Lea Michele: "I'm the Greatest Star"!! Beanie Feldstein: "Hold my beer."

[ЭPiKUilyam]

Beanie Feldstein to Star in ‘Funny Girl’ on Broadway​

Beanie Feldstein to Star in ‘Funny Girl’ on Broadway (Published 2021)

With the “Booksmart” actress taking on the role originated by Barbra Streisand in 1964, the show is getting its first Broadway revival in 58 years.

www.nytimes.com

I can't find much on YT with Beanie singing, but I am RELIEVED Lea did not get the coveted role. She bugs. And is not as talented as she thinks she is. Good for Beanie!

 

[AxelAnnie]

Beanie Feldstein to Star in ‘Funny Girl’ on Broadway​

Beanie Feldstein to Star in ‘Funny Girl’ on Broadway (Published 2021)

With the “Booksmart” actress taking on the role originated by Barbra Streisand in 1964, the show is getting its first Broadway revival in 58 years.

www.nytimes.com

I can't find much on YT with Beanie singing, but I am RELIEVED Lea did not get the coveted role. She bugs. And is not as talented as she thinks she is. Good for Beanie!

I thought I was the only one that thought Lea was not that great.

 

[PeterG]

I thought I was the only one that thought Lea was not that great.

It must be awful to be somebody that numerous people think are not great.

 

[AxelAnnie]

It must be awful to be somebody that numerous people think are not great.

Huh?

 

[VGThuy]

I saw Beanie Feldstein on Broadway when she played Minnie Fay in Hello Dolly! And she was really excellent. Not only can she sing but she’s an even better dancer. I believe Feldstein will be able to sing in character and make the role her own more so than Lea Michele whose singing seems characterless most of the time with borrowed Streisandisms every time she does a Streisand cover.

Here’s her singing with Ben Platt, singing “It Takes Two” from Into the Woods:

"It Takes Two" from INTO THE WOODS by Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt for Sondheim 90th Birthday

From TAKE ME TO THE WORLD: A SONDHEIM 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, a tribute to Broadway songwriting icon Stephen Sondheim created during the COVID-19 epidemic...

youtu.be

 

[genevieve]

“The first time I played Fanny Brice was at my third birthday party, in a head-to-toe leopard print outfit my mom made for me,” Feldstein said in a statement. “So, it’s safe to say that stepping into this iconic role, on Broadway and not in my family’s backyard, is truly my lifelong dream come true.

I don't have much of an opinion about Lea Michele, other than at just how many of her Glee costars have no problem saying she's awful to work with , but I loooooved Booksmart and love this casting.

 

[Cachoo]

I think Beanie is funnier than Lea and can be serious as well. I hope she triumphs. Lea will have other opportunities.

 

[my little pony]

Beanie sang during the zoom birthday celebration for Sondheim last summer (that might not technically be the name) and I was surprised how good she sounded just sitting in her house

 

[peibeck]

For the sheer awfulness of it, you should Google/YouTube Pia Zadora's "Don't Rain on My Parade."

 

[smurfy]

I saw Beanie Feldstein on Broadway when she played Minnie Fay in Hello Dolly! And she was really excellent. Not only can she sing but she’s an even better dancer. I believe Feldstein will be able to sing in character and make the role her own more so than Lea Michele whose singing seems characterless most of the time with borrowed Streisandisms every time she does a Streisand cover.

Here’s her singing with Ben Platt, singing “It Takes Two” from Into the Woods:

"It Takes Two" from INTO THE WOODS by Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt for Sondheim 90th Birthday

From TAKE ME TO THE WORLD: A SONDHEIM 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, a tribute to Broadway songwriting icon Stephen Sondheim created during the COVID-19 epidemic...

youtu.be

I saw Beanie too in Hello Dolly and really enjoyed her. Bette Midler was fab and you could tell she just loved being on stage and her improvising was hilarious. When sitting with Horace having a meal, she threw some chcken wings or something into the orchestra pit smiling down at them.

 

[ЭPiKUilyam]

For the sheer awfulness of it, you should Google/YouTube Pia Zadora's "Don't Rain on My Parade."

I kind of didn't mind it!!! lol. She's been much more awful before.

I think with LeaM, she has just been WAY too thirsty for this role since forever. I remember her on the Tonys singing DROMP like 15 years ago. Her voice is okay, but it's just not a show stopper. I'm sure she deserved the lead in her high school musical, but to carry it on Broadway? Umm, no. Plus, she has not created a good reputation of someone who is nice to work with, to put it nicely. And at 35, she's probably too old for the role anyway.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

For the sheer awfulness of it, you should Google/YouTube Pia Zadora's "Don't Rain on My Parade."

Your post reminds me of a joke Bea Arthur told in her one-woman show about the time Pia Zadora starred as Anne Frank. When the audience couldn't take it any more, they screamed 'She's in the attic'.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

A few years back I saw a live-taped screening of Funny Girl starring Sheridan Smith. Her performance was outstanding, and she didn't make the mistake of trying to copy Barbra, either.

 

[PatChan4O]

Trying to imagine who they’ll cast as Nick (as written now, he hardly sings), Mrs. Brice, Eddie, Ziegfeld, etc.