NEW YORK — What a difference a performer makes!
It was a life-or-death moment for the new Broadway revival of "Funny Girl," which had been sputtering along since it opened this spring to tepid reviews and no love from the Tony Awards.
The primary interest has been in the backstage melodrama involving the revival's original miscast star, Beanie Feldstein, and the show's potential savior in the wings, Lea Michele, who showed up at the stage door trailing a heavy load of monogrammed baggage.
