Beanie Feldstein may be saying goodbye to her role as Fanny Brice, but that doesn’t mean the end for the quirky character. “Glee” actor Lea Michele is set to take on the role, as revealed in a post shared by the official “Funny Girl” Instagram account. The production also announced that Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh would be starring alongside Michele as Mrs. Brice. To fill the gap between the time when Feldstein departs and Michele joins, the production tapped Broadway actor Julie Benko to fill the gap.
Confirmation of Michele’s casting drew mixed reactions from fans online. “Leah should have been there in the first place! It’s hers,” one person tweeted. While another wrote, “That horrid Lea Michele replacing Beanie Feldstein in #FunnyGirl is the greatest insult to Jewish girls ever. We deserve so much better than this. This is a travesty.” And while some fans feel that Feldstein was unfairly treated on Broadway, others seemed to argue that Michele does, in fact, have the vocal prowess to take on the role.
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