Harshest gossip I’ve read - Beanie Feldstein dumped from Funny Girl

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I saw the show twice. Beanie can’t hack it. The rest of the cast is uneven and most pretty meh. There’s next to no chemistry between Fanny & Nick. The best thing about the show is the choreography and even that isn’t *that* strong.

Unfortunately I’m not sure Lea Michele is going to save the show. Her live public performance of Parade at the Tony’s in 2012 was bad. There will be a slight bump in glee fans and people who are curious about her performance but I don’t see this show running out a full year on that.

Agree, don't think Michele can save it. Good voice but a weak actor with no charm.

Broadway is her medium, though. And where a TV camera can portray an actor one way, seeing someone live on stage can be another thing altogether. Hopefully, Lea's big voice will carry her through this production.

But is it though? Her resume is actually quite thin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Michele_credits

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I saw the show twice. Beanie can’t hack it. The rest of the cast is uneven and most pretty meh. There’s next to no chemistry between Fanny & Nick. The best thing about the show is the choreography and even that isn’t *that* strong.

Unfortunately I’m not sure Lea Michele is going to save the show. Her live public performance of Parade at the Tony’s in 2012 was bad. There will be a slight bump in glee fans and people who are curious about her performance but I don’t see this show running out a full year on that.

Agree, don't think Michele can save it. Good voice but a weak actor with no charm.

Broadway is her medium, though. And where a TV camera can portray an actor one way, seeing someone live on stage can be another thing altogether. Hopefully, Lea's big voice will carry her through this production.

But is it though? Her resume is actually quite thin.

What are you talking about? She originated the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening. Where have you been?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Michele_credits

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I saw the show twice. Beanie can’t hack it. The rest of the cast is uneven and most pretty meh. There’s next to no chemistry between Fanny & Nick. The best thing about the show is the choreography and even that isn’t *that* strong.

Unfortunately I’m not sure Lea Michele is going to save the show. Her live public performance of Parade at the Tony’s in 2012 was bad. There will be a slight bump in glee fans and people who are curious about her performance but I don’t see this show running out a full year on that.

Agree, don't think Michele can save it. Good voice but a weak actor with no charm.

Broadway is her medium, though. And where a TV camera can portray an actor one way, seeing someone live on stage can be another thing altogether. Hopefully, Lea's big voice will carry her through this production.

But is it though? Her resume is actually quite thin.

What are you talking about? She originated the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening. Where have you been?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Michele_credits

NP - that was 20 years ago. She hasn’t been on Broadway since.

[Anonymous]

I thought they should have given the role to Julie Benko. Lea is too polarizing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I saw the show twice. Beanie can’t hack it. The rest of the cast is uneven and most pretty meh. There’s next to no chemistry between Fanny & Nick. The best thing about the show is the choreography and even that isn’t *that* strong.

Unfortunately I’m not sure Lea Michele is going to save the show. Her live public performance of Parade at the Tony’s in 2012 was bad. There will be a slight bump in glee fans and people who are curious about her performance but I don’t see this show running out a full year on that.

Agree, don't think Michele can save it. Good voice but a weak actor with no charm.

Broadway is her medium, though. And where a TV camera can portray an actor one way, seeing someone live on stage can be another thing altogether. Hopefully, Lea's big voice will carry her through this production.

But is it though? Her resume is actually quite thin.

What are you talking about? She originated the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening. Where have you been?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Michele_credits

NP - that was 20 years ago. She hasn’t been on Broadway since.

Because she was doing TV. I’m no fan of Lea Michele but this line of criticism is bonkers. Her Broadway bonafides are solid. Hate her for being a try-hard or a diva, sure, but for not having done Broadway, whut?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I saw the show twice. Beanie can’t hack it. The rest of the cast is uneven and most pretty meh. There’s next to no chemistry between Fanny & Nick. The best thing about the show is the choreography and even that isn’t *that* strong.

Unfortunately I’m not sure Lea Michele is going to save the show. Her live public performance of Parade at the Tony’s in 2012 was bad. There will be a slight bump in glee fans and people who are curious about her performance but I don’t see this show running out a full year on that.

Agree, don't think Michele can save it. Good voice but a weak actor with no charm.

Broadway is her medium, though. And where a TV camera can portray an actor one way, seeing someone live on stage can be another thing altogether. Hopefully, Lea's big voice will carry her through this production.

But is it though? Her resume is actually quite thin.

What are you talking about? She originated the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening. Where have you been?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Michele_credits

NP - that was 20 years ago. She hasn’t been on Broadway since.

Because she was doing TV. I’m no fan of Lea Michele but this line of criticism is bonkers. Her Broadway bonafides are solid. Hate her for being a try-hard or a diva, sure, but for not having done Broadway, whut?

She’s done broadway, but not with any depth. A small handful of roles. Spring Awakening? Please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought they should have given the role to Julie Benko. Lea is too polarizing.

Julie Benko is amazing in the role and IA, but she doesn't have the name recognition that Lea Michele has. The show thought they were getting that with Beanie but, yeah. The show is bleeding money and from what my insider friend told me, would be lucky to make it to the end of Beanie's run when her final date was announced as September. Attendance has been below 60% and they haven't been in the black at all.

Just the leak about Lea Michele taking over caused ticket sales for post-September 6 to surge and once the official announcement came out, they surged even more. I looked at tickets for September 6 when it was just a rumor and they were still in the $69 range. Once it was announced, $500 was the cheapest I saw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haven’t read through all the pages but just wanted to say that if Lea Michele was a man, she’d be called ambitious or committed to her skill, and that would be the end of it.

Huge 2nd.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw the show twice. Beanie can’t hack it. The rest of the cast is uneven and most pretty meh. There’s next to no chemistry between Fanny & Nick. The best thing about the show is the choreography and even that isn’t *that* strong.

Unfortunately I’m not sure Lea Michele is going to save the show. Her live public performance of Parade at the Tony’s in 2012 was bad. There will be a slight bump in glee fans and people who are curious about her performance but I don’t see this show running out a full year on that.

Agree, don't think Michele can save it. Good voice but a weak actor with no charm.

Broadway is her medium, though. And where a TV camera can portray an actor one way, seeing someone live on stage can be another thing altogether. Hopefully, Lea's big voice will carry her through this production.

But is it though? Her resume is actually quite thin.

What are you talking about? She originated the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening. Where have you been?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Michele_credits

NP - that was 20 years ago. She hasn’t been on Broadway since.

Because she was doing TV. I’m no fan of Lea Michele but this line of criticism is bonkers. Her Broadway bonafides are solid. Hate her for being a try-hard or a diva, sure, but for not having done Broadway, whut?

She’s done broadway, but not with any depth. A small handful of roles. Spring Awakening? Please.

She originated the role, though. Do you not understand the work that goes into that? The time and dedication? She started working with the producers to get it to Broadway in '98 and it didn't debut until 2006. She then did 2 years of shows in the role, too.

[Anonymous]

This Lea recast is probably not gonna go well. She is not even a real Jew.

Where are Shoshana and Idina when you need them? Those b&tches can sing the shit out of Funny Girl.

[Anonymous]

“Beanie” is a stupid name.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw the show twice. Beanie can’t hack it. The rest of the cast is uneven and most pretty meh. There’s next to no chemistry between Fanny & Nick. The best thing about the show is the choreography and even that isn’t *that* strong.

Unfortunately I’m not sure Lea Michele is going to save the show. Her live public performance of Parade at the Tony’s in 2012 was bad. There will be a slight bump in glee fans and people who are curious about her performance but I don’t see this show running out a full year on that.

Agree, don't think Michele can save it. Good voice but a weak actor with no charm.

Broadway is her medium, though. And where a TV camera can portray an actor one way, seeing someone live on stage can be another thing altogether. Hopefully, Lea's big voice will carry her through this production.

But is it though? Her resume is actually quite thin.

What are you talking about? She originated the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening. Where have you been?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Michele_credits

NP - that was 20 years ago. She hasn’t been on Broadway since.

Because she was doing TV. I’m no fan of Lea Michele but this line of criticism is bonkers. Her Broadway bonafides are solid. Hate her for being a try-hard or a diva, sure, but for not having done Broadway, whut?

She’s done broadway, but not with any depth. A small handful of roles. Spring Awakening? Please.

She originated the role, though. Do you not understand the work that goes into that? The time and dedication? She started working with the producers to get it to Broadway in '98 and it didn't debut until 2006. She then did 2 years of shows in the role, too.

Of course I do. That still doesn't mean she has deep B'way chops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Beanie” is a stupid name.

It's a nickname. Her given name is Elizabeth.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw the show twice. Beanie can’t hack it. The rest of the cast is uneven and most pretty meh. There’s next to no chemistry between Fanny & Nick. The best thing about the show is the choreography and even that isn’t *that* strong.

Unfortunately I’m not sure Lea Michele is going to save the show. Her live public performance of Parade at the Tony’s in 2012 was bad. There will be a slight bump in glee fans and people who are curious about her performance but I don’t see this show running out a full year on that.

Agree, don't think Michele can save it. Good voice but a weak actor with no charm.

Broadway is her medium, though. And where a TV camera can portray an actor one way, seeing someone live on stage can be another thing altogether. Hopefully, Lea's big voice will carry her through this production.

But is it though? Her resume is actually quite thin.

What are you talking about? She originated the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening. Where have you been?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Michele_credits

NP - that was 20 years ago. She hasn’t been on Broadway since.

Because she was doing TV. I’m no fan of Lea Michele but this line of criticism is bonkers. Her Broadway bonafides are solid. Hate her for being a try-hard or a diva, sure, but for not having done Broadway, whut?

She’s done broadway, but not with any depth. A small handful of roles. Spring Awakening? Please.

She originated the role, though. Do you not understand the work that goes into that? The time and dedication? She started working with the producers to get it to Broadway in '98 and it didn't debut until 2006. She then did 2 years of shows in the role, too.

Of course I do. That still doesn't mean she has deep B'way chops.

Except she does have Broadway chops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This Lea recast is probably not gonna go well. She is not even a real Jew.

Where are Shoshana and Idina when you need them? Those b&tches can sing the shit out of Funny Girl.

You had to go there. Guess Beanie should only try out for non-Gentile roles.