This permanent A list singer/actress/Oscar winner was asked to provide her input into a casting decision for a theatre role and she gave her blessing to the actress who landed the job.
Our permanent actress said no to the actress who always wanted the role for fear she would overshadow what the permanent A list actress did with it.
Barbra Streisand
Fanny Brice
Fania Borach, known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedienne, illustrated song model, singer, and theater and film actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances. She is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series The Baby Snooks Show
Funny Girl
Barbra Streisand starred as Brice in the 1964 Broadway musical Funny Girl, which centered on Brice’s rise to fame and troubled relationship with Arnstein
Beanie Feldstein
Lea Michele
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Beanie Feldstein Didn’t Understand Why Lea Michele Started Trending When She Landed ‘Funny Girl’ Role
Beanie Feldstein didn’t understand why Lea Michele started trending after her big career news. While speaking to SiriusXM’s Radio Andy, the 28-year-old actress recalled being confused by the Twitter chatter around Michele when Feldstein landed the role of Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl.
“I didn’t even know that any of this was happening by the way. All of a sudden people started explaining it to me and I was like, ‘Wait, what?'” Feldstein said of not knowing the reason Michele began trending on Twitter after the news. “I didn’t understand.”
Michele was a topic of conversation after Feldstein’s casting because the Glee star had previously expressed an interest in taking on the role herself. After Feldstein landed the role, though, Michele took to the actress’ Instagram to congratulate her.
“Yes! YOU are the greatest star!” she wrote. “This is going to be epic!!”
“She very sweetly wrote on my Instagram,” Feldstein said of Michele’s message, adding, “I don’t know the woman whatsoever.”
Feldstein’s portrayal of the character will be the first time in 58 years that Funny Girl has been on Broadway. The role was originally played by Barbra Streisand in 1964, and helped launch her into stardom. Feldstein previously told ET that she had yet to talk to Streisand about the role, but noted, “In my dreams, sure!” – Source
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