Not everybody follows Broadway gossip. But for people who do, the unraveling of the current revival of the musical Funny Girl has been a big deal.
The short version: Beanie Feldstein was cast as Fanny Brice, and the show opened in late April. The reviews were bad. Meanwhile, Lea Michele, both during her time on Glee and at other times, had made clear her eagerness to play Fanny. After it was announced that Feldstein would leave the show in September, but before any official public naming of a successor, Gawker published a piece on June 30 breaking the news that Lea Michele would, at last, get the role she pursued for so long, replacing Feldstein. The producers later confirmed it.
