Beanie Feldstein To Star in Broadway's 'Funny Girl' Revival in 2022

Well, if a girl isn’t pretty, like a Miss Atlantic City.

She sure is ugly.

The nepotism of it all. She's literally a female Jonah Hill .

Let's hope she has less yo yo-ing than her fat fuck brother.

If you think the Hills are ugly now, you should see them when they're thin and popular.

Yikes.

A thumb in a wig.

Fannie Brice was fat?

Does she have the voice?

Hello, Gordo!

Let's not.

Lea Michelle was trending regarding this news and everyone was making fun of how miserable she must have been that she didn't get the part. What is the deal with that? Do people not like Lea or something?

This thread will end in tears.

What a god-awful unfortunate name. At least her brother had the sense to change his!

Barbra was prettier and more talented. I heard beanie singing and it sounded very generic.

[quote] Do people not like Lea or something?

R11, did you just fall off the turnip truck?

Is she box office? Star of Booksmart doesn’t exactly sell tickets.

R13 They've finally found a face and name more Hebraic than Barbra Streisand.

Fanny Brice was plain-looking and thin, and certainly made less of an impression than either of these high-profile Jewesses. But that's how good writers are supposed to live.

DL fave Melissa Miller is gearing up to be her understudy.

Fanny Brice:

R19 I've seen heavier portions on Beanie Feldstein's lunch plate. How the hell are they gonna make this work, visually?

If this tubbo Jew Broad wins an Oscar before me, I will burn this fucking town straight down to the desert soil!

Not the first fat fanny on Broadway.

She doesn’t have the voice for it.

I don’t know how she’s going to sing this show and who they think will pay to see her?

Crazy.

This can't be as bad as the Brits reviving Funny Girl in the West End and casting Sheridan Smith as Fanny Brice. And then praising her with excellent reviews much like they did with the mousy, dull Elena Roger in their Evita revival.

This is gonna be worse than Precious, when the reviewers praise the lead actress for being "brave" to show her fat face in "this shallow business."

This bitch is fat and fugly.

Don't rain on her parade. It will only make her float.

What a disaster.

[quote] Barbra was prettier and more talented.

Probably. In the pics OP posted, Beanie actually looks prettier than Barbra, however.

Beanie Feldstein is going to sing The Music That Makes Me Dance? I think most of the audience will be heading up the aisle by then.

This has “community theatre turn” written all over it.

R24 Well, at least Sheridan Smith is a pretty good actress, without being a case of nepotism, so there is that.

She's who was cast in "Merrily We Roll Along in Linklater's 20 years in the making film.

link for R32. Pardon.

I'm afraid I don't know enough about either show to know if the same woman could feasibly play both roles properly. Enlighten me, please.

[quote] Well, at least Sheridan Smith is a pretty good actress, without being a case of nepotism, so there is that

I saw her in Funny Girl and found her completely unbelievable as a Lower East Side New York Jew. Carol Burnett, who turned down the role when she was originally approached for the original Broadway production, was right. The actress playing Fanny has to be convincingly Jewish. Or at least 'ethnic New Yorker'.

I’m not a fan of this actress.

She doesn't have the voice to carry Funny Girl.

And she is a rich kid from LA who started voice lessons when she was in elementary school.

(Ben sounds lovely in this video - he can sing).

One more featuring her dancing...

[quote] Lea Michelle was trending regarding this news and everyone was making fun of how miserable she must have been that she didn't get the part. What is the deal with that? Do people not like Lea or something?

There's a BI for that. ------

- The Nastiness Factor

In any profession, it’s good to have goals.

This actress has had the same goal for her entire life!

Her goal was to play the lead in the revival/remake of this classic musical.

The movie originally starred a legendary with an exceptional voice. She wound up winning an Oscar for her performance.

Our actress sincerely believes that she is a performer of the same caliber. She believes that she proved that as the lead of a television series that showed off her vocal talents. She believes that when the time is right, she will be called upon to take the baton of stardom and reprise the very role that made that Oscar winner a star.

Well, folks, the time is now!

They are doing a revival of that famous role on Broadway!

Yes, the very role that our actress believes she was born to play!

They just finished auditions and… the producers picked someone else for the lead role.

Needless to say, our actress is not exactly [bold]glee[/bold]ful about this.

[italic] She is devastated. She can’t believe that they picked someone less attractive, less talented, and with an inferior voice. It feels like a total slap in the face. [/italic]

We don’t mean to rain on her parade, but we hear that if our actress had been nicer to people on her way up, the producers would have seriously considered her for the starring role.

In this case, the nastiness factor appears to have cost her the lead.

From the Blind Gossip Site.

In which particular alternative universe is that "item" even remotely "blind"?

I’m supposed to stick my dick into that?

Jonah Hill with a vagina, how stunning

I had no idea she was Jonah Hill's sister.

I liked "Booksmart."

"Beanie" is a godawful, off-putting name, and she never should have entertained using it as her stage name. I'm sure she and her family and friends think it's cute. Everyone else thinks of a pile of mushy beans, Beano*, or worse.

* (the gas remedy, not the British comic mag)

Was Lea Michelle even considered?

It's a better choice than Lauren Ambrose at least.

R35, Sheridan Smith was completely unconvincing as Californian Elle Woods in Legally Blonde but people over here went nuts for her and I believe she won an Olivier Award. She wasn't funny, she wasn't sexy, she had no sense of fashion. All she did was repeatedly walk down to the apron of the stage, arms akimbo, and sing her songs. I didn't even think her voice was that impressive. Audiences have different criteria around the world, they're not always looking for authenticity.

Hey Mister Aaaarrrrnnsteeeeeiinnn—

Where’s myyyyyyy ha-a-a-a-mmmm??????

Lol R43.

Harvey Fierstein is going to write the book for this? Any young actress who wants to play Fanny in Funny Girl will have watched the movie and would insist that the show end with "My Man" like the film did.

Will they drop the gorgeous "The Music That Makes Me Dance" and acquire the rights to "My Man" instead? The book for the original show may have been an incoherent mess but it at least ended on a defiant note with Fanny reprising "Don't Rain On My Parade". The film chose to turn Fanny into an eternally codependent victim who still loved her man. The live vocal in the first part of "My Man" may have been a great cinematic moment but a DROMP reprise was truer to the real Fanny Bruce, who did get over Nick Arnstein.

Hahahahaha

That’s a great rename for a remake with Beanie

DROMP !

Does her pussy stink?

Chrissy Metz will play the Anne Francis part.

"Was Lea Michelle even considered?"

Nope.

OP stop trying to make this fat fug happen. She is so hard to look at and makes Streisand like like a supermodel.

A " gracious " Lea Michele.

🎶"Beanie Feldstein, Beanie Feldstein, What a beautiful, beautiful naaaame! 🎶

My pick to star in the revival would have been Maude Maggart. She has such a beautiful voice, strong and pure but not a typical "Broadway" voice, very unique. She could sing the hell out of those songs.

What happened to Lea Michele? Is she too old for the part now?

Isn't Maude cat shit crazy Fiona Apple's mom?

R60 Her sister.

R58, I agree with you that Maude Maggart is terrific, but she’s just a month shy of 47. She looks great, but honestly too old to play Fanny.

R46 but Lauren Ambrose has a gorgeous voice!

When you are rich, white, and connected, "opportunities" are endless and doors fly open for you!

I can literally think of dozens of women that would be better for this part.

She must have powerful backers. Someone with no discernible vocal talent to star in a Broadway musical in the iconic role that is worldwide associated with Streisand - yeah that’ll work.

I’m reminded of the mania in the UK to make Sheridan Smith happen.

Stop trying to make Beanie happen. It is NOT going to happen!!

Hello, Gorgonzola!

[quote] When you are rich, white, and connected, "opportunities" are endless and doors fly open for you!

When you are rich, Jewish, and connected," opportunities" are endless and show business doors fly open for you!

It has to get to Broadway first, and it’s not at all clear that will happen. It most likely will die on the vine like every other attempt at a Funny Girl revival.

I’m not sure why producers and directors think this is some white wale they need to overcome. The possibility of a Barbra level talent showing up in this age of non singers like Adele and Billie Eilish are basically zero. And the show is just not interesting or good enough to survive without an absolutely major voice carrying it. And that voice is most decidedly NOT Beanie Feldstein, or Lauren Ambrose for that matter.

Yeah, and we all saw how that worked out R65. Sheridan Smith literally had a nervous breakdown with all the pressure and had to be carted off to a rubber room by the men in white jackets.

Sheridan Smith was a ludicrous casting choice for a Jewish New Yorker from the Lower East Side to begin with. Especially someone like Fanny Brice who was very identifiably Jewish in her stage persona. It must be payback from the Brits for Hollywood casting Babs as an English woman in OACDYCSF.

2 Stars

“Jane Lynch looks like she should be running a lighthouse in Maine.”

Sheridan Smith had a nervous breakdown because her father was diagnosed with the cancer that would take his life. She returned to the show and completed her run in the show by taking it on tour.

Sheridan and Beanie are not comparable. One is a star in the UK, whether you think she deserves to be or not. And one got great reviews, whether you think she deserves them or not.

Mimi Hines did just fine when she replaced Streisand. It's not an impossible set of shoes to fill. You need a dynamo with star quality. Those people do still exist. They may not have the right people in their corner...

Did anyone see Samantha Spiro play the role. I've enjoyed her sitcom work. I expect she's not a powerhouse singer.

[Quote] When you are rich, Jewish, and connected," opportunities" are endless and show business doors fly open for you!

Is Ben Platt's brother not Jewish?

Nick was Fanny's second husband. Was she 30 when she married him?

The entire Sheridan Smith version is linked below. I actually went into it not wanting to like it and Sheridan won me over. Do I think someone else would have been better in the role, yes. But Sheridan did an excellent job.

Sheridan Smith’s Funny Girl is trash. It’s bad in its own way as Beanie’s. No one wants to sit through that. Also, the English don’t have a fucking clue how to stage or do American musical theater. It’s always cold and removed and weird.

Brits have a different attitude to musical theatre. It's a lark to them. And plenty of people wanted to see Smith in Funny Girl. She'd be suited to Me & My Girl, if it were to come back to New York.

Funnily enough, the London "Legally Blonde" worked better than the New York one. Sheridan Smith was a big part of the reasons why.

R11 Lea Michele doesn't think her shit stinks. Her costars have known for years that she is an entitled raging cunt! However, now that it has leaked out to the public, investors are skiddish where she is concerned.

R40 You're absolutely correct!

And how could Beanie not know that Lea Michele wanted the part? Beanie's full of shit!

Barbra was cute ugly in the original whereas Beanie is just ugly ugly. Still can't believe Monica Lewinsky approved this bitch to play her in that Ryan Murphy abortion of a show. I'd be so fucking insulted.

I saw this revival, went in with an open mind and was shocked at how bad Beanie was. The girl can't sing the score, mugged throughout the book scenes, and looked ridiculous in unflattering costumes. The entire production is a mess, the supporting actors are fine, but nobody standout. What waste of $200.

[Quote] Barbra was cute ugly in the original

Barbra has always been a dog. Casting Beanie is keeping the tradition.

The standby, Julie Benko, has been playing Fanny all weekend to rave reviews. The prospect of her eventually taking over the role could save the show.

Beanie, you in danger, girl.

Hardly. People have posted audio clips. Benko is no spitfire.

Rave reviews from who? Her mother?

People who want Beanie to fail. But Beanie has already failed.... Benko ain't Shirley MacLaine.