{"id":160161,"date":"2022-07-11T18:03:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T18:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=160161"},"modified":"2022-07-11T18:03:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T18:03:25","slug":"lea-michele-is-broadways-new-funny-girl-beanie-feldstein-replacement-will-be-joined-by-tovah-feldshuh-as-co-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/lea-michele-is-broadways-new-funny-girl-beanie-feldstein-replacement-will-be-joined-by-tovah-feldshuh-as-co-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Lea Michele Is Broadway’s New ‘Funny Girl’; Beanie Feldstein Replacement Will Be Joined By Tovah Feldshuh As Co-Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

As expected, or at least widely rumored, Lea Michele is Broadway’s new Funny Girl<\/em>, taking over the coveted role of Fanny Brice from the departing Beanie Feldstein. Tovah Feldshuh will take the role of Mrs. Brice after Jane Lynch leaves the production.<\/p>\n

Michele, best known as a star of TV’s Glee<\/em> and Broadway’s Spring Awakening<\/em>, and Feldshuh (Yentl, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend<\/em>) will join Funny Girl<\/em> at the August Wilson Theatre beginning Tuesday, September 6. Ramin Karimloo will continue as Nick Arnstein, as will Tony nominee Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan. Producers confirmed the casting today.<\/p>\n

Feldstein’s standby Julie Benko will perform the title role from Tuesday, August 2 through Sunday, September 4, and will play the part on Thursdays beginning September 8. Lynch will remain in her role as Mrs. Brice through September 4.<\/p>\n

Feldstein made the surprise announcement last night that she’d be leaving the show on July 31, two months before her expected September 25 departure – which itself was earlier than the end-of-the-year date initially expected. Feldstein has missed numerous performances in recent weeks, at least in part due to Covid.<\/p>\n

In her Instagram post last night, Feldstein said she made the decision to leave at the end of July after “the production decided to take the show in a difference direction.” She did not elaborate on the new direction, and producers have not commented on the matter.<\/p>\n

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Broadway’s rumor mill and theater Twitter has been buzzing in recent weeks with speculation that Michele – who has made no secret of her long-held desire to play Fanny – would join the production as producers hoped to reinvigorate tickets sales.<\/p>\n

Though Funny Girl<\/em> routinely topped the $1 million mark in weekly box office early in its run this past spring, lackluster reviews and no Tony nominations for Feldstein, Lynch or the show itself contributed to a steady erosion in attendance. The most recent available box office figures (for the week ending July 3) indicate that only 75% of seats were filled, with a gross of $743,213 well below the earlier $1 million-plus highs.<\/p>\n

Michele, who played Rachel Berry on Glee<\/em>, made her Broadway debut at 8 years old as Young Cosette in Les Misérables<\/em>. She also appeared in Ragtime <\/em>and Fiddler on the Roof<\/em> before originating the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening<\/em>. She recently reprised that role for the 15th anniversary of the production with the original cast in a one-night-only reunion concert benefiting The Actors Fund, a reunion chronicled in the HBO docuseries Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known.<\/em><\/p>\n

Feldshuh’s Broadway credits include Cyrano, Yentl, Saravá!, Lend Me a Tenor, Golda’s Balcony, Irena’s Vow <\/em>and Pippin<\/em>, and has extensive credits in TV and film.<\/p>\n

Benko has garnered considerable attention lately with her standby performances in Funny Girl<\/em>. She’s also appeared on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof <\/em>and Les Misérables<\/em> and the national tour of Spring Awakening<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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