Posted: 6/16/22 at 3:16pm
Oh my god, it's a joke. Learn how to take one.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 3:17pm
All this fighting!
We need to just chill TF out and support Beanie in her next Broadway role: Playing Michelle Craig in the first Broadway revival of The Act.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 3:28pm
Encores! should totally do The Act. The score's only half bad haha. Would be interesting if they were able to get Celine or Gaga or one of the Vegas residency artists to play Michelle. Could be a very meta moment.
Updated On: 6/16/22 at 03:28 PM
Posted: 6/16/22 at 3:28pm
Sally Durant Plummer said: "Oh my god, it's a joke. Learn how to take one."
Jokes tend to be funny in my experience.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 3:34pm
Which was my point, RippedMan.
And my joke was funny. You obviously just didn't get the reference. Even though I so kindly linked it for your inconvenience. Anyway...
Posted: 6/16/22 at 3:44pm
RippedMan said: "Two seasoned musical theater performers with Tonys are the same as Beanie? Okay...."
Beanie has been in several very popular, critically acclaimed films. Headlined a Ryan Murphy series opposite of Sarah Paulson. And also has a well-reviewed Broadway turn under her belt in one of the biggest hit musicals to come to Broadway in the last decade? Yeah. I'd say it would be completely understandable why she'd get an offer without an audition.
For the record, she has said she auditioned, but keep dying on this hill, bud.
https://youtu.be/eyJ6iUownnk?t=204
Posted: 6/16/22 at 3:47pm
FYI: Liza Minnelli lip-synced her songs in THE ACT, so anyone can pull it off, even Britney Spears. 
Posted: 6/16/22 at 3:50pm
OhHiii said: "RippedMan said: "Two seasoned musical theater performers with Tonys are the same as Beanie? Okay...."
Beanie has been in several very popular, critically acclaimed films. Headlined a Ryan Murphy series opposite of Sarah Paulson. And also has a well-reviewed Broadway turn under her belt in one of the biggest hit musicals to come to Broadway in the last decade? Yeah. I'd say it would be completely understandable why she'd get an offer without an audition.
For the record, she has said she auditioned, but keep dying on this hill, bud.
https://youtu.be/eyJ6iUownnk?t=204
Cool. Not dying on any hill. I literally don't really care. Just having a discussion. She's proven she doesn't have the stamina for 8x a week as a lead performer, nor does she have the vocal chops for the role or the acting requirements given all the reviews. Patti Lupone and Hugh Jackman have actually proven they have what it takes before hand. A character part in a hit show doesn't mean you can handle 8x a week as a lead.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 3:53pm
American Crime Story: Impeachment was a bomb. None of the episodes got even a million viewers, compared with season highs of 2.22 million for Assassination and 5.12 million for OJ.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 3:56pm
Also, Minnie Faye sings in ensemble/group numbers - she has zero solo spots or any BIG 11 o’clock numbers. She’s a featured role that has an extensive amount of time off-stage. She comes on, does her bit, exits and shows up again later. She’s not onstage for the majority of the HELLO, DOLLY! It’s been said, even that level of 8 performances of week was taxing on her.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 4:07pm
OhHiii said: "Sally Durant Plummer said: "Patti Lupone, sweetie, I am so sorry. Patti? Patti?? PATTI? Are you kidding me?
Beyoncé ? Beyoncé?? BEYONCE??? Are you kidding me? You Know who you really look like?"
Not sure what your point is...but RippedMan seems to have an issue when actors (with film, TV and Broadway credits) don't have to audition for roles.
So, in their words, pop off sis. :)"
I actually don't. Billy Crystal looks excellent in Mr. Saturday Night, and I'm sure he didn't audition. But these performers have proven their merit. She has not. That's the issue.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 4:10pm
Posted: 6/16/22 at 4:20pm
Dylan Pellagrino said: "she was at the Tonys last weekend…. And Beanie was not."
Are you dim, or do you just enjoy making up bogus justifications for no reason?
1) Lea was part of a group performance with the cast of SPRING AWAKENING.
2) Beanie had COVID.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 4:57pm
As much as I love a conspiracy theory, I do not think Beanie or production is lying about her contracting COVID. She's already been out for unscheduled absences. I'll give the team the benefit of the doubt on that because the alternative is just gross.
Updated On: 6/16/22 at 04:57 PM
Posted: 6/16/22 at 6:02pm
Dylan Pellagrino said: "Lea Michele will be the new Fanny Brice !!
It’s pretty obvious, plus she was at the Tonys last weekend…. And Beanie was not."
Posted: 6/16/22 at 6:25pm
Ten bucks says the production just closes when they leave.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 6:28pm
God, how much money do they lose if they close in September?
Posted: 6/16/22 at 6:50pm
RippedMan said: "OhHiii said: "RippedMan said: "Two seasoned musical theater performers with Tonys are the same as Beanie? Okay...."
Beanie has been in several very popular, critically acclaimed films. Headlined a Ryan Murphy series opposite of Sarah Paulson. And also has a well-reviewed Broadway turn under her belt in one of the biggest hit musicals to come to Broadway in the last decade? Yeah. I'd say it would be completely understandable why she'd get an offer without an audition.
For the record, she has said she auditioned, but keep dying on this hill, bud.
https://youtu.be/eyJ6iUownnk?t=204
Cool. Not dying on any hill. I literally don't really care. Just having a discussion. She's proven she doesn't have the stamina for 8x a week as a lead performer, nor does she have the vocal chops for the role or the acting requirements given all the reviews. Patti Lupone and Hugh Jackman have actually proven they have what it takes before hand. A character part in a hit show doesn't mean you can handle 8x a week as a lead.
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She's shown she doesn't have the stamina for this role, maybe. But the Funny Girl score is nearly all Fanny, and tailored to the strength of a uniquely powerful voice. That Beanie can't fill that demand, and surely isn't right for Eva Peron or Mama Rose, doesn't mean she can't lead an evening's entertainment. When she's age appropriate, she'll probably make a great Dolly. She might make a good Miss Mona now. She's too old for Tracy Turnblad, but a younger her would have probably been terrific in the role. I think there are a lot of parts she can play, even leading roles. But she needs something not as vocally demanding as Fanny Brice.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 7:24pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Dylan Pellagrino said: "she was at the Tonys last weekend…. And Beanie was not."
Are you dim, or do you just enjoy making up bogus justifications for no reason?
1) Lea was part of a group performance with the cast of SPRING AWAKENING.
2) Beanie had COVID."
As far as I am aware, the show was only nominated for one Tony award (for featured actor) so I don’t think she would be there anyway. I looked online and couldn’t find any pictures of the cast attending except Jared Grimes.
& You’re right Lea is part of the spring awakening cast, but they also had her come out and speak before the performance. Which was definitely a choice.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 7:37pm
Beanie should try her hand at Aldonza in MAN OF LA MANCHA
Posted: 6/16/22 at 8:12pm
Robbie2 said: "
Yes, please! Lea as Fanny would likely bring me back to Broadway from the West Coast for the first time since pre-pandemic. She is the perfect star to play a star.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 8:17pm
RippedMan said: "Can't speak for everyone, but for me, it was the fact that she has had a "leg up" in this industry and comes from a wealthy family. And the fact that it's been proven that there are more talented, better suited for the show performers, that this just feels like the world gets it."
I appreciate this comment so much because its honest, does away with the "im just saying i dont like her singing" nonsense, and is so dark and weird. You're mad she got a leg up, as opposed to....who exactly? Pick a show trying to capitalize on celebrity and tell me the lead/star/whatever didnt get a leg up. And yet with her, from the OUTSET, the knives were out that she... didnt really deserve the shot, that she didnt have to audition (a lie), that this was all a project organized by her uber powerful parents (that no one has ever heard of), now we have this steady stream of sh*t about her not really having Covid, about her missing the Tonys (she was there), etc etc.
And it all stems from this odd, almost jealous undercurrent of "how dare she!" Is it because shes chubby? Is it because shes so young to be grabbing these opportunities? Beanie didnt get where she is by doing anything other than... succeeding at making a name for herself. And not by banging a guy on a home movie, or screaming at women in a restaurant on a reality show, but by turning in solid likeable performances in pretty well received films. Why is Pam Anderson welcomed with open arms, when she has no singing ability, no dancing ability, just gumption, but Beanie is a disaster with a lifelong love of theater dying to do this show? RippedMan's comment is so telling.
Something about Beanie, as opposed to [everyone else] just gets under peoples skin and unreasonably so. I thought Lynch was just great but was she BEST POSSIBLE ACTRESS FOR THE ROLE, or was she someone who made a name for herself and they're capitalizing on it? Would you rather these "stars" stay away from the theater so these shows cant get capitalized at all?
Get.A.Grip.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 8:58pm
After three long rambling posts, I don't think we're the ones that need to get a grip.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 9:12pm
PipingHotPiccolo said: "RippedMan said: "Can't speak for everyone, but for me, it was the fact that she has had a "leg up" in this industry and comes from a wealthy family. And the fact that it's been proven that there are more talented, better suited for the show performers, that this just feels like the world gets it."
I appreciate this comment so much because its honest, does away with the "im just saying i dont like her singing" nonsense, and is so dark and weird. You're mad she got a leg up, as opposed to....who exactly? Pick a show trying to capitalize on celebrity and tell me the lead/star/whatever didnt get a leg up. And yet with her, from the OUTSET, the knives were out that she... didnt really deserve the shot, that she didnt have to audition (a lie), that this was all a project organized by her uber powerful parents (that no one has ever heard of), now we have this steady stream of sh*t about her not really having Covid, about her missing the Tonys (she was there), etc etc.
And it all stems from this odd, almost jealous undercurrent of "how dare she!" Is it because shes chubby? Is it because shes so young to be grabbing these opportunities? Beanie didnt get where she is by doing anything other than... succeeding at making a name for herself. And not by banging a guy on a home movie, or screaming at women in a restaurant on a reality show, but by turning in solid likeable performances in pretty well received films. Why is Pam Anderson welcomed with open arms, when she has no singing ability, no dancing ability, just gumption, but Beanie is a disaster with a lifelong love of theater dying to do this show? RippedMan's comment is so telling.
Something about Beanie, as opposed to [everyone else] just gets under peoples skin and unreasonably so. I thought Lynch was just great but was she BEST POSSIBLE ACTRESS FOR THE ROLE, or was she someone who made a name for herself and they're capitalizing on it? Would you rather these "stars" stay away from the theater so these shows cant get capitalized at all?
Get.A.Grip."
Lol no one has mentioned her weight. We are upset because she’s wrong for the role. And that’s been proven. So peace.
Posted: 6/16/22 at 9:29pm
I saw her two weeks ago, and felt the projected need to root for her. The way you do watching a stock production wherein a TV personality takes on a stage role with forethought, skill, and above all else, good intentions. I wasn't troubled by her singing per se, which has nice notes - “Who Are You Now?” - some power moments - “Parade” - aided by the soundboard. I felt I was being asked to buy into the conceptual fact of her casting, her performance in this venue, Broadway. So I kept leaning forward with that "is this the moment when she seals the deal?" expectation. In other words, I didn't sit in the dark house, hands across my chest, waiting for failure. I waited to be surprised. Sincerely.
When the performance's workmanlike okay-ness coasted on -- marred by Mayer encouraging some unappealing clowning (that roll downstage in an ill-chosen costume) -- the show's seams showed, the second act's structural monotony and reliance on snippets of reprises to cue emotions sinking it.
Feldstein's problem is that she can't deliver this vehicle as a vehicle. And once that becomes clear, the whole endeavor charging premium prices begins to implode. This star is never "bad" or embarrassing, moments of clowning excesses aside. But she can't make a case for Funny Girl to be happening. That, to me, is the fundamental problem baked into the DNA of this revival.
Updated On: 6/16/22 at 09:29 PM
