Funny Girl 2022 Revival — Page 8

@Luna

There was a full 5 years between Glee ending, and the Lea Michele controversy. If she was going to be the next Fanny Brice, it would've / could've happened any time in those 5 years. Obviously her controversial behavior HAPPENED before 2020, but it didn't become a public "scandal" until last year.

But you're right - doing a Lea Michele Funny Girl right after Glee would've been a no brainer. Many people genuinely expected it to happen. Maybe the industry rumors of her behavior behind the scenes are what prevented it from happening. Maybe it's less about the public controversy, and more that people just didn't want to work with her.

In any case, I don't think she would've been be the next Fanny Brice in 2021. Even before the 2020 scandal, I don't think she had the box office power today that she did 5 years ago.

Who would they play in a future Spring Awakening revival? The Adult Man and Adult Woman? I doubt either of those actors would be up for that, unless Lea Michele's career was ruined so bad that she desperately needed the paycheck.

Now that it has just been announced that the West Side Story revival won't be reopening, who thinks this will end up taking The Broadway Theatre?

Updated On: 8/9/21 at 12:46 PM

JBroadway said: "@Luna

There was a full 5 years between Glee ending, and the Lea Michele controversy. If she was going to be the next Fanny Brice, it would've / could've happened any time in those 5 years. Obviously her controversial behavior HAPPENED before 2020, but it didn't become a public "scandal" until last year.

But you're right - doing a Lea Michele Funny Girl right after Glee would've been a no brainer. Many people genuinely expected it to happen. Maybe the industry rumors of her behavior behind the scenes are what prevented it from happening. Maybe it's less about the public controversy, and more that people just didn't want to work with her.

In any case, I don't think she would've been be the next Fanny Brice in 2021.Even before the 2020 scandal, I don't think shehadthe box office power today that she did 5 years ago.

Who would they play in a future Spring Awakening revival? The Adult Man and Adult Woman? I doubt either of those actors would be up for that, unless Lea Michele's career was ruined so bad that she desperately needed the paycheck."

Well after Glee, I believe Lea was in Scream Queens. And sometime after she released two studio albums, one in 2017, one in 2019 since leaving Glee. (This is from her Wikipedia) She also got married and had a baby so. So I'm sure she's had a lot of gigs and material on her plate, prior to the whole lot of industry rumors. You're right as well. Had the controversy not come out about her, I'm sure the Funny Girl casting would've been a no-brainer. But in my opinion, I feel like she's bummed to not be starring in this revival of Funny Girl though. A Barbara Streisand revival on Broadway, where she literally played a character that was enamoured with Streisand.

And with the right casting, despite being five years later, I feel like Lea Michele might have been able to revive her reputation. I see her doing more Broadway in the future than acting to be honest. I mean I was speculating about a Spring Awakening revival, I didn't see it as a bad thing. And plus, who knows Jon Groff might want to return to Broadway one day? He was literally just starring in Little Shop of Horrors.

blaxx said: "A revival of Funny Girl with no stars wouldn't last an afternoon at the Broadway."

But I guess that depends who you consider to be stars?

And no tourists consider them stars. Because they aren't. The general public under the age of 50 knows nothing about this musical and anyone who wants to support Beanie definitely won't know what the hell this musical is unless they are theater majors.

If they put this at the Broadway, it will close in less time than Bonnie and Clyde did.

Updated On: 8/9/21 at 01:52 PM

Correct. And just New Yorkers cannot keep a show open.

And Gigi had an actual name and it closed in 3 months. Perhaps the general public isn't interested in extremely old, female driven musicals unless they have huge stars attached. Who knows?

Lunalaaaaaaaa said: "Sutton Ross said: "Correct. And just New Yorkers cannot keep a show open."

Absolutely. As much as I hate to say, but female driven shows (besides Wicked) never last too long on Broadway. Amelie and Gigi, for example, so I wonder about Funny Girl's longevity."

Huh? We have hadquite a few female-centered shows with quite healthy runs in the last couple decades alone. You picking 2 example (or even 10) does not represent a box-office trend. Of the top of my head The Color Purple, Waitress, Next To Normal, and Fun Home had some of the longest runs in new musicals. There were ~15 other shows which also debuted and closed the same year Amelie & Gigi came out. At the end of the day, good material is what survives (not always, obviously).

I came to this thread mostly to remind y'all that you are really not personally getting anything by being horrible on this online chatboard. Not exactly sure why you have to endlessly discuss things you know very little, or nothing about, based on god knows what with the level of confidence which would embarass even the actual creative teams on these shows. And it is so mean spirited towards people you don't know at all. Did Ben Platt dump you? Did Beanie bully you in high school? Why can't you just be respectful. Give your thoughts and reasons for not liking someone's work, but just try to stop short of personal attacks. It is NOT that hard.

Updated On: 8/9/21 at 02:29 PM

Oh Valentina. You know what's also "not that hard"? You skipping our posts all together. Just scroll right by. Trying to control people on the internet is the most adorable thing ever, though.

Now, let's proceed, shall we?

Yeah you're right. You would've thought with stars like Vanessa Hudgens and Pippa Soo (who are pretty well known stars in their own right would've been able to keep a show going)

Vanessa is a star in film and television. She is very well known. Now, I love ALL of Steven Pasquale's choices in terms of people he marries (haha). But, Pippa had done very little before Hamilton, and just because she was in it doesn't mean that she can leave the show and suddenly be a huge star in a musical. She is lovely and talented so I don't think she was the problem with that show, apparently it just sucked over here, while the UK version was so much better.

Valentina3 said: "Lunalaaaaaaaa said: "Sutton Ross said: "Correct. And just New Yorkers cannot keep a show open."

Absolutely. As much as I hate to say, but female driven shows (besides Wicked) never last too long on Broadway. Amelie and Gigi, for example, so I wonder about Funny Girl's longevity."

Huh? We have hadquite a fewfemale-centered shows with quite healthy runs in the last couple decades alone. You picking 2 example (or even 10) does not represent a box-office trend. Of the top of my head The Color Purple, Waitress, Next To Normal, and Fun Home had some of the longest runs in new musicals. There were ~15other shows which also debuted and closed the same year Amelie & Gigi came out. At the end of the day, good material is what survives (not always, obviously).

I came to this thread mostly to remindy'allthat you are really not personally getting anything by being horrible on this online chatboard. Not exactly sure why you have to endlessly discuss things you know very little, or nothing about, based on god knows what with the level of confidence which would embarass even the actual creative teams on these shows.And it is somean spirited towards people you don't know at all. Did Ben Platt dump you? Did Beanie bully you in high school? Whycan't you just be respectful. Give your thoughts and reasons for not liking someone's work, but just try to stop short of personal attacks. It is NOT that hard."

I also mentioned Wicked, which I said was a long-running female-driven show. I simply mentioned shows from the top of my head. Two of whom are my favorite shows as I am a fan of female driven shows undoubtedly as many others are.

LOL in no way are we mean spirited. We are simply sharing our opinions about the casting/other Broadway shows/where Funny Girl might plan to land in the near future. Clearly without arguing. It is a thread to share our opinions about Funny Girl, the potential casting, and we are doing so honestly and respectfully. And we did give our thoughts and opinions about who we preferred to be casted. It's also in the thread. :)