Fanny Brice: Last News

Lea Michele uploaded an adorable photo on her Instagram story earlier on Saturday showcasing her son, Ever Leo.Her son, almost two, was cheering up his mother, 35, as she recovered in bed from surgery.The star hasn't commented about what kind of surgery she underwent, but the actress has a lot of preparation ahead of her since the big reveal that she will be taking over the role of Fanny Brice in the Broadway musical, Funny Girl. Mom and son: Lea Michele, 35, shared an adorable post of her son, Ever Leo, as she recovered from surgeryIn the cute snap, the Glee actress is smiling happily at her son as he keeps her company as she recuperates at home.

Following a week of casting drama, Beanie Feldstein took to Instagram on Friday to share more news about her Funny Girl run.The 29-year-old actress recorded a video announcing she'll have to take the weekend off from playing Fanny Brice as she recovers from tonsillitis.It comes after reports that Lea Michele, 35, will be taking on the lead role beginning September 6. Bad news: Following a week of casting drama, Beanie Feldstein took to Instagram on Friday to share she'll have to take the weekend off from Funny Girl as she recovers from tonsillitisFeldstein wore a multicolor, floral-patterned top as she turned the camera on herself in a minute-long video.

Beanie Feldstein has just announced she's been diagnosed with tonsillitis, forcing her off the Broadway stage for at least through the weekend.The 29-year-old actress took to Instagram on Friday and revealed the diagnosis in a 1-minute video. She starts the video playing coy, saying she's checking in and asking what she's missed, seemingly referencing the news that Lea Michele has replaced her in the lead role as Fanny Brice.After getting past the pleasantries, Feldstein delivers the news.«I just got back from ears, nose and throat doctor who told me that I have tonsillitis, which is extremely contagious and she cannot allow me to go back on the stage through the weekend until I have enough antibiotics in my system to not be contagious anymore,» she said.

More bad news for Beanie Feldstein and any fans who want to see her play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl.

Lea Michele was spotted out in New York this week in her first public sighting since she was hired to replace Beanie Feldstein in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl.The Glee actress was already a fan favorite to play the lead role of Fanny Brice before being tapped to take over for Feldstein, who is leaving the show months earlier than originally planned after a string of bad reviews.When she was spotted in New York this week Michele, 35, cut a fashionable figure in an open beige shirt thrown over a fluttering black dress. Out and about:Lea Michele was spotted out in New York this week in her first public sighting since she was hired to replace Beanie Feldstein in the Broadway revival of Funny GirlMichele, who sang multiple songs from Funny Girl years ago on Glee, accented the look with a black leather handbag and matching slippers.She wore a serious expression as she spoke with someone on the phone while legging it across the sidewalk.

Producers of the Broadway revival of Funny Girl have denied being 'blindsided' by Beanie Feldstein's Instagram announcement that she is quitting early.It was previously claimed that Feldstein, 29, found out from Gawker that she was being replaced by Lea Michele after a string of bad reviews, and was in such a state at being booted from her 'dream role' that she surprised the producers by publicly declaring she was leaving the show on July 31 rather than September 25.However the producers and a representative for Feldstein toldPeoplein a joint statement: 'The producers of Funny Girl were not blindsided by Beanie's social post.' 'Producers were aware':Producers of the Broadway revival of Funny Girl have denied being 'blindsided' by Beanie Feldstein's Instagram announcement that she is quitting early; Beanie seen on stage in AprilThey continued: 'The producers decided to take the show in a different direction and end Beanie's contract on September 25th, 6 months earlier than anticipated. A month after that decision, Beanie decided it was best for her to leave on July 31st.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Funny Girl” producers are attesting they knew about Beanie Feldstein’s earlier-than-expected exit from the Broadway musical.Amid the whirlwind drama over the actor’s abrupt departure — and Lea Michele’s replacement as Fanny Brice — rumors began to circulate that Feldstein caught the show’s production team by surprise when she announced on social media that her final curtain call would be on July 31. She was initially slated to stay until Sept. 25, but she changed those plans after producers “decided to take the show in a different direction.”Now, representatives for “Funny Girl” are insisting that Feldstein’s mid-summer farewell had been jointly arranged with the revival’s producers, who “support” her decision.

Contrary to internet rumors and some published reports, producers of Broadway’s Funny Girl say they were not “blindsided” by star Beanie Feldstein’s Sunday night Instagram post announcing her early departure.

Lea Michele is rumored to be the actress who will replace Beanie Feldstein in the Broadway production of Funny Girl, years after it was first rumored that she would play Fanny Brice.

It was recently announced that Beanie Feldstein will be stepping down from the role of Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl in late September.The casting change, which also includes finding a replacement for Jane Lynch's role as Fanny's mother Mrs. Rose Brice, comes after less-then stellar reviews nearly 10 months after she was cast.The big question now: who will take over the role, which was originally immortalized on stage by Barbara Streisand in the 1960s.

It was just announced that Beanie Feldstein will be leaving the Broadway production of Funny Girl in September and her replacement will be named on a later date.

broke the news in a statement on Wednesday. “14 weeks left to see Beanie Feldstein & Jane Lynch now through September 25th,” it posted.“Stay tuned for additional casting news to join Ramin Karimloo & Jared Grimes and the company of Funny Girl.”The news comes after Feldstein missed several shows after testing positive for COVID-19 on June 6. The 28-year-old performer reflected on her role in her own Instagram post Wednesday.“I’ll never be able to find the words that could even begin to explain what the experience has been to me,” she wrote.

Wilson Chapman editorBeanie Feldstein and Jane Lynch will depart the current Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” this fall, the production announced Wednesday.The news was announced by the production, which confirmed that both stars will depart the production on Sept. 25. The male leads, Ramin Karimloo and Jared Grimes, will remain with the show.

Beanie Feldstein has announced that she will be leaving the Broadway production of Funny Girl.

Funny Girl stars Beanie Feldstein and Jane Lynch will depart the productionl on September 25, producers announced today.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterSeasoned film and television animator Robert Valley is tackling a new project about the life of Billy Rose — a songwriter, Broadway producer and unwitting activist.“American Rose” will tell the roving true story of Rose, once married to comedian and multi-hyphenate Fanny Brice and producer of “Carmen Jones,” the first musical on Broadway to feature a cast of all-Black performers.“Valley, who directed ‘Pear Cider & Cigarettes’ and, most recently, two episodes of ‘Love Death & Robots,’ is bringing his immense talent and unique artistic vision to this bespoke project and our team is thrilled beyond belief to work with him,” said producer Steven Finkelstein of American Rose Productions, who has spent four years putting the production together. The child of Jewish immigrants from modest means in the Lower East Side tenements of New York, Rose became a shorthand writing champion, a songwriter, and a producer of Broadway shows and massive outdoor spectacles, according to the filmmakers.

Ramin Karimloo, the male lead of Broadway’s Funny Girl, will be out of the show temporarily after testing positive for Covid just four day’s after the musical revival’s opening night.

Wilson Chapman editorThe bar at the August Wilson Theater, a lounge the theater’s owner Jordan Roth opened last year, was quiet after the curtain fell over Broadway’s first revival of “Funny Girl.”Save the chatter of interviews to the press and some small talk over sandwiches laid out for those who stayed behind, the atmosphere inside the theater in New York City on Sunday was hushed, subdued even, after the opening night of a historic musical: For the first time in 58 years, not since it first opened with an unknown Barbra Streisand in its leading role, “Funny Girl” is again on Broadway.Directed by Michael Mayer with a revised book by Harvey Fierstein, the revival stars Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice. In the lobby of the theater, leaning against the wall after a barrage of press and her opening night bows, Feldstein could use a second to breathe.“I’m a woman who needs to be distracted,” she said, thoughtful and sincere with her words.

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She is filling the massive shoes of Hollywood icon Barbra Streisand.And Beanie Feldstein's first outing portraying Fanny Brice seemed to be a successful one.The 28-year-old actress earned a standing ovation during the curtain call of the opening night of the Funny Girl revival on Broadway on Sunday night. What a moment: Beanie Feldsteinearned a standing ovation during the curtain call of the opening night of the Funny Girl revival on Broadway on Sunday night Support system:No doubt she felt the love from the crowd as her famous brother Jonah Hill was in attendance to support his younger sisterNo doubt she felt the love from the crowd as her famous brother Jonah Hill was in attendance to support his younger sister.Beanie had a massive smile on her face while taking in the cheers and applause from the audience.

Frank Rizzo “You ever feel like there’s someone watching from the shadows?” asks Beanie Feldstein’s Fanny Brice, as haunting apparitions from the Ziegfeld star’s past waft in and out in a kind of “Fanny’s ‘Follies’.”The problem with this uninspired revival of “Funny Girl” — which opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Sunday, marking the show’s Broadway return after nearly 60 years — is not simply the singular ghost of she who shall not be named. (Alright: It’s Barbra Steisand.) Rather, the issue here is the production’s inability to live up to its star-making potential that would have made us once again forgive the simplistic, sentimental and sanitized original book credited to Isobel Lennart.