Funny Girl engagements in L.A. and Broadway postponed

The Broadway and Los Angeles engagements of 'Funny Girl' have been postponed.

Speaking on behalf of the FUNNY GIRL producing team, Bob Boyett said "We have made the extremely difficult decision today to postpone our production of Funny Girl. Given the current economic climate, many Broadway producing investors have found it impossible to maintain their standard level of financial commitment. Our desire to produce Funny Girl on the scale it deserves required a capitalization of $12 million making it one of the most expensive revivals in Broadway history."

Boyett continued, "I am deeply saddened by this decision, but I, along with the finest group of co-producers I have ever had the pleasure to work with, Sonia Friedman, Jean Doumanian, Stacey Mindich and Tim Levy, determined that this was not the right time to bring Funny Girl to the stage."

That's too bad I was looking forward to this show.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FUNNY-GIRL-Postpones-Los-Angeles-and-Broadway-Engagements-20111103

Updated On: 4/2/12 at 08:09 PM

Oh, noooo. So upset about this. I was really looking forward to seeing Lauren as Fanny. I hope everything gets resolved fairly soon....

Let's take bets on who gets the Imperial! Follies or Nice Work If You Can Get It????

This doesn't read like "postponed" - it reads like "cancelled". There's no indication of any future time for the revival. I feel bad for Lauren Ambrose and Bobby Cannavale.

(And now cue the endless Lea Michele gossip as the revival may now not happen until she's off Glee)

(Plus now cue the griping about whatever show CTG puts into the gap)

Why am I not surprised???

Anyway. Today a fan asked Danny Burstein on facebook if there's a chance that Follies will extend - and his responds was "There's always a chance..."

It wouldn't surprise me if Rebecca moves from the Broadhurst to the Imperial but I think Nice Work if You Can Get It or the transfer of One Man Two Guvnors although OMTG isn't confirmed yet.

I wonder what the real story is?
Strike 2 for Sher after WOTVOANB, I hope he gets back on track soon. Maybe he should start working on that KING AND I revival.

Thank God it's official. It's been killing me to sit on this information.

So sad - all of those jobs lost. I know offers went out to actors in the last few weeks. How heartbreaking.

Yeah, "postponed" is usually a euphemism for "cancelled" when it comes to Broadway-aimed productions, so I've noticed. I feel so bad for those who were to be involved.

Lea Michele strikes again!

Mr. Roxy, I worked with Mimi Hines a few years ago at The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies. She sings the FUNNY GIRL songs as if it were 1968! (She's also a lovely person who lives and works out of Las Vegas.)

You can find her sing "Broadway Baby" for ENCORES on You Tube. It's well worth it.

FUNNY GIRL is a huge show calling for a huge cast, huge production values (thank you Mr. Ziegfield) and a large orchestra. That 12 million dollar price tag doesn't surprise me.

Still, Bob Boyett has deep pockets so there must be more to the story. Perhaps early sales in Los Angeles indicated there wasn't as much interest as originally hoped for.