![]() It seems unlikely at first that the beloved Gleeks will get their happy ending. The episode is set at show choir sectionals, and our McKinley High School glee club is determined to shed their underdog status and finally win something. It’s the mid-season finale of the first season of “Glee,” and theater kids everywhere are glued to Fox. “Funny Girl” is not revived on Broadway after Streisand appears in it because it is assumed that no other actress can sing a song like “I’m the Greatest Star” and convince an audience that it’s true like Babs can … until nearly 60 years later.ĭecember 2009: ‘Glee’ airs Lea Michele’s first ‘Funny Girl’ song “Don’t Rain on My Parade” becomes one of her signature songs and “hello, gorgeous” one of her signature lines. She originates the role of Brice, a vaudeville comedian, on Broadway and later wins an Oscar for its film adaptation. Fanny Brice is the role that makes her a star. “Funny Girl” is Barbra Streisand’s show, and that’s half the battle of bringing it back to Broadway without her. Revisit the winding chain of events below, from Barbra Streisand’s debut to the current casting snafu.ġ964: Barbra Streisand sets impossibly high standards as OG Fanny Brice This month, she finally got her chance, when “Funny Girl” producers announced that Michele would replace Feldstein, the comic breakout star of films like “Booksmart,” as protagonist Fanny Brice.īut “Funny Girl’s” road back to Broadway has been anything but smooth: Between planned and canceled revivals, accusations that Michele was abusive to a Black co-star on the “Glee” set and overwhelmingly negative reviews for Feldstein’s performance, the revival has been besieged by setbacks. ![]() Michele, a Broadway veteran known for starring on “Glee,” has been publicly angling for the role of comic heroine Fanny Brice for years. From the moment it was announced that Beanie Feldstein would lead “Funny Girl” in its first Broadway revival, many theater fans wondered: How would Lea Michele take the news?
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