Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Jul 17
2023, 02:26:30 PM
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Jul 12
2023, 07:52:03 PM
Religion/ethnicity aside, I don't think she'd make a great Fanny based on that short clip of her singing MTMMD.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/16/23
Apr 19
2023, 09:22:04 AM
How long do you guys think Funny Girl can maintain these numbers? The steam has got to run out eventually right?
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STARTER FOR TEN film being adapted as a musical
Apr 19
2023, 09:19:04 AM
I enjoyed Starter for Ten.. but as a musical? Eh.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/26/23
Feb 28
2023, 02:05:58 PM
Confused why FG isn't in the summary because capacity was down by 9.94%. Still a decent number considering Lea was out and Ramin was also out for a few performances I think
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May you live in interesting times...
Jan 18
2023, 09:43:41 AM
James2 said: "I'm watching a Sopranos episode that quotes the old phrase, "May you live in interesting times." I recall hearing that phrase before, but I'm not sure where. I think there was a play where a character dissects that phrase and why it's his favorite curse, but I cannot think of it, and I haven't found it in a Google search regardless of how many ways I word it. Does it sound familiar to anyone here?"
I first encountered the phras
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Dec 20
2022, 05:09:47 PM
EDSOSLO858 said: "I had a feeling this title would surpass MG’s single-week record around Christmastime.
The goal for them is to rake in as much dough as possible with Michele these next number of months, since the show is likely going to close in May at the end of her contract. At this rate, they might come very close to breaking even. Who knows, maybe they’ll recoup close to shuttering.
All this goes to show there is noFunny Girlwithout Mi
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Dec 6
2022, 07:53:43 PM
Both Ramin and Beanie got a letter when the show first opened.
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Dec 6
2022, 06:56:07 AM
She's amazing of course but wow, she looks wonderful!
And Barbra wrote her a letter - finally! That's sweet.
Interview video, performance video.
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Nov 30
2022, 02:54:23 PM
It's ridiculous how much **** Lea gets under Amber's tiktok videos - but nice to see the person doing their hair defending her.
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Nov 27
2022, 10:02:27 PM
Robbie2 said: "bwayfan07 said: "I was there last night and can second this fact. Amazing return. Crowd was living for every moment!"
So was Skylar Astin
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Nicole Kidman is in tonight's show.
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Nov 26
2022, 10:18:36 PM
QueenAlice said: "CatLady3 said: "Robbie2 said: "bwayfan07 said: "Anyone hear if Tovah and Lea will be in for tonight's performance?"
Tova's back but Lea is out for today's matinee per FG site. Julie's on for the matinee."
I actually wonder if something else is up? Lea usually announces her absences (she did for Covid and her back injury) but she's been silent since yesterday."
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Demanding Audiences…
Nov 26
2022, 10:14:27 PM
hearthemsing22 said: "Is it just me, or are people way more demanding right now in the theater?
give us a cast recording with alternates performing!
give alternate performers their own playbill!
give us a proshot! Give us a movie of “x” musical!
Like I understand accessibility but I feel like at a certain point it moves to unrealistic expectations and being demanding"
You forgot the "alter
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Nov 26
2022, 02:05:17 PM
Robbie2 said: "bwayfan07 said: "Anyone hear if Tovah and Lea will be in for tonight's performance?"
Tova's back but Lea is out for today's matinee per FG site. Julie's on for the matinee."
I actually wonder if something else is up? Lea usually announces her absences (she did for Covid and her back injury) but she's been silent since yesterday.
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Nov 26
2022, 01:08:18 AM
One thing I dislike about the Funny Girl marketing team is how they never utilize their Youtube - Disney uploaded the Lion King performance, Moulin Rouge uploaded theirs, I'm sure other productions have uploaded their performances too but nothing from Funny Girl!
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Nov 25
2022, 11:33:06 PM
ACL2006 said: "People do realize that all performances for the Macy's parade are always lip-synced? People acted as she sang full out at 9am during the parade."
Who is acting like that? It's just being pointed out that she rehearsed for the parade on Tuesday, had 2 shows Wednesday, woke up at 5am Thursday with a head cold and stayed outside in the cold until maybe 9:30am? So it's understandable that she needs rest.
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FUNNY GIRL 2022 New Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Nov 22
2022, 12:44:45 PM
NoItAll said: "A person who enjoys a characteristic common to the overwhelming majority of all people should not be called “lucky.”"
Why not? A life without any kind of love or passion is a boring one.
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Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl
Nov 21
2022, 08:48:41 PM
Rehearsal for Macy's! So THIS is how the entire cast is participating.
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FUNNY GIRL 2022 New Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Nov 20
2022, 12:08:30 PM
BWW album review.
"So, what was I going to think of the new Funny Girl cast album? Was I going to be one of those fans so devoted to the original that I would be unable to find a redeeming quality in the revival cast album? Would I nitpick and criticize everything that I hear, unable to shake the ghost of my childhood musical theater Rock of Gibraltar?
No, I am not.
I'm not going to be that person because the new Broadway cast recording of FUNNY GIRL is as good a cast recording as there has ever been. It is beyond good, it is sensational, it is wonderful, it is exciting, it is everything we all hoped it would be, and it is the revival cast recording we have waited for and we deserve."
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FUNNY GIRL 2022 New Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Nov 20
2022, 11:52:06 AM
kidmanboy said: "NoItAll said: "Orchestration?! Conducting?! Tempi?! Good lord.
FG is about one thing and one thing only: the rise and fall and rise of Fanny Brice, as told through speech and song by Fanny, only.
Lea not lyrical or warm?! Compared to the One who shall not be named? This?:https://youtu.be/Dc0Vi4ROjX8
Gimme a break."
My point is that I don't believe this production does a good job of telling story through song - my and Skip's posts are attempting to put our finger on why that is. And many of the moments seem rushed - not just in tempo but without letting an emotional or comedic beat land.
And I'll again point to the end of "Don't Rain on My Parade". My wife laughed out loud the first time she heard how fast "nobody, no, nobody" is delivered.
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I actually just checked the "nobody, no, nobody" part of both versions, and they are delivered at around the same speed (around ~3 seconds). Unsure really why you think there's a huge difference.
Totally understand that that's your opinion, but maybe a different line might be a more accurate example.
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