Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31 — Page 17

It's quite telling that Jane Lynch has refused to do even one week with Michele. Those performances would have likely sold out immediately.

What could be the problem? After all, they worked together on "Glee."

 

Already talk of potential lawsuits, and they may well be right.

But ultimately, BF may be better off. This FG is a threadbare fiasco anyway.

shocktheatre said: "Already talk of potential lawsuits, and they may well be right.

But ultimately, BF may be better off. This FG is a threadbare fiasco anyway."

Talk from who?

Will they play a bootleg of Beanie's Don't Rain On My Parade for the jury to determine if she was untalented enough to warrant firing?

Well, in addition to a previous message on THIS board, over on ATC there's a post that contains a tweet from Adam Feldman (TIme Out New York) that definitely suggests this is not going to be a smooth ride for anyone concerned.

FYI, the tweet:

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.

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "https://radaronline.com/p/beanie-feldstein-fired-broadway-funny-girl-lea-michele/?fbclid=IwAR2ki8hbcnXDVNH0B3AdA9BDGXki3BmTOK4-Tsikas309ynWY2mIiRXZu4Q"

Not gonna give too much weight to Radar Online if they can't even get the name of the show right. "Funny Gal"???

• Who is Amber Ardalino?

Someone posted, sarcastically: "You can be a bully and still be cast in a big Broadway show."

This show isn't big. Don't fret.

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "There is a British theatre vlogger by the name "Mickey Jo Theatre". Here are his thoughts on his whole Funny Girl drama.https://youtu.be/OajlBpAdj5I"

Highly recommend all his videos even if you haven't seen a show.

If we’re being honest, producers most likely asked Lynch to extend so they could market her and Michele together as a Glee reunion, but Lynch has been pretty clear from before the drama that she only likes short theatre stints. Yes, it could have been fun for the two to be onstage for 2 weeks, but then Michele is getting used to her role almost like Previews, and then Tovah would replace Lynch and she would be getting used to the show… I think they knew they either wanted Lynch to extend or Tovah and Lea to start at the same time. Now maybe if they had gotten Amber Riley, Lynch would have chosen to extend. I don’t know the answer to that. But the point is, neither does anyone else.

Sally Durant Plummer writes: "If we’re being honest, producers most likely asked Lynch to extend so they could market her and Michele together as a Glee reunion, but Lynch has been pretty clear from before the drama that she only likes short theatre stints. Yes, it could have been fun for the two to be onstage for 2 weeks, but then Michele is getting used to her role almost like Previews, and then Tovah would replace Lynch and she would be getting used to the show… I think they knew they either wanted Lynch to extend or Tovah and Lea to start at the same time. Now maybe if they had gotten Amber Riley, Lynch would have chosen to extend. I don’t know the answer to that. But the point is, neither does anyone else."

Anything is possible, but c'mon. Lynch does NOT want to work with Michele even for a DAY. I can't imagine why.