Category: Broadway
“Funny Girl” Producers Say They Weren’t Blindsided By Beanie Feldstein’s Announcement That She’s Leaving The Show Early
We continue the postmortem on Beanie Feldstein’s departure from Broadway’s Funny Girl revival, which began innocently enough, and has quickly evolved into some major drama (appropriate, considering this all takes place in the theater). Beanie was supposed to wrap her run as the titular funny girl Fanny Brice on September 25th. Recently though, she revealed that producers of the show were going in a direction she wasn’t too thrilled about, and decided that she’d be done at the end of this month. That news broke right as it was revealed that her role would be scooped up by none other than Tinseltown tiny terror Lea Michele. Sources have claimed that no one at Funny Girl knew Beanie would be pulling out so abruptly. But the producers themselves, along with a rep for Beanie, have released a statement denying that it was that messy behind the scenes.
Scalpers Are Already Trying To Cash In On Lea Michele In “Funny Girl,” And Beanie Feldstein Might Have Been Blindsided By The News
It’s been all of three seconds since Lea Michele landed the role of a lifetime: that of a real-life Barbra Streisand impersonator at the heart of some ambition-based musical theater drama. Or rather, the replacement role of Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, left vacant by Beanie Feldstein, who originally chose to leave the show in September, but then suddenly changed her mind and wanted out as soon as humanly possible (hmmm…I wonder why??). Lea replacing Beanie has turned into Broadway gossip Christmas, and some scalpers are doing the absolute most to profit off of the situation, including driving up ticket prices into the four-figure mark. Oh, and there are more rumors about Lea’s little takeover, which is great news if you wanted to guess exactly when producers handed her the part.
Lea Michele Is Broadway’s New “Funny Girl,” Replacing Beanie Feldstein Who Is Leaving The Show Early
The rain predicted to fall on Beanie Feldstein’s last curtain call as Fanny Brice come September in the troubled Broadway revival of Funny Girl has arrived a bit earlier than expected. Not that Funny Girl hasn’t been weathering a category 5 shit storm from the moment it debuted to tepid reviews and repeated “her?”s back in April, but Beanie made a surprise announcement on Instagram last night that she’ll be taking her final bow on July 31, two months sooner than her originally scheduled departure at the end of September. Beanie says she made the “very difficult decision” to bounce early after “production decided to take the show in a different direction.” If I had to venture a guess as to what happened, I’d say Beanie probably flipped her wig when she heard Lea Michele was being considered as her replacement, went to put it back on, and realized it was full of shit. Now, I don’t know if it was Lea or walking around in a shit storm with an upside-down wig, but Lea has just been confirmed as Broadway’s next Fanny Brice so… Look, I’ll just say — there’s no people like show people.
The Producers Of “Funny Girl” Reportedly Want Lea Michele To Replace Beanie Feldstein
After news broke that “greatest star” Beanie Feldstein (along with normal star Jane Lynch) would be leaving the Funny Girl Broadway revival after five grueling months and one week of battling COVID, it’s anyone’s guess as to who will be taking over the coveted lead role of Fanny Brice. Will it be Beanie’s understudy Julie Benko who reportedly killed it during Beanie’s absence? Or maybe THE Barbra Streisand herself, Lea Michele? Well, according to the rumor mill, Lea might actually be in the running for replacing Beanie. See, kids? If you cast the right voodoo curse, dreams CAN come true!
Beanie Feldstein And Jane Lynch Are Both Leaving The Broadway Revival Of “Funny Girl” In The Fall
In April, Beanie Feldstein took the stage back as the titular funny girl herself Fanny Brice in the first-ever Broadway revival of Funny Girl. The original Fanny, Barbra Streisand, stayed with the show for almost two years. But well, Beanie Feldstein will only be the “greatest star” for another five months. Also joining her exit is Jane Lynch.
Jesse Williams Responds To The Video Of His Broadway Naked Scene Getting Leaked, Saying That Consent Is Important But He’s Not Worrying About It Too Much
Earlier this week, Twitter was drowned in an ocean of slobber from thirsty hos losing it over the sight of Jesse Williams’ bare peen under the lights of Broadway. Jesse is currently starring in the Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg’s play Take Me Out, and during the show, he takes off his chonies for a shower scene that isn’t meant to leave the Helen Hayes Theater. But one audience member decided to break the rules and sneakily recorded Jesse’s naked body and uploaded the video to the internet where it spread faster than herpes at a bareback orgy hosted by Usher. Jesse’s Take Me Out co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson tweeted that he was “appalled” by the disrespect to Jesse because the theater should be a safe space. Broadway actress Kate Shindle, who is the president of Actors’ Equity Association, co-signed what Jesse Tyler Ferguson said and added that it’s a “breach of consent” and “sexual harassment.” And Jesse Williams himself has said words about it, saying that he’s not going to let it get to him but that consent is important. That could be the last time that Jesse’s nakedness gets caught on camera because the theater has added an infrared camera to catch any possible dick vid leakers.