Why Is Beanie Feldstein Leaving Broadway's Funny Girl? 10 Things To Know

Actor Beanie Feldstein has decided to leave Funny Girl and it is being speculated that Lea Michele will be filling her shoes in the Broadway show. Beanie Feldstein played the role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. She announced her departure from the show with an Instagram post.

Funny Girl is a comedy semi-biographical musical based on the life of Broadway star, actor and comedian Fanny Brice. It first opened on Broadway in 1964 and its original cast recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004. Recently, Beanie Feldstein, who played the lead role of Fanny Brice, announced that she will be leaving the show despite initially having a one-year contract whose duration was later reduced to six months. It is rumoured that actor Lea Michele might be replacing Feldstein since she has had links with the show in the past. However, the internet does not approve of the replacement since Michele has been accused of bullying and racism in the past.

Here are 10 things to know about why is Beanie Feldstein leaving Funny Girl:

1. Beanie Feldstein announced through an Instagram post that she will be giving her last performance as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on July 31, 2022.
2. Beanie Feldstein left Funny Girl "sooner than expected" as she mentioned in the post.
3. Feldstein earlier announced that her final performance will be on September 25, 2022. However, she decided to leave the show two months earlier.
4. Revealing the reason behind her hasty departure, Feldstein said that the production had "decided to take the show in a different direction," apparently, with which she was not willing to agree.
5. The production has not responded over her comments about the show going "in a different direction" yet.
6. On the other hand, the show took to Twitter mentioning that new cast announcements will be made on July 11, 2022.
7. It is supposed that Glee actor Lea Michele will be joining the show as the new Fanny Brice.
8. The actor gave an audition for the Broadway show during the fourth season of Glee.
9. Michele, earlier has also spoken about starring in Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy's possible rendition of Funny Girl. "It's a lot of work and it would be an honor to do it. But if I'm going to go back , that's what I'd really like to do," she mentioned.
10. Ryan Murphy had earned that rights for a Funny Girl revival in 2015, but subsequently lost them.

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