I saw her tonight to form an opinion for myself. She was...good. Certainly not worthy of all the vitriol here, but also certainly not worthy of leading the Funny Girl revival. She is likeable and has good comedic timing. There were some real gem moments. But the singing, which of course for this show should be spectacular, was not great. I'm glad I saw her to make up my own mind and since I will not see Lea, I'm good with seeing it now. The audience had disproportionate love for her and the show and it's hard to tell if people know about the drama and are trying to make up for it, or just really don't know what it should be and are reacting to it being Beanie Feldstein and the first Funny Girl revival. Anyway, I wouldn't go back and see it again.
"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