Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl - Page 50

[Mary_Poppins]

Posted: 3/21/23 at 6:12pm

shocktheatre, you've let us know that you're a troll more than once now. Good job. Now play elsewhere.

[shocktheatre]

Posted: 3/22/23 at 12:43pm

I am happy you're pleased. See you around!

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/22/23 at 2:54pm

Michele is out for both shows today. Did she perform last night?

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 3/22/23 at 2:55pm

She did perform last night. 

Her infant son is in the hospital today and Lea is at his side. THat's why she is out of the shows today.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 3/22/23 at 3:27pm

Hope he recovers quickly, Ever is a sweetheart. 

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 3/22/23 at 3:41pm

Sending love and strength.

[David10086]

Posted: 3/22/23 at 3:57pm

Page Six is quoting her as saying her 2 year old is suffering a 'scary health issue'. I hope everything turns out ok . 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/22/23 at 4:18pm

David10086 said: "Page Six is quoting her as saying her 2 year old is suffering a 'scary health issue'. I hope everything turns out ok ."

Oh boy. Prayers go out to her and her family.

[DAME]

Posted: 3/26/23 at 1:09pm

Has she been back?

[Mary_Poppins]

Posted: 3/26/23 at 1:51pm

DAME said: "Has she been back?"

Yes. Lea's son is out of the hospital and she was back on Saturday - with a cold. Health problems are really haunting her these days.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 3/26/23 at 1:56pm

She was back Saturday night. Julie was on for the matinee.

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 3/26/23 at 2:00pm

Sounds like her son is still having issues, but things are improving. 

[Piparoo]

Posted: 3/27/23 at 8:09pm

We caught the Sunday matinee and, despite us being pretty tired from back to back to back shows on Friday and Saturday, had a great time! Lea was phenomenal. Jared was so much fun. Peter Francis James and Toni DiBuono gave great final performances and were both given huge bouquets at curtain call. 
I came into this show not having ever listened to the score or seen any production. While not Lea fans per se, we liked her in Glee, and bought tickets based solely on the comments about her performance from folks around here. Lea brought it, the audience loved it, and I’m glad to have seen it. Before seeing the show I was worried that I wouldn’t care for the material - I’m much more of the big, romantic, maybe even melodramatic variety of musical than I am of musical comedy. That said, I was truly surprised how much I enjoyed the Follies numbers. They’re a lot fun, the costuming is beautiful and the performers are all so very talented. I might have to expand my horizons more for our next visit and check out any shows that are more dance and less story focused.

[DrewJoseph]

Posted: 4/2/23 at 12:36pm

Does anyone know if Lea and Ramin do saturday matinees?

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/2/23 at 1:13pm

DrewJoseph said: "Does anyone know if Lea and Ramin do saturday matinees?"

Yes, here -  https://funnygirlonbroadway.com/

 

One final extension! Barring an unforeseen absence, Ms. Michele is scheduled to perform seven shows a week now through September 3rd, 2023! She will not be performing on Thursday evenings. The marvelous Julie Benko will perform as Fanny on Thursday evenings.

There are otherwise a handful of changes to this schedule in 2023:

Ms. Michele will not perform the 8pm show on Wednesday April 26th.

Ms. Michele will perform on Thursday 5/11 at 7pm
Ms. Michele will perform on Sunday 5/14 at 2pm
Ms. Michele will not perform on Sunday 5/14 at 7:30pm

Ms. Michele will not perform June 5th through June 11th

Ms. Michele will not perform on Monday 7/3 at 7pm
Ms. Michele will not perform on Sunday 7/23 at 2pm

Ms. Michele will not perform August 18th through August 20th

Also note - Ramin Karimloo will not perform Sunday April 30th through Sunday May 7th and again June 27th through July 17th. Tovah Feldshuh will not perform June 27th through July 13th, July 28th through 30th and August 17th through August 23rd.

Otherwise, we can confirm that all of our other principals remain scheduled to perform all eight (8) performances a week barring an unforeseen absence.

[DrewJoseph]

Posted: 4/3/23 at 1:13pm

Thank you! Just got myself some tickets!

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 1:10pm

Lea Michele on the show being filmed: "We're hoping we can make that happen."

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 1:18pm

Her iconic performance should be filmed and seen by everyone. Love. 

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 4/4/23 at 4:32pm

"Her iconic performance should be filmed and seen by everyone. Love. "

I agree, that would be awesome.

[sparklingtonic2]

Posted: 4/8/23 at 2:57pm

My husband and I saw Lea in December. We were completely blown away by her and the whole cast. It was easily one of my top three live theater performances of all time. I thought I knew this story backward and forward (from many repeat viewings of the movie, starting from when I was in junior high 40 years ago). But Lea, Ramin, Tovah, and the rest of the cast made it all seem new. I knew Lea was a great singer, but I had no idea she was also a brilliant dramatic actress. I was completely swept up in the story as I saw her Fanny evolve from being a dreamy kid to a heartbroken star. Wow!!! As a side note, I  was also really happy that the audience didn’t interrupt her singing too much with applause (though, of course, we all went wild at the appropriate times). As the show ended, I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house.

Before our trip to NY to see the show, I thought we’d want to watch the movie after we got home. (My husband has never seen it.) However, I found I didn’t want anything to interfere with my memory of the show. We are now on our way back to NY to see it a second time.

 If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out! You won’t regret it.

 

[Dolly80]

Posted: 4/8/23 at 6:19pm

So no stories of ales behaving badly backstage? I’m so disappointed !

She looked totally miserable and I engaged when they did a Broadway Cares speech during the bows the other day. And was chewing gum- which is pretty unprofessional.

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 4/8/23 at 6:37pm

Just watched a 2016 episode of "Who Do You Think You Are" featuring Lea.  This part of her history focused on her father's immigrant family.  Somewhat confusing, a bit sad, but ultimately uplifting.  I have never understood the unfounded nastiness that has been directed at Lea, including on this website.  My regret is that I likely will not ever see her perform in person.  She is a good woman from a good family.  Lea's ancestors would be proud of her.  I wish Lea Michele continued success and happiness.

[Piparoo]

Posted: 4/8/23 at 6:47pm

Dolly80 said: "She looked totally miserable and I engaged when they did a Broadway Cares speech during the bows the other day. And was chewing gum- which is pretty unprofessional."

I was left with a similar impression of her a couple of weeks ago. A technically stunning singing performance but I was left feeling cold. She was chewing gum at the curtain call too, which is a no no in front of an audience.

[binau]

Posted: 4/8/23 at 6:47pm

Well I would suggest her alleged behaviour goes further than ‘unfounded’ given the multiple reports from her colleagues. However, I think people should be able to change and it seems unnecessarily/nasty for people to keep hounding her over things that probably happened 10+ years ago. If things start again with Funny Girl then perhaps the conversation can be reopened. Until then, we all need to ‘Move On’. 

[Penna2]

Posted: 4/8/23 at 7:05pm

Piparoo said: "Dolly80 said: "She looked totally miserable and I engaged when they did a Broadway Cares speech during the bows the other day. And was chewing gum- which is pretty unprofessional."

I was left with a similar impression of her a couple of weeks ago. A technically stunning singing performance but I was left feeling cold. She was chewing gum at the curtain call too, which is a no no in front of an audience."

The performance might have been due to her continued concern about her son's health. I don't know about the chewing gum at a curtain call. She complained about being sick herself, so could have been for her throat. Not sure when she could get a stick of gum into her mouth and start chewing after the finale, but I wasn't there. None of the videos of the curtain call showing up on YT have her chewing gum or doing anything but smiling and thanking people.

If that's the best you can do to criticize her, maybe she truly has changed the behavior that got her into trouble 10 years ago.