FUNNY GIRL on Broadway - Reviews & News Thread — Page 40

That person just joined and has not seen the performance. Would not put much stock into their opinion about her WINNING a Tony.

Synecdoche2 said: "YettaTelebenda2 said: "I stand by what I said. Regardless of what industry professionals say, I think this will get good reviews and Beanie will win a Tony."

Uh... have you seen the performance?"

No I have not. However, I have seen a clip of her and I say she will win the Tony for the excitement regarding this revival and a greater agenda at play to pay respect to and to advance inspired casting.

A question: Did they leave out "If a Girl Isn't Pretty?" Because the lyric: "Is a nose with deviation such a crime against the nation" does not fit Beanie's cute nose. Just sayin'

I highly doubt Beanie is going to be awarded a Tony because of "excitement."

bwayphreak234 said: "ljay889 said: "YettaTelebenda2 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Anyone saying she will WIN a Tony is beyond delusional. Yikes."

I stand by what I said. Regardless of what industry professionals say, I think this will get good reviews and Beanie will win a Tony."

As others said, she’ll be lucky to get a nomination. I will keep saying it, I think this will turn into a Elena Roger scenario with no Tony nomination."

I agree, ljay. I think the comparisons to the Evita revival are very apt and appropriate here. I even think that Funny Girl will mirror the Evita revival's timeline of a Spring opening in March and ultimate closing date the following January (Evita ran March 2012 through January 2013). I don't have a crystal ball, of course, and stranger things have happened, but the similarities between both productions are eerie almost... highly anticipated revival with a lead who is disappointing in a season jam-packed with other high-caliber revivals (Caroline, or Change, Company, and The Music Man). The 2012-2013 season was even more packed with revivals (Evita, Follies, The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Godspell, and Jesus Christ Superstar), and Evita flew under the radar with only three nominations (Revival, Cerveris, Choreography) and 0 wins."

This time, it's possible Funny Girl could miss out on a Best Revival of a Musical nomination unless there ends up being a close race between that and maybe The Music Man in the nominating process, which would then lead to 4 nominees in the category.

I saw Streisand in a late matinee performance of FG, and she was clearly bored, racing through the show with little or no commitment. Only because I loved the score I came back to see the show again when Mimi Hines came in, and she performed the songs and the scenes as though her life depended on it, amazing. A few years later they did a run of the show at Westbury Music Fair with -- hold onto your seats -- Barbara Cook as Fanny! She was actually quite funny in the book scenes, and her singing was second to none (and she had to contend with George Hamilton as Nicky, who wasn't half bad, and who got to sing a reprise of "People". and he got top billing!). And saw Sheridan Smith in London, and while her vocals were not spectacular, her performance was really good.



So I've seen the show quite a bit. People seem to forget that the movie, where Streisand is on screen almost every minute, is not the show, where there are some fairly long stage waits in-beween Fanny singing those great songs. This is not a great show, regardless of Harvey's sprucing it up, but it has a reputation because of the film. Keep your expectations low.

If you are not getting goosebumps from the voice ...you ain't getting "Funny Girl".

My friend said she got "cringe chills" if that counts.

Remember when we got rumors of Gaga and Rosie reviving Funny Girl…and we got this?

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "Remember when we got rumors of Gaga and Rosie reviving Funny Girl…and we got this?"

What a shame. Gaga’s vocals would’ve been soaring.
I still honestly don’t get how Micaela Diamond wasn’t cast. I’d have to imagine her name came up at some point. Talk about perfect for the role.

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "Remember when we got rumors of Gaga and Rosie reviving Funny Girl…and we got this?"

If Rosie had not moved to LA, we would have got half of that.

Yes, LuPone was raved upon, won the Tony Award, and her career took off instantly with EVITA but in recent years she’s spoken openly about her difficulty singing the score and just her general bad memories of her time doing the show. This isn’t a “myth.” Obtain a copy of her memoirs. She writes about this. Your fantasy is far from the reality and all this isn’t heresay — if from her own lips.

A few weeks ago she appeared on The View and on the 7 minute mark, she talks about EVITA.

YettaTelebenda2 said: "Highland Guy said: "YettaTelebenda2 said: "the lyric: "Is a nose with deviation such a crime against the nation" does not fit Beanie's CUTE NOSE.Just sayin'"

Creepy. Just sayin'.



What's creepy? That is the word for word lyric from "If a Girl Isn't Pretty" The song is all about the way Fanny looks.

"And Beanie's incidentals are DEFINITELY bigger than two lentils !"

NOWaWarning said: "GiantsInTheSky2 said: "Remember when we got rumors of Gaga and Rosie reviving Funny Girl…and we got this?"

To be fair, that probably wouldn’t have been very good either. Ditto for the rumored Idina Menzel-led production. Did anyone call Jessie Mueller?"



I was at THE LITTLE PRINCE this afternoon and there were two "matinee ladies" sitting behind me talking about FUNNY GIRL. One of them "had read somewhere" that the producers were bringing Streisand back to replace Beanie. She was dead serious, too!