Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31- Page 16

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:09pm

I just HOPE it leads to protests so that we can actually see people screaming about Lea Michele being, at worst, not a nice person, with the MJ marquee in the background.

HAHAHAHAHAA. What exciting dreams you have while sleeping! Cute, though. 

[themick2]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:16pm

So...hold up.  Let me get this straight.

Michele announces to an entire crew that she is going to defecate in a Black co-star's wig.

Black co-star doesn't wear a wig...?

If not, then yes this is a racist statement as the assumption that her co-star's Black hair isn't "real" somehow or that Black women automatically wear wigs.  Equally aggressive as White women are rather prone to weird attitudes about Black hair. 

So how is this not racist?

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:20pm

Props to Ware if that was her natural hair on Glee. I want her hair care products.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:24pm

So the BWW team is deleting any post (this one too, I’m very sure) bringing up Lea’s past dealing with race? Not cool, BWW. 

[themick2]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:26pm

It's ridiculous. 

As I said before, it's going to be interesting to see how the mods are going to handle the L** M******* criticism as they are so reactionary on the matter. 

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:27pm

Shhhhh, don't say Patti Murin.

[themick2]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:29pm

Or Chad Kimball...

[David10086]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:29pm

themick2 said: ""A Broadway insider tells us that producers were planning on making the announcement on Monday – but Feldstein, 29, beat them to the punch when she posted on Sunday evening."



And this "blindsided" them?? Page Six needs clicks, y'all."

Looks like Beanie took a page out of Star Jones' playbook.  Remember back in the summer of 2006 when Star Jones blindsided Barbara Walters on her own show ("The View" when she said, "After much prayer and consideration, I've decided I will not be returning to 'The View' next season," and then explained the show was taking on a new direction which she didn't want to be a part of (Rosie O'Donnell was to be announced as moderator).  And that was the end of Star Jones on the show - Walters told her she was terminated when the show ended. 

 

After that show, Walters insisted she didn't know Jones was going to 'pull that stunt'. She then said it wasn't Star's decision to leave - the ratings were starting to fall, and viewers said they were tuning out because of Star. She was fired from the show. 

 

So I wonder if Fierstein will make a statement once Beanie is gone, and say it wasn't her decision to leave, and he was surprised she pulled a stunt like that ?  I wonder if he will let her finish off the next two weeks ? 

[Ke3]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:35pm

ElephantLoveMedley said: "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?

"

It's six dates of a City Winery tour. It's not like she's a pop star doing extensive dates and an intensive show. She's singing with a small band to crowds of a few hundred at best. Somehow I doubt it'll be much of an issue.

[themick2]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:39pm

So the posts saying Lea's actions are definitely not racist stay up but the one's that question that maybe they are are immediately deleted?

BWW Thought Police, comin' at ya!

[Larry6417]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:40pm

CarlosAlberto said: "God believes in second chances and so should we.

Unless of course you're an atheist.

..or soulless, or both.

No comment. Just stop with the attacks.
 

[themick2]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:42pm

So the posts that claim that Michele's actions are definitely not racist and Ware is somehow unhinged are left untouched but the posts that question whether Michele's actions are in fact racist are deleted.

This is White supremacy.  Good work mods!

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 5:46pm

You gotta keep refreshing this thread to get the juice, hunny. I'm eating popcorn over here.

[OhHiii]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 6:06pm

Larry6417 said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Never going to work on Broadway again, what a mess"

It's clear that this production is not what Ms. Beanie expected. Bad reviews of the production and bad performance reviews that many times were too kind to Ms Feldstein's performance.

You bring back FUNNY GIRL (finally) and cast Beanie Feldstein??!!??!!

Didn't anyone see her in HELLO DOLLY? A waaaaaaay over-the-top performance, even for a character that is over-the-top. I was so happy when I saw DOLLY a second time and Beanie was out.

It was a poor decision to put an truly "untested" actor in a stage performance of this magnitude.

Lea Michelle having been "passed over" for the original casting is now going to make more $$$$ than if she opened the damn thing. Let's just hope she plays nice in the sandbox. If this doesn't work then neither will she ever again."

Never agreed with a comment on this board more. 

 

[JasonC3]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 6:11pm

well this thread is turning out to be quite the dumpster fire at times

[joevitus]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 6:12pm

Bette's Turban said: "joevitus said: "Bette's Turban said: "joevitus said: "Schmergo2 said: "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."

She paid for that. Buying a slot on the show when Beanie wasn't nominated was her audition as replacement. It's worked."

Nonsense."

Any number of people here have said she paid for that spot herself. It was her "See how I can work well with people? Remember how talented I am? And don't you need a new Fanny?" moment. It worked.



Nonsense."

It's there in the thread on the Tony's.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 6:15pm

David10086 said: "So I wonder if Fierstein will make a statement once Beanie is gone, and say it wasn't her decision to leave, and he was surprised she pulled a stunt like that ? I wonder if he will let her finish off the next two weeks ?"

WTF does Fierstein have to do with any of this?!  He’s not a producer of the show, his only involvement is revising the book of the revival.  Why in Hell would he even bother to get involved and issue any statement?  It’s not his production.  He’s just part of the creative team.  Jane Lynch would have more reason to issue a statement than Fierstein.  

[joevitus]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 6:16pm

Auggie27 said: "Dames’s notes are all spot on. I’d also ask that “Music That Makes Me Dance” be restored as a simple Follies number. It’s a ravishing song for a skilled singer and currently handled like something in Ken Russell’s Boyfriend movie."

It's The Boy Friend. And it's a pretty terrific movie. 

[joevitus]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 6:32pm

Robbie2 said: "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!"

LOL, considering who's replacing her.

[joevitus]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 6:36pm

CarlosAlberto said: "People are entitled to their feelings,. Is it going to change anything - not one bit. Will it effect the show's box office, we shall see.

It is what it is.

If I personally felt this much vitriol for a person I certainly wouldn't let them effect me to the point that I am wasting my energy going on the internet to trash them cuz in my book they are just not that important.

Lea Michele is obviously running around rent free in some people's heads."

As apparently does Beanie for many people here. 

[Kad]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 6:52pm

This is a lot of drama for a mediocre production of a mediocre show that will, in all likelihood, be closed by next spring. 

[shocktheatre]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 7:08pm

Such drama over a crappy show.

[Matt Rogers]

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

Sutton Ross said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Never going to work on Broadway again, what a mess"

Let's hope so. It was cute that people on here were like "SHE IS A STAR AND HER VOICE WILL BE AMAZING WITH VOICE LESSONS AND BLAH BLAH BLAHHHHHHHHHH".

What a huge lesson everyone involved in the production of Funny Girl has learned.

NEXT!"

Gloat much? 

[shocktheatre]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 7:12pm

BrodyFosse: "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."  

It may well be the event show, but most likely not for the reasons you cite. You thought BF got bashed? Fasten your seat belts. Lea has quite a lot of doodies in her water closet.

[Azúcar!]

Posted: 7/11/22 at 7:28pm

Kad said: "This is a lot of drama for a mediocre production of a mediocre show that will, in all likelihood, be closed by next spring."

People love drama .  BTW.. this Lea better bring it.  That’s all.