Lea Michele as Fanny - Funny Girl — Page 77

That’s how the show should of ended. Glad everyone can finally move on. Now bring on Cabaret and those prices

Lea was such a thrill in this show. Will be talking and rehashing this production for ages. I love moments in theater that give us so much to talk about and discuss. The clips from today are giving me goosebumps.

It really sucks they didn't do a proshot. Not only because of Lea's out of this world Fanny, but also because of the fantastic performances from Ramin, Tovah and Jared. It's amazing how it all came together to perfection after the horrible misfire at the beginning and this cast should be preserved. It took them over 60 years to revive this, God knows how long till the next one.

This is the math major in me, I guess, but I would love to know how many performances Lea, Julie and Beanie each ultimately performed. I would imagine that, by the end, Julie may have performed more performances than Beanie. A piece of trivia admittedly, but interesting to know.

I can't believe this show is done... these boards will be a lot quieter now :)

In all seriousness, Lea Michele's showbiz comeback story with this is one for the ages. This show could (& did) go wrong so many times and she (along with Julie as I already mentioned) saved it and Lea saved her reputation in the process too. I wonder how this would have played out if she had been Fanny from the beginning. I'm not sure the narrative would have propelled it to run for as long as it did. Congrats also to Tovah and especially Jared and Ramin, who went through all the craziness along with Julie. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I can't wait to read the book on this revival in a few years.

Mr. Wormwood said: "I can't believe this show is done... these boards will be a lot quieter now :)

In all seriousness, Lea Michele's showbiz comeback story with this is one for the ages. This show could (& did) go wrong so many times and she (along with Julie as I already mentioned) saved it and Lea saved her reputation in the process too. I wonder how this would have played out if she had been Fanny from the beginning. I'm not sure the narrative would have propelled it to run for as long as it did. Congrats also to Tovah and especially Jared and Ramin, who went through all the craziness along with Julie. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I can't wait to read the book on this revival in a few years."

It will only be one for the ages depending on where she goes from here.

I'm not sure what she does in the future has any bearing on this performance being "one for the ages."

Jarethan said: "This is the math major in me, I guess, but I would love to know how many performances Lea, Julie and Beanie each ultimately performed. I would imagine that, by the end, Julie may have performed more performances than Beanie. A piece of trivia admittedly, but interesting to know."

According to Julie's Insta, she did 182 shows as Fanny

Beanie was in the show from March 26 to July 31 (according to ibdb.com). So she did the show for 20 weeks -- with an absolute perfect attendance record, which she didn't have due to COVID, at best she'd have 160.

There was a wedding in there somewhere.

I think with Beanie it comes down to perception and the whole atmosphere surrounding the show at the time. People were already hesitant on her when they announced her. The lack of live performances on talk shows and that staged promo video only started making people sharpen their knives. The negativity increased all throughout the previews, then the critics reviews, then the wedding shortly after opening night, then people discovering Julie was superior, then the COVID, flop Tony awards, online rumors, and finally the announcement she was leaving, and Lea was coming. Towards the end it felt like she cracked under all the pressure and was out on and off a bit. That snowball just kept getting bigger so it's no wonder people look back and can't figure out what her attendance was really like.

In the end we have to be thankful to her because she was pretty much the sole reason this revival happened on Broadway at all. Remember it all happened because of a childhood dream and friends with very deep pockets with millions to burn. It took pure nepotism to make it happen. Otherwise, fans would still be crying today why after over sixty years there still isn't a Funny Girl revival.

I'm sure one day someone will write a book about all this, and we'll learn it was even crazier than we thought.

Updated On: 9/4/23 at 01:00 PM

Ensemble1686998462 said: "I think with Beanie it comes down to perception and the whole atmosphere surrounding the show at the time. People were already hesitant on her when they announced her. The lack of live performances on talk shows and that staged promo video only started making people sharpen their knives. The negativity increased all throughout the previews, then the critics reviews, then the wedding shortly after opening night, then people discovering Julie was superior, then the COVID, flop Tony awards, online rumors, and finally the announcement she was leaving, and Lea was coming.Towards the end it felt like she cracked under all the pressure and was out on and off a bit. That snowball just kept getting bigger so it's no wonder people look back and can't figure out what her attendance was really like.

In the end we have to be thankful to her because she was pretty much the sole reason this revival happened on Broadway at all. Remember it all happened because of a childhood dream and friends with very deep pockets with millions to burn. It took pure nepotism to make it happen. Otherwise, fans would still be crying today why after over sixty years there still isn't a Funny Girl revival.

I'm sure one day someone will write a book about all this, and we'll learn it was even crazier than we thought."

Agree with all of this.