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Producers offered a first look today at Lea Michele rehearsing the role of Fanny Brice for the current Broadway production of Funny Girl.

Lea Michele is giving fans a look at her take on the beloved character Fanny Brice.The singer and alum took to her Instagram story on Sunday to share a behind-the-scenes snapshot showing her and the cast belting out «Don’t Rain On My Parade» while rehearsing for her forthcoming run on the Broadway revival of “The incredible @ephieaardema got a photo of me singing Don’t Rain On My Parade on a Broadway stage for the first time ever today," Michele captioned the post, and tagging understudy Ephie Aardema. “@ephieaardema you are amazing I [love] you!!!«Lea Michele shares a photo of herself singing “Don’t Rain On My Parade” for the very first time on the Broadway stage of 'Funny Girl.' pic.twitter.com/6cbgyMGSXPIt was announced in July that Lea Michele has been cast to take over for Beanie Feldstein, who left the Broadway revival of  two months early.Michele, who previously starred in the original cast of , is expected to formally take over the role starting Sept.

Lea Michele is giving fans a look at her take on the beloved character Fanny Brice.The singer and alum took to her Instagram story on Sunday to share a behind-the-scenes snapshot showing her and the cast belting out «Don’t Rain On My Parade» while rehearsing for her forthcoming run on the Broadway revival of “The incredible @ephieaardema got a photo of me singing Don’t Rain On My Parade on a Broadway stage for the first time ever today," Michele captioned the post, and tagging understudy Ephie Aardema. “@ephieaardema you are amazing I [love] you!!!«Lea Michele shares a photo of herself singing “Don’t Rain On My Parade” for the very first time on the Broadway stage of 'Funny Girl.' pic.twitter.com/6cbgyMGSXPIt was announced in July that Lea Michele has been cast to take over for Beanie Feldstein, who left the Broadway revival of  two months early.Michele, who previously starred in the original cast of , is expected to formally take over the role starting Sept.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJane Lynch will leave the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” on Aug. 14, ending her run as Mrs. Brice about three weeks earlier than expected.Lynch was initially scheduled to leave the show on Sept.

Jane Lynch will depart Broadway’s Funny Girl even earlier than expected, producers announced today. The former Glee actor will end her run as “Mrs. Brice” on Sunday, August 14, several weeks earlier than the Sept. 4 date most recently announced (that date, too, was earlier than the originally planned Sept. 25 exit).

her tap dancing rehearsals to her Instagram Story alongside the show’s choreographers, Ayodele Casel and Dre Torres. In the clip, the “Glee” alum — donning a black sports bra, leggings and tap shoes — spins her way into a military salute milliseconds ahead of Casel and Torres. Overjoyed that she stuck the ending pose, all three ladies clap as Michele high-fives Casel.“The great honor of having these two geniuses teach me how to tap for @funnygirl has been so unbelievably incredible and inspiring,” she wrote on a photo with the professionals.

Ellise Shafer Beanie Feldstein will be missing a few more shows before her run as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s “Funny Girl” comes to an early end on July 31.On Friday, Feldstein took to Instagram to reveal that she has contracted tonsillitis, and will not be able to perform through the weekend.“Hey everybody I’m just uh, just checking in. What have I missed? What’s been going on?” Feldstein says cheekily at the beginning of the video, referring to this week’s news that she is exiting the show early with Lea Michele slated to take over.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Funny Girl” producers are attesting they knew about Beanie Feldstein’s earlier-than-expected exit from the Broadway musical.Amid the whirlwind drama over the actor’s abrupt departure — and Lea Michele’s replacement as Fanny Brice — rumors began to circulate that Feldstein caught the show’s production team by surprise when she announced on social media that her final curtain call would be on July 31. She was initially slated to stay until Sept. 25, but she changed those plans after producers “decided to take the show in a different direction.”Now, representatives for “Funny Girl” are insisting that Feldstein’s mid-summer farewell had been jointly arranged with the revival’s producers, who “support” her decision.

Contrary to internet rumors and some published reports, producers of Broadway’s Funny Girl say they were not “blindsided” by star Beanie Feldstein’s Sunday night Instagram post announcing her early departure.

coronavirus. A tweet from the show on Wednesday read: 'Beanie returns tomorrow! 14 weeks left to see Beanie Feldstein & Jane Lynch now through September 25th. Stay tuned for additional casting news to join Ramin Karimloo & Jared Grimes and the company of Funny Girl.

It was just announced that Beanie Feldstein will be leaving the Broadway production of Funny Girl in September and her replacement will be named on a later date.

Funny Girl stars Beanie Feldstein and Jane Lynch will depart the productionl on September 25, producers announced today.

Broadway’s upcoming revival of Funny Girl, starring Beanie Feldstein, Jane Lynch, Ramin Karimloo and Jared Grimes has completed casting, with Peter Francis James, Ephie Aardema, Debra Cardon and Toni DiBuono among those joining the cast.