Lea Michele as Fanny Brice. On Friday, the Twitter account for Broadway's shared a promo of Michele embodying the iconic role, which she's stepping into after Beanie Feldstein's shortened run.
In the promo, Michele sings a portion of «I'm the Greatest Star,» as footage rolls of her at rehearsals for the show. Michele dances, looks over her script, practices her blocking, and chats with her castmates in the video.«Who is the pip with pizazz? / Who is all ginger and jazz? / Who is as glamorous as? / Who's an American Beauty rose With an American Beauty nose / And ten American Beauty toes,» Michele sings as the footage plays, before the camera turns to the actress herself as she belts out the final line.«Hey, Mr.
Ziegfeld,» she sings, «here I am!»The role of a lifetime. Lea Michele joins the cast of FUNNY GIRL as Fanny Brice beginning September 6.
See you at the August Wilson! pic.twitter.com/nQatXGOzeeIn July, news broke that Michele would be taking over the role of Fanny from Feldstein.
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