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'Places,' Please: Lea Michele Turns Back To Broadway

The Glee star was cast in Les Misérables when she was 8 and has been performing ever since. She says her new album, Places, intentionally calls back to her history onstage.
Lea Michele's new album is <em>Places</em>.

Lea Michele was 8 years old when she was cast as the young Cosette in . Then came more Broadway roles — in and — before she became Rachel.

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