Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:10am
Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31 — Page 9
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:10am
I just heard that whoever is coming in has already been rehearsing for about 2 weeks now. Curious if it’s another Lainie Kazan/Michelle Lee/SEESAW situation where Lainie was performing the show while behind-closed-doors Michelle Lee was rehearsing to replace her unbeknownst to Kazan.
Da plot thickens. ![]()
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:10am
Hmm, the cat may be out of the bag? A theatre critic says it's Lea and Tovah Feldshuh (which kinda makes me wish it was Rachel Bloom in for Beanie instead! CEG reunion!):
Chris Jones @ChrisJonesTrib
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Lea Michele and Tovah Feldshuh, no less, are joining the Broadway cast of the "Funny Girl" revival in September. Beginning Sept. 6. Beanie Feldstein exits July 31. It's like the Boris Johnson affair.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:16am
Oh God, Tovah? Get ready for the most self indulgent and serious Mrs. Brice you’ve ever seen.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:16am
Beginning 9/6, prices go up and the discount code no longer works.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:16am
If Chris Jones' information is correct, is Jane Lynch leaving earlier than 9/25?
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:19am
The production may be planning on closing for a month before re-opening in September? Would make sense if they want to re-tool some things for Lea. (Not heard anywhere, just speculation)
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:23am
Synecdoche2 said: "Looks like the production may be planning on closing for a month before re-opening in September? Would make sense if they want to re-tool some things for Lea."
Where on earth are you seeing that?
If they have Jane Lynch, they might as well put Benko on for the month of August. It is possible to retool things in rehearsals and implement them into the show once Lea joins, or take off half a week of performances to implement new design elements and do some new teching.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:26am
Interesting. I thought of Tovah a couple weeks ago when the casting of Lea was rumored, but I figured she was too old. She won’t take any cr*p backstage, that’s for sure.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:30am
Beanie is slated to appear on The Tonight Show this Wednesday. This was scheduled before the sky started falling on the production.
Wonder if she'll still appear. Would be quite the hot seat!
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:32am
Jordan Catalano said: "Oh God, Tovah? Get ready for the most self indulgent and serious Mrs. Brice you’ve ever seen."
Ugh, did they try Fran??
Heck, I’d even take Rosie’s mugging and horrific signing voice, lol.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:33am
StylishCynic said: "Beanie is slated to appear on The Tonight Show this Wednesday. This was scheduled before the sky started falling on the production. Wonder if she'll still appear. Would be quite the hot seat!"
I don't see her booked for the Tonight Show, but Late Night with Seth Meyers is running a rerun of her previous appearance in June.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:34am
Chris Jones’ tweet has been deleted.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:36am
taragel2 said: "Hmm, the cat may be out of the bag? A theatre critic says it's Lea and Tovah Feldshuh (which kinda makes me wish it was Rachel Bloom in for Beanie instead! CEG reunion!):
Chris Jones@ChrisJonesTrib
3m
Lea Michele and Tovah Feldshuh, no less, are joining the Broadway cast of the "Funny Girl" revival in September. Beginning Sept. 6. Beanie Feldstein exits July 31. It's like the Boris Johnson affair."
I wonder if someone told him to take it down as I don't see it on his feed.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:37am
StylishCynic said: "Beanie is slated to appear on The Tonight Show this Wednesday. This was scheduled before the sky started falling on the production.
Wonder if she'll still appear. Would be quite the hot seat!"
As stated above, it's Seth Meyers not The Tonight Show. And it's a rerun.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:40am
This is such a mess.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:46am
Oh God, Tovah? Get ready for the most self indulgent and serious Mrs. Brice you’ve ever seen.
Smirks for everyone!!!
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:48am
This whole thing is such a mess. Just when I think it couldn't get messier, it does. Lord.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:49am
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:52am
"It's like the Boris Johnson affair."![]()
Posted: 7/11/22 at 11:56am
pmensky said: "NEVER FOREGET"
The horror. The horror.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 12:01pm
pmensky said: "NEVER FOREGET"
Fix it, Jesus.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 12:07pm
Adding salt to the wound, I was watching ABC this morning, and they played an ad with pull quotes praising Beanie. It just seems so awkward now. I do feel bad because she was good in Hello, Dolly! But, I realize Minnie Fay and Fanny Brice are not in the same category as far as roles go.
Posted: 7/11/22 at 12:14pm
If it’s Tovah and they have a new opening night, I hope she wears underwear on the red carpet and doesn’t decide to show off her “bits”. #neverforget #traumatized
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