NEW YORK — When the happy-footed Jared Grimes shuffles his way onstage in the hot-selling revival of “Funny Girl” on Broadway, he taps into his own unique history.
More than two decades before Grimes was charming audiences at the August Wilson Theatre, offering stage-rattling visuals to accompany Lea Michele’s stunning soprano vocals, Grimes was tap dancing beside a money hat for commuters beneath the city.
His personal experiences, he said, have come closer and closer to the forefront as “Funny Girl” enters its ninth month, transformed by a summer casting switch up that put Michele in the lead role after Beanie Feldstein left.
