Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31- Page 14

[VintageSnarker]

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.

 

[Sally Durant Plummer]

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.

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 2:44pm

taragel2 said: "Wonder if they'll add My Man for Lea?"

 

Please, yes!  

 

[fbueller]

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]

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?

[Call_me_jorge]

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.”

[Robbie2]

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

[laporms]

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. 

[Demitri2]

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]

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.

[ACL2006]

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.

[RippedMan]

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. 

 

[Blockhead24]

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]

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.  

[CarlosAlberto]

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. 

[Robbie2]

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!

[JBroadway]

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]

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. 

[TaffyDavenport]

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.

[broadwaybabywannabe2]

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]

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]

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!

[Sally Durant Plummer]

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.)

[ElephantLoveMedley]

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? 

[CarlosAlberto]

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....