princess 1,710 Report post Posted July 11, 2022 Lea Michele taking over for Beanie Feldstein in ‘Funny Girl’ on Broadway By Nicki Gostin July 11, 2022 | 1:05pm https://pagesix.com/2022/07/11/lea-michele-taking-over-for-beanie-feldstein-in-funny-girl-on-broadway/ I seem to remember her going after this role was a blind item, but I couldn't find it in my searches. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoyaheel 1,874 Report post Posted July 12, 2022 How blind could it be - she's been audtioning publicly for it her entire life. The switch from Beanie to Lea is a little messy, no matter how you slice it. Beanie was going to be great, more like the real Fanny. But she can't do the songs. (ironically, apparently the real Fanny Brice wouldn't be able to either) Her reviews weren't great, sales slumped, it sucked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
princess 1,710 Report post Posted December 20, 2022 ‘Funny Girl’ With Lea Michele Breaks a Broadway Box Office Record https://variety.com/2022/legit/news/funny-girl-lea-michele-broadway-box-office-record-1235466230/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoyaheel 1,874 Report post Posted December 21, 2022 She was always so try hard - not sure what happened, whose advice finally got through, but I think Lea Michele has handled this extremely well. It was very messy, but she's triumphed - and she leaned in to the twitter jokes etc. Instead of getting all pissy about it. Which I appreciate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites