Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31- Page 14
Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#325Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 2:39pm
BrodyFosse123 said: "RippedMan said: "Lynch was always going to leave around that time, so no tea there.
But this will be fabulous. Too bad the actual production is still the same, ha."
Creative team is restructuring the show and new costumes and choreography are being designed. They’re readdressing the issues and trying to salvage this revival."
Yes, please. The costumes were terrible across the board, but they did not know how to dress Beanie's body type and it shows when you put the same costumes on the standby/understudy. Too bad they can't fix the set.
#326Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 2:40pm
It's kind of a persistence game, isn't it? If you refuse to go away, you're not really canceled. There's a clear line that cannot be crossed, but before that it's a publicity game.
An interesting idea to explore theoretically, though it would need a much better script than Bitter Wheat or whatever that Mamet rag was called.
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
#327Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 2:44pm
taragel2 said: "Wonder if they'll add My Man for Lea?"
Please, yes!
Non sibi sed patriae
fbueller
Leading Actor Joined: 9/30/07
#328Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 2:53pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Jane now leaving early is VERY telling."
Jane was worried Lea would s*&! in her wig backstage.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#329Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 2:56pm
https://pagesix.com/2022/07/11/funny-girl-producers-blindsided-by-beanie-feldsteins-exit/?_ga=2.953649.1416663343.1657565674-186184914.1584428777
Also, where does it say Jane is leaving early?
#330Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 2:58pm
Bottom of the second paragraph in the BWW article:
“Lynch now remain with the production only through Labor Day. Tovah Feldshuh will take over the role of Mrs. Brice on September 6th.”
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#331Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:06pm
No Longer 'Funny,' Beanie Feldstein is Gone, Girl The star of Broadway's Funny Girl revival has pulled out about two months earlier than expected.
At ‘Funny Girl,’ Lea Michele is in, Beanie Feldstein is out
https://jezebel.com/no-longer-funny-beanie-feldstein-is-gone-girl-1849163772
https://apnews.com/article/lea-michele-beanie-feldstein-funny-girl-cae00c103e25a2eeccd4ab6242a4eb34
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
laporms
Chorus Member Joined: 8/18/20
#332Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:13pm
Is there a reason there isn't a new thread for Lea Michele? I was expecting to see one with 9,000 replies to the casting news.
#333Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:13pm
Geez. For me, the backstage story behind this disaster is more interesting than the show itself. Most GLEE viewers have already heard Lea sing several FUNNY GIRL songs on the series and she was just fine. And it seems she too desperately wanted to do the show even if she didn't dress up like Fanny for her third birthday. I think her long-established determination to play the role will be evident in her performance.
Just saw this in the other room concerning another cast replacement. The poster was curious if she'll show her panties during "Who Taught Her Everything She Know" as she did in this clip below..
https://youtu.be/L1z3HYsl_Fc
soxboy22
Understudy Joined: 4/19/22
#334Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:16pm
I asked earlier how Beanie would make it to July 31. Now I’m wondering if she’ll make it to tomorrow night.
#335Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:18pm
Broadway isn't exactly happy about this news. Check.Twitter and IG, lots of.people, including current actors, are.voicing their disdain.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#336Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:29pm
Sally Durant Plummer said: "jacobsnchz14 said: "Yes, I’m online today. Yes, I see y’all. Yes, I care. Yes, im affected. Yes, I’m human. Yes, I’m Black. Yes, I was abused. Yes, my dreams were tainted. Yes, Broadway upholds whiteness. Yes, Hollywood does the same. Yes, silence is complicity. Yes, I’m loud. Yes, I’d do it again.
https://twitter.com/sammie_ware/status/1546561221716893696"
Who is this?
I think this is the girl that called her out for the Black Lives Matter stuff.
But, in fairness, you can't say casting her as Fanny is upholding whiteness. It's just the character.
#337Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:32pm
BCfitasafiddle said: "This is gonna be a money making BIG FAT hit with the star quality to really back it up. This is what it should've been like when the production was announced. Julie Benko is a star and I am thrilled she gets to be THE STAR for 5 weeks and has guaranteed performances every week. Lea has a one in a lifetime voice. This is history in the making."
This is a joke right
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#338Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:36pm
Based on the buzz this news is generating AND the fair amount of enthusiastic reaction this looks to indeed be the event show of the Fall.
#339Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:36pm
So, I guess the two miscast performers are on their way out to roles they are more appropriate for. Best of luck to both of them.
#340Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:39pm
RippedMan said: "https://pagesix.com/2022/07/11/funny-girl-producers-blindsided-by-beanie-feldsteins-exit/?_ga=2.953649.1416663343.1657565674-186184914.1584428777
She clearly doesn’t give a s–t,” the insider said of Feldstein, noting that it wasn’t a savvy move to ambush the show’s producers.
That is so true - Beanie only cares about herself and many in the industry- cast are tired of her BS and happy she's done!
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#341Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:50pm
RippedMan said: "But, in fairness, you can't say casting her as Fanny is upholding whiteness. It's just the character."
I think you're misunderstanding the point of that comment. I don't think Ware is commenting on the race of Fanny Brice or the actors that play her. I think it has more to do with whether or not Michele's "comeback" is actually earned, and in light of that, the question of where the priorities lie within the Broadway community.
OhHiii
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/16
#342Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 3:55pm
Robbie2 said: "RippedMan said: "She clearly doesn’t give a s–t,” the insider said of Feldstein, noting that it wasn’t a savvy move to ambush the show’s producers.
That is so true - Beanie only cares about herself and many in the industry- cast are tired of her BS and happy she's done!"
We most certainly have not heard the last of all of this and it's bound to get much uglier. It should have happened long ago and, frankly, Beanie is lucky she wasn't bought out of/released from her contract sooner. Had their advance not been as strong as it was, I bet it would have happened too. She wouldn't have been the first star to leave a show due to things not working. Some amicably, some less so (looking at you, ALW), but it used to be more commonplace.
#343Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 4:00pm
laporms said: "Is there a reason there isn't a new thread for Lea Michele? I was expecting to see one with 9,000 replies to the casting news."
Maybe ElephantLoveMedley can change the thread title.
#344Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 4:02pm
Blockhead24 said: "BCfitasafiddle said: "This is gonna be a money making BIG FAT hit with the star quality to really back it up. This is what it should've been like when the production was announced. Julie Benko is a star and I am thrilled she gets to be THE STAR for 5 weeks and has guaranteed performances every week. Lea has a one in a lifetime voice. This is history in the making."
This is a joke right"
well i for one hope this is no joke...regardless of my liking or not Ms. Michele personally, i have always loved her voice...and this role requires a strong belt, which Lea certainly has...CASE CLOSED!
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#345Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 4:03pm
JBroadway said: "RippedMan said: "But, in fairness, you can't say casting her as Fanny is upholding whiteness. It's just the character."
I think you're misunderstanding the point of that comment.I don't think Ware is commenting on the race of Fanny Brice or the actors that play her. I think it has more to do with whether or not Michele's "comeback" is actually earned, and in light of that, the question of where the priorities lie within the Broadway community.
"
Ah! Touche. Yeah it's interesting. This the first "uncancelling" we've had right?
ElephantLoveMedley
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/21
#346Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 4:05pm
TaffyDavenport said: "laporms said: "Is there a reason there isn't a new thread for Lea Michele? I was expecting to see one with 9,000 replies to the casting news."
Maybe ElephantLoveMedley can change the thread title."
On it!
#347Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 4:09pm
Ah! Touche. Yeah it's interesting. This the first "uncancelling" we've had right?"
Maybe in the Broadway community, but Lea hasn't really been apart of the community for over a decade. People are "uncancelled" all the time. (In reality, they draw criticism or ire online and then do a media tour talking about what's it's like being "cancelled" completely ignoring the fact that they're still regularly being platformed.)
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
ElephantLoveMedley
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/21
#348Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31
Posted: 7/11/22 at 4:10pm
Does anyone know if Lea's plans to join the show on September 6 will jeopardize her upcoming mini-tour this summer? Sounds tricky to rehearse for a massive role while performing in cities that aren't New York three weeks before your debut, though I guess not impossible? 
#349Beanie Feldstein Departing FUNNY GIRL on July 31 (Two Months Earlier Than Originally Announced)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 4:13pm
JBroadway said: "RippedMan said: "But, in fairness, you can't say casting her as Fanny is upholding whiteness. It's just the character."
I think you're misunderstanding the point of that comment.I don't think Ware is commenting on the race of Fanny Brice or the actors that play her. I think it has more to do with whether or not Michele's "comeback" is actually earned, and in light of that, the question of where the priorities lie within the Broadway community.
Ware needs to get over it. She called Michele out on it. Michele addressed it and her career did suffer because of it. Does Ware expect that Michele never, ever work again for the rest of her natural born life for transgressions that happened how many years ago and were already addressed. Seriously?!?!?
Talk about beating dead horses....
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