Jane Lynch will be leaving the new Broadway revival of Funny Girl on August 14, three weeks earlier than originally anticipated.Although she was initially scheduled to leave September 4, she already had a planned holiday from August 15 to 23, the production told the Hollywood Reporter.She was also going to be out of the show on September 1 so she that could cross the country to Los Angeles for the Creative Arts Emmys.As a result, the producers decided that instead of having Jane come back for just one week, the 62-year-old could depart the production at the end of this week. On her way out: Jane Lynch will be leaving the new Broadway revival of Funny Girl at the end of this week - three weeks earlier than originally anticipated; seen in MarchJane has been a part of the current revival since it opened this year on April 24 with Booksmart star Beanie Feldstein in the title role of Fanny Brice - a part that was famously originated by Barbra Streisand in 1964.The current production features Jane in the role of Fanny's mother Rose, who was played by Kay Medford in both the original production and the 1968 movie adaptation, for which Barbra won her first Oscar. Tovah Feldshuh was scheduled to take over for Jane on September 6, and that date is unchanged, so Jane's standby Liz McCartney will play Rose in the interim. Beanie received a spate of bad reviews for the new revival, and by July it was announced that Lea Michele would replace her in September.
