Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31
Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31
ElephantLoveMedley
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/21
#1Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:05pm
Link (to Beanie's announcement that she is departing two months earlier than originally announced)
#2Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:06pm
Casting announcement tomorrow at 1 PM EST, according to the Funny Girl social media channels.
Oh look, a bibu!
#3Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:11pm
I’m genuinely speechless. An epic disaster from start to finish.
#4Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:12pm
WOW! She really can't leave the show fast enough.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#5Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:14pm
Wow. Her phrasing is very interesting too about the show going in a "different direction." Obviously some bad blood.
Truly, I wonder if she'll even make it to July 31
#6Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:16pm
Oh damn, something really went down and I need to know the T.
KateLondon8
Swing Joined: 3/27/22
#7Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:16pm
I haven’t seen the show since opening, what different direction?
ElephantLoveMedley
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/21
#8Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:17pm
Mr. Wormwood said: "Wow. Her phrasing is very interesting too about the show going in a "different direction." Obviously some bad blood."
A shockingly unprofessional and unclassy look to blame it on the production. Even though I didn't love Beanie's performance, I have been one of her staunchest defenders on here. I've felt like the criticisms of her have gone significantly overboard since previews began in March. However, choosing this tune of the "blame game" on your way out of the show is defenseless to me. I'm disappointed in her.
pmensky
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/11
#9Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:17pm
How does the sho
pmensky
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/11
#10Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:19pm
How does the show go in a different direction? That’s the strangest thing I’ve read, and there have been some strange things happening with this show.
BoringBoredBoard40
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
#11Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:20pm
Never going to work on Broadway again, what a mess
#12Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:20pm
pmensky said: "How does the show go in a different direction? That’s the strangest thing I’ve read, and there have been some strange things happening with this show."
She must be referring to the replacement for her?
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#13Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:21pm
#14Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:22pm
Wow! Anyone wanna weigh-in on what exactly “the production has decided to take the show in a different direction” means? Odd to me. I can’t imagine the producers or creatives suddenly wanted her to change her performance for some new vision.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#15Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:23pm
Wow. I'm shocked. Well I guess depending on who they announce tomorrow will dictate if I try to see it before the end of the month or not.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#16Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:25pm
To quote Laganja Estranja - “Oh y'all wanted a twist, eh???”
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#17Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:27pm
BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Never going to work on Broadway again, what a mess"
Let's hope so. It was cute that people on here were like "SHE IS A STAR AND HER VOICE WILL BE AMAZING WITH VOICE LESSONS AND BLAH BLAH BLAHHHHHHHHHH".
What a huge lesson everyone involved in the production of Funny Girl has learned.
NEXT!
ElephantLoveMedley
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/21
#18Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:27pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "Casting announcement tomorrow at 1 PM EST, according to theFunny Girlsocial media channels."
All signs still point to Lea, right?
#19Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:27pm
Quite honestly, the clips I saw of her did not make me want to see the show and I really wanted to see it when it was first announced. Almost bought a ticket the day they went onsale but my schedule changed up drastically and decided to wait. I will now most likely see it when she departs.
Just give the world Love.
#20Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:27pm
She was upset she didn't get good reviews or a Tony nomination and negotiated to leave in September. Now she knows her standby and u/s are getting better reviews then her and essentially gives her two week notice. Talk about being entitled.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#21Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:27pm
I just wanna know who I’ll be seeing on August 28th.
#22Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:28pm
Did not see that coming. Could this be the last time we see Beanie on Broadway? Also, people need to stop bashing Beanie. People can have their opinions about her performance, but they don't need to be rude about it. I still thought she was a great Fanny Brice and she is very talented overall! I Hope Beanie is well and I wish her the best in the future.
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#23Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:28pm
What a mess. I am guessing there are multiple parties to blame here, and hopefully someday soon we’ll get the full story.
#24Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:28pm
ElephantLoveMedley said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Casting announcement tomorrow at 1 PM EST, according to theFunny Girlsocial media channels."
All signs still point to Lea, right?"
As with everything, we shall see.
Oh look, a bibu!
#25Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/10/22 at 7:31pm
By “different direction,” she means they cast a replacement to start ASAP and not in September when she was scheduled to leave. Big yikes.
