Lea Michele took to Instagram to share her excitement about joining the cast of Broadway's ‘Funny Girl’
Feldstein’s standby Julie Benko will perform the title role from Tuesday, August 2 through Sunday, September 4, and will play the part on Thursdays beginning September 8.
Lynch will remain in her role as Mrs. Brice through September 4, an earlier departure than originally planned: She had been set to leave at the end of September, but will now exit with Feldstein – meaning no overlap with her formerFeldstein made the surprise announcement last night that she’d be leaving the show on July 31, two months before her expected September 25 departure – which itself was earlier than the end-of-the-year date initially expected.
In her Instagram post last night, Feldstein said she made the decision to leave at the end of July after “the production decided to take the show in a difference direction.” She did not elaborate on the new direction, and producers have not commented on the matter.Twitter has been buzzing in recent weeks with speculation that Michele – who has made no secret of her long-held desire to play Fanny – would join the production as producers hoped to reinvigorate tickets sales.
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