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Once again she has raped an excellent show stopper. She should be arrested, charged and thrown in theater jail for this utter desecration.

Poor girl couldn't even keep up with the music...and is it me or did she have a hint of a british accent? Over enunciation, over singing, over the top and over bearing.

Knocked it out of the park. Uh no. More liked raked it through the coals, stommped on it and destroyed it.

Oh hells yeah I can do better than that. Just gimme a minute while I look for my Funny Girl Karaoke, my Lee press on nails, wig, false eyelashes and web cam. Coming soon to YouTube.

Did people hate her in her Spring Awakening days? Or do they just hate her now because she's a big star? I have always found "theatre people" (whatever that means) to be sort of like that friend that like an obscure indie band until they get popular.

There's no jelousy involved in saying that Lea Michele did a HORRIBLE job performing an iconic song.

Enough defending her because it was live. Because it was the Tony's. Because it was at Radio City. She's been on Broadway since she was a child. She knows how to perform live. She knows how to perform live at the Tony's.

There's a reason Funny Girl hasn't been revived yet. It made a LEGIT star out of Barbra. ANY actress to play that role in the revival has to live up to those expectations. Barbra was a nobody they took a chance on in the role which was written for more famous people in mind. She took Broadway by storm, took Hollywood by storm in the film, and the rest is history.

Lea Michele needs to up her game if she's looking to fill those shoes. I'd forgive a complete unknown with the performance Lea gave last night. BECAUSE she IS a TV star now AND a Broadway vet, I expect better. Step up to the plate, bitch, or move over so someone more talented can knock it out of the park instead.

At least Kerry Butler made an honest attempt, though horrible in it's own right, to NOT be Ellen Greene in the revival of Little Shop.

Updated On: 6/15/10 at 02:25 AM

Disneyland - just one caveat to what you write, Streisand wasn't exactly an 'unknown' when she made it Broadway in FUNNY GIRL. She had of course already caused quite a stir with WHOLESALE and her first couple of albums had already been released. There was actually HUGE buzz about her return to Broadway and it really coincided perfectly with the ENORMOUS audience interest that had quickly developed in her over the past year.

I didn't know people actually used the phrase "poo poo"...how, um...charming.

I think she is a nice singer. But that performance at the Tony's was frightening. She is better than she showed that night. But if she thought Bart Sher was in the audience and she was trying to "show" what she can do with that number for an early Funny Girl audition...boy did she blow it. It was almost like watching a completely different person. A regional theater performer who's first time it was in front of a "serious" theater community. It was bad.

Why are you guys raining on her parade?

(She said no one was gonna.)

Did people hate her in her Spring Awakening days? Or do they just hate her now because she's a big star? I have always found "theatre people" (whatever that means) to be sort of like that friend that like an obscure indie band until they get popular.

I, for one, thought she was mediocre at best in Spring Awakening. Her entire performance felt like she was using a tennis racket to hit a ping-pong ball, which doesn't quite make sense but you should get the idea. Far too broad, but not broad in a hammy, scenery-chewing way, broad in an "I don't know how to play this scene subtly so I am going to widen my eyes and say it in an innocent tone of voice" way. "And this is me Acting! I am going to Act Now! Are you watching me Acting, Audience?" I didn't understand the hype then and I still don't.