in the picture, as were recent Tony winners Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe.

On June 16, Groff, 39, and Radcliffe, 34, took home their first Tonys for their work in the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s 1981 Broadway musical. We roll happily. Groff won Best Actor in a Musical, while Radcliffe won Best Actor in a Musical. Mendez, 41, is nominated for best actress in a musical.

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When Groff took the stage at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater to accept his first Tony, the actor thanked his family for “always letting my freak flag fly without making me feel weird.”

He also thanked his chosen family – Happy actors Radcliffe and Mendez — in their speech. “You’re more than old friends — you’re kindred spirits,” he said. “And I look forward to watching each other change for the rest of our lives.”

Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe — 2024 Tony Awards

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The Harry Potter the star thanked his parents and girlfriend.

“My mom and dad are here somewhere — happy Father’s Day, Dad, I love you both so much. Thank you for playing Sondheim in the car and just, you know, loving me,” Radcliffe said at the end of his speech. “And my love Erin – you and our son are the best thing that ever happened to me. I love you so much, thank you so much. Thank you all.”

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LEA MICHELE and JONATHAN GROFF in SPRING AWAKENING: THOSE YOU KNEW (2022).

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After Groff’s big moment on stage, he told reporters in the press room that Michele supported him from afar at the Tony Awards celebration with some of their friends and former cast members.

Groff and Michele play the lead roles joy and later reunited to work together on Broadway Spring awakening.

“They’re all watching, or Gideon [Glick] and Lea and [John Gallagher Jr.] everybody’s watching at Leah’s house,” Groff said.

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He added that he and his Spring awakening the cast “all reconnected,” as they mention their 2021 reunion during a one-night show in honor of the production’s 15th anniversary.

“There was a lot of thinking and remembering and appreciating it Spring awakening experience,” Groff said in the press room, saying the show “changed my life.”

“I discovered who I was at that time, and … it was important for me to mention everyone involved in that show because it was very meaningful to me,” he continued. “And also that’s why Happy … invites us all to touch that part of ourselves that we had inside us while we were working Spring awakening.”

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