FUNNY GIRL on Broadway - Reviews & News Thread — Page 81

I saw this tonight, and first and foremost, BCfitasafiddle is not joking about the Playbill inserts with a QR code asking you to vote for the Broadway.com audience choice awards. Easily one of the tackiest things I have ever seen.

As for the show itself, what can I possibly say that hasn't already been said by the masses? It's a colossal failure on every level. What we have is an all around bad production of a bad show with a hummable score. The direction is stagnant (and to think I thought Jerry Zaks work was slightly uninspired at The Music Man last night...), the design is dark, dank, dingy, and cheap cheap cheap, and the less said about the performances, the better.

Beanie Feldstein is so incredibly wrong for Fanny in literally every way under the sun. I have to hand it Michael Mayer who has managed to singlehandedly deliver the three all-time most embarrassing stage performances I have seen - Taye is Hedwig, Tammy in Little Shop, and now Beanie in Funny Girl completes the trifecta as his "crowning jewel". Mayer has done some good work in the past, but his pattern of going with untraditional casting choices is just not working out.

As of today, the revival of FUNNY GIRL has not performed nor released any promotional highlights reel. The only performance clips ever shown anywhere was on the CBS Sunday Morning profile on Beanie and the revival. Disregard the mention of her “asked to audition.” We all know otherwise now.

If the press is bought out these days, I guess FUNNY GIRL’s people had the wrong Venmo accounts based on the almost across-the-board terrible reviews the show received. The Tony Awards completely ignoring the revival didn’t help (one nomination is an insult).

I heard earlier this week that several producers asked to scale down the revival from the original budget after an early presentation by the principal cast. This was before ensemble casting took place. This reduced the size of the orchestra, the costumes, the sets, and the size of the cast. A show curtain was being created before it was cancelled, hence the projection curtain used now. The 2 staircases were originally going to be on hydraulics and create a huge staircase for the Ziegfeld Follies numbers. This idea was scrapped when the budget was reduced.

RuthLipschitz said: "Penna2 said: "I was referring to the fact that none of the rumors were being published."

They can't publish rumors... as I said it is libel to even engage in hearsay and give legs to the rumor."

It would appear any mention of the "n" word is being removed here. (My earlier response to you has been removed, along with the original post referring to YouTube). However, libel is very hard to prove if there are damages, i.e., Johnny Depp/Amber Heard. Without damages, there is likely no case.

Looks like Beanie has her next role set up - this was in the announcement about Platt in PARADE.

Platt recently started in Universal's film adaption of Dear Evan Hansen and will be starring with Beanie Feldstein in Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Richard Linklater.

Penna2 said: "Looks like Beanie has her next role set up - this was in the announcement about Platt in PARADE.

Platt recently started in Universal's film adaption of Dear Evan Hansen and will be starring with Beanie Feldstein in Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Richard Linklater."

Both were announced for this over 2 years ago so this isn’t brand-new news. Also, seems you’re also unaware that the film is filming in real-time with a 20 year production schedule so it’s slated for release around 2040.

BrodyFosse123 said: "I heard earlier this week that several producers asked to scale down the revival from the original budget after an early presentation by the principal cast. This was before ensemble casting took place. This reduced the size of the orchestra, the costumes, the sets, and the size of the cast. A show curtain was being created before it was cancelled, hence the projection curtain used now. The 2 staircases were originally going to be on hydraulics and create a huge staircase for the Ziegfeld Follies numbers. This idea was scrapped when the budget was reduced."

I don't know, I mean how many shows have had their budgets cut. I feel like it's easy to blame it on an early presentation. We've had cheaper versions of beloved shows, maybe they just thought they could get away with doing a cheaper version based solely on the name recognition. (Which obviously is working, nobody is seeing this show because of its star. They're seeing it because they want to hear those couple of songs.)

BrodyFosse123 said: "Penna2 said: "Looks like Beanie has her next role set up - this was in the announcement about Platt in PARADE.

Platt recently started in Universal's film adaption of Dear Evan Hansen and will be starring with Beanie Feldstein in Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Richard Linklater."

Both were announced for this over 2 years ago so this isn’t brand-new news. Also, seems you’re also unaware that the film is filming in real-time with a 20 year production schedule so it’s slated for release around 2040."

I don't follow Broadway and just saw this, thought some people might be interested with all the family business talk. Not sure if your last sentence is sarcasm or not. One never knows about these things.

A Director said: "Eat your heart out Beanie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj2zMTElJzQ"

What I noticed was he "acts" the song. That is the way to approach it, not just the singing. What are the words?

Just watched part of a video with Lainie Kazan - her voice was shot, but she talked about her debut as Fanny. One thing she said about Streisand was she had "courage." That at the time she saw it as being bossy, but looking back admires her. Streisand pretty much took control of the show - which was kind of how Fanny took control of her life. Got her a great career and ruined her marriage. Bottom line, that is what I found missing in Beanie's performance - not the comedy, she has confidence there, but the acting and singing don't show courage or control, so the main element of the character is lacking.

A Director said: "Eat your heart out Beanie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj2zMTElJzQ"

Eat your heart out Barbra Streisand.

Perhaps Jeremy Jordan can replace Beannie in Funny Girl .

That would be an improvement.

Can't believe the grosses are holding up with this poor word of mouth.

Can't believe the grosses are holding up with the not so good reviews.