Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31 — Page 11

When was Jane supposed to leave originally?

Here it is - Hello, Lea Michele and Tovah Feldshuh!!!

https://funnygirlonbroadway.com/

The Funny Girl IG already changed their icon to a Funny Girl logo without Beanie's face.

bwwLA86 said: "I keep thinking about all the merch, the logo, everything. Just a wild ride."

A lot of the merch doesn’t have the art with Beanie’s face, but I have a feeling we’ll be seeing a lot of it at this year’s flea market (if it’s not destroyed lol).

“Michele is often credited as reintroducing the show to an entire generation of musical theatre fans due to her Glee character Rachel Berry's series-long obsession with the show's original star, Barbra Streisand.”

LOLOL.

Jordan Catalano said: "Jane now leaving early is VERY telling."

There’s already rumor that it’s exactly why you think.

Jordan Catalano said: "Jane now leaving early is VERY telling."



I came here to say this very thing!

I wonder if Lea's already hired someone to read the script to her

bryan2 said: "It amazes me that basically Beanie missed approx. a month of performances out of 4 months of shows and they still make excuses for her. She does deserve the criticism because she proved that she cannot sustain what it takes to be a Broadway performer. Her lack of vocal talent is not the only problem. It seems her dedication to her fellow cast members and the ticket paying audiences is sorely lacking, not to mention the people who invested money into this project. There are certain actors who are not meant to be stars of LIVE theater, they can excel in small secondary parts, they can excel on film/tv when they can do ten takes of each line, She has proven to be one of those to me."

Did she ever miss a performance during Dolly? Geez, people are cruel and unforgiving around here.

Having Julie Benko officially take over for Thursdays makes me wonder even more if this was part of Beanie's wanting to leave earlier-- some people speculated that Beanie was leaving early because Lea was available to start in August (despite having her tour), but the one-month gap in between makes me wonder if the production was planning to have Beanie and Julie officially share the role until Lea came on board. I know Beanie has been absent a lot and would probably prefer not to have to do 8 shows a week, but there's a difference between having to call out a lot and hearing people talk about how great her alternate is and how they recommend people see her scheduled shows rather than Beanie.

I am not a Lea Michele fan, but I do think it was very shrewd to have her prominently feature in all that Spring Awakening Anniversary stuff/ Tony performance when Funny Girl didn't feature in the Tonys-- it was very well-timed.

Is there an official press release? I see Benko will play the role until Michele starts.

joevitus said: "bryan2 said: "It amazes me that basically Beanie missed approx. a month of performances out of 4 months of shows and they still make excuses for her. She does deserve the criticism because she proved that she cannot sustain what it takes to be a Broadway performer. Her lack of vocal talent is not the only problem. It seems her dedication to her fellow cast members and the ticket paying audiences is sorely lacking, not to mention the people who invested money into this project. There are certain actors who are not meant to be stars of LIVE theater, they can excel in small secondary parts, they can excel on film/tv when they can do ten takes of each line, She has proven to be one of those to me."

Did she ever miss a performance during Dolly? Geez, people are cruel and unforgiving around here."

She did. And then her other brother passed away and she was off then as well. Lets wish this young lady well. Know one really knows what was going on. I would love a Ryan Murphy miniseries that covers everything with this production. And a main part of the story should be the social media hoopla. With the tik tok so called “content creeators” and the BWW yentas. getting their due.