Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31 — Page 58

Over an hour later and only the petition creator has signed this. Groovy.  

Highland Guy said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "Over an hour later and only the petition creator has signed this. Groovy.

ALWAYS THE BULLY"

And to add to it, they couldn’t even bother to spell Lea’s last name correctly.  Oy!

Updated On: 8/27/22 at 06:05 PM

I finally saw this last night. Julie Benko, Jeremiah James, and Liz McCartney were absolutely wonderful. The entire cast was. That being said, the set was atrocious and I the book (especially in act two) dragged and dragged. I don't know if I'm in the minority here or not, but I think I would've rather seen the show performed as originally written without the additions of "Temporary Arrangement" and "Funny Girl". The staging was also puzzling - and I'm puzzled to hear that they've been making changes, yet have kept things in that genuinely do not work (such as the ladder in Greatest Star). Overall, I'm very happy to have seen it - and even more happy that I got to see Julie Benko play Fanny. 

smallworld said: "I finally saw this last night. Julie Benko, Jeremiah James, and Liz McCartney were absolutely wonderful. The entire cast was. That being said, the set was atrocious and I the book (especially in act two) dragged and dragged. I don't know if I'm in the minority here or not, but I think I would've rather seen the show performed as originally written without the additions of "Temporary Arrangement" and "Funny Girl". The staging was also puzzling - and I'm puzzled to hear that they've been making changes, yet have kept things in that genuinely do not work (such as the ladder in Greatest Star). Overall, I'm very happy to have seen it - and even more happy that I got to see Julie Benko play Fanny."

I saw the same performance - my second watch (after seeing Beanie back in April).  I thought Julie was delightful as Fanny.  Jeremiah was good, but there was very little chemistry between him and Julie - though I fault the terrible book for that more than the two performers.  

Julie's final scene is an emotional journey - one that I'm glad I had a chance to watch.  Interested to see how Lea stacks up by comparison - I'll find out in October.

I think last night confirmed that my problem with this production was not just Beanie's inconsistent performance (she did have her good moments, though).  The book is terrible (even as revised), the production feels cheap, and the direction is terrible.  Which is a shame, because the cast -- especially that ensemble -- is putting 110% into this show.

Jimmyb1969 said: "Producers enough already! Put the damn song in and give the audience what they want!"

Who says this is what audiences want? Because some rabid stans online keep saying they want it?

Bette's Turban said: "I see the Eve Harrington discussion has made it to social media. It will be part of the Julie Benko folklore forever . Not necessarily a bad thing. Oh .. and read the comments in the morning show feature. "

Please provide links.  I see nothing anywhere of any of the stuff you’re mentioning.  What morning show feature?  

Bette's Turban said: "I see the Eve Harrington discussion has made it to social media. It will be part of the Julie Benko folklore forever . Not necessarily a bad thing. Oh .. and read the comments in the morning show feature"

 

First you create a thread to trash Diana Ross.  And now you join a thread to do the same for Julie Benko.  Interesting.

Updated On: 8/28/22 at 02:07 PM

Emma_Pillsbury said: "This Eve Harrington narrative being projected onto Julie Benko is grossly unfair and vicious"

There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of performers on Broadway who have understudy or standby assignments. They work very hard and often graduate to playing the role they’re understudying full time, so that hard work pays off. There is nothing uncommon about them sharing their experiences and updates in social media

Comparing Julie’s journey to Eve Harrington’s is comparing all working understudies to Eve Harrington, and they all deserve better than to be compared to a sycophantic, unscrupulous climber. 

RippedMan said: "pmensky said: "Emma_Pillsbury said: "This Eve Harrington narrative being projected onto Julie Benko is grossly unfair and vicious"

There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of performers on Broadway who have understudy or standby assignments. They work very hard and often graduate to playing the role they’re understudying full time, so that hard work pays off. There is nothing uncommon about them sharing their experiences and updates in social media

Comparing Julie’s journey to Eve Harrington’s is comparing all working understudies to Eve Harrington, and they all deserve better than to be compared to a sycophantic, unscrupulous climber."

Exactly. Wild to me to diss someone for self promoting on social media. Clearly people don't understand how the business works."

Or maybe they understand it much better than you do?   

alovingfan said: "RippedMan said: "pmensky said: "Emma_Pillsbury said: "This Eve Harrington narrative being projected onto Julie Benko is grossly unfair and vicious"

There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of performers on Broadway who have understudy or standby assignments. They work very hard and often graduate to playing the role they’re understudying full time, so that hard work pays off. There is nothing uncommon about them sharing their experiences and updates in social media

Comparing Julie’s journey to Eve Harrington’s is comparing all working understudies to Eve Harrington, and they all deserve better than to be compared to a sycophantic, unscrupulous climber."

Exactly. Wild to me to diss someone for self promoting on social media. Clearly people don't understand how the business works."

Or maybe they understand it much better than you do?"

By all means, please explain it to me wise one.