Nicky Arnstein: Last News

Lea Michele isn’t going anywhere!

Lea Michele isn't going anywhere!Speaking with  Tuesday, Michele shared that her run on Broadway isn't over when she wraps Funny Girl in September.While she's keeping tight-lipped on the details, Michele has already got another gig lined up.«I already know what it is,» she teased to the outlet. «You know it.»Careful not to give too much away, Michele did share that her next foray on Broadway will be «very different musically.»The singer-actress, who last appeared on Broadway in 2006's , made her return to the stage in September when she replaced Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice in the first revival of  since Barbara Streisand helmed the role in 1964.The musical follows Brice on her rise to fame and her turbulent relationship with gambler Nicky Arnstein. While she's not saying goodbye to Broadway just yet, Michele does have some plans for when production on  ends, namely spending some time at home with her soon-to-be three-year-old son, Ever.«I'm gonna just spend as much time with my son as I can, and rest,» Michele told ET last month.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Lea Michele’s run in “Funny Girl” doesn’t end until Sept. 3, but she’s already plotting her return to Broadway. In fact, the actor-singer tells me she has her next gig lined up. “I already know what it is,” she teases. But Michele is being tight-lipped on details. “You know it,” she says, hinting it could be a revival of some sort. “It’s very different musically,” she adds. Michele made a triumphant return to the stage in September when she replaced Beanie Feldstein in the first revival of “Funny Girl” since Barbra Streisand originated the role of Fanny Brice in 1964.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Life in the the-a-ter is coming to a close for the company of “Funny Girl.” The Broadway revival has extended its run, but the show will play its final performance on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. Its closing date is almost exactly one year after Michele joined the cast, though the revival of “Funny Girl” first opened in April 2022 led by Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice. But she and Jane Lynch, who was replaced by Tovah Feldshuh as Fanny’s mother, departed the production in August after the production was plagued with poor reviews and lackluster turnout. “Funny Girl” might have closed sooner without the casting changes. But box office fortunes have been on the upswing since last September and seats at the August Wilson Theater have remained well-stocked, even setting multiple house records. By the time the cast, including Ramin Karimloo as Nicky Arnstein and Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan, takes its final bow, the Broadway revival will have played 599 performances and 30 previews.

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.