Lea Michele Replaces Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’

It’s official: Lea Michele is replacing Beanie Feldstein in Broadway’s revival of “Funny Girl.”

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Feldstein on Sunday night announced she would be leaving the show on July 31, roughly two months

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Michele, who was long-rumored to be taking over for Feldstein, will assume the role of Fanny Brice on Sept. 6. In the interim

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the show’s understudy Julie Benko will perform the title role from Aug. 2 through Sept. 4 and every

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Jane Lynch, who plays Fanny’s mother Mrs. Brice, is also leaving the production earlier than expected

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Michele’s casting as the incandescent comic and chanteuse Fanny Brice is proof, to some, that manifestation is real

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She has long (and loudly) expressed an interest to star in “Funny Girl” — a role that helped propel

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