You First by Lea Michele6/11/2023 “Funny Girl” is Barbra Streisand’s show, and that’s half the battle of bringing it back to Broadway without her. Revisit the winding chain of events below, from Barbra Streisand’s debut to the current casting snafu.ġ964: Barbra Streisand sets impossibly high standards as OG Fanny Brice This month, she finally got her chance, when “Funny Girl” producers announced that Michele would replace Feldstein, the comic breakout star of films like “Booksmart,” as protagonist Fanny Brice.īut “Funny Girl’s” road back to Broadway has been anything but smooth: Between planned and canceled revivals, accusations that Michele was abusive to a Black co-star on the “Glee” set and overwhelmingly negative reviews for Feldstein’s performance, the revival has been besieged by setbacks. Michele, a Broadway veteran known for starring on “Glee,” has been publicly angling for the role of comic heroine Fanny Brice for years. From the moment it was announced that Beanie Feldstein would lead “Funny Girl” in its first Broadway revival, many theater fans wondered: How would Lea Michele take the news?
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