Lea Michele Replaces Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’
By Md Anayatullah
It’s official: Lea Michele is replacing Beanie Feldstein in Broadway’s revival of “Funny Girl.”
Feldstein on Sunday night announced she would be leaving the show on July 31, roughly two month
s
Michele, who was long-rumored to be taking over for Feldstein, will assume the role of Fanny Bri
ce on Sept. 6. In the interim
the show’s understudy Julie Benko will perform the title role from Aug. 2 through Sept. 4 and every
Jane Lynch, who plays Fanny’s mother Mrs. Brice, is also leaving the production earlier than expect
ed
Michele’s casting as the incandescent comic and chanteuse Fanny Brice is proof, to some, that manifes
tation is real
She has long (and loudly) expressed an interest to star in “Funny Girl” — a role that helped propel
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