The actress — who’s changing Beanie Feldstein within the Broadway musical — will make her debut as Fanny Brice on September 6.
The curtain on the August Wilson Theatre will quickly rise for Lea Michele when she takes the stage in Broadway’s “Humorous Woman” — and the manufacturing has launched the primary take a look at the actress taking up the lead function of Fanny Brice.
On Friday, the official “Humorous Woman” Twitter account dropped a 30-second, black-and-white promo that featured footage of Michele rehearsing for her debut, together with clips of the “Glee” alum singing on stage, dancing and studying choreography.
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The brief teaser additionally included Michele displaying off her pipes, with the star belting out a part of “I am the Best Star,” a tune from the musical.
“Who’s the pip with pizzazz?/ Who’s all ginger and jazz?/ Who’s as glamorous as?” Michele’s voice could be heard singing within the clip. “Who’s an American magnificence rose/ With an American magnificence nostril/ And 10 American magnificence toes?/ Hey Mr. Ziegfeld, right here I’m.”
“A star returns,” the promo learn to start with. The teaser later added, “Hey, Attractive. Hey, Lea.”
“The function of a lifetime,” the Twitter account captioned the video, under. “Lea Michele joins the solid of FUNNY GIRL as Fanny Brice starting September 6. See you on the August Wilson!”
Final month, it was introduced that Michele can be changing Beanie Feldstein within the lead function of Fanny Brice. Following the announcement, Michele expressed her pleasure over the information in an Instagram submit.
The function of a lifetime. Lea Michele joins the solid of FUNNY GIRL as Fanny Brice starting September 6. See you on the August Wilson! pic.twitter.com/nQatXGOzee
— Humorous Woman on Broadway (@FunnyGirlBwy) August 19, 2022
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“A dream come true is an understatement,” she wrote on July 11. “I am so extremely honored to hitch this wonderful solid and manufacturing and return to the stage taking part in Fanny Brice on Broadway. See you September sixth.”
The information got here simply someday after Feldstein revealed on Instagram that she’d be departing “Humorous Woman” sooner than anticipated. The “Girl Chook” actress was initially set to star within the present till September 25.
In her submit, Feldstein mentioned she’ll be leaving “Humorous Woman” on the finish of the month, and shared that taking part in Fanny Brice on Broadway “has been a lifelong dream of mine, and doing so for the previous few months has been an awesome pleasure and true honor.”
“As soon as the manufacturing determined to take the present in a unique course, I made the extraordinarily tough resolution to step away earlier than anticipated,” she added.
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Feldstein’s final efficiency was on July 31, earlier than standby Julie Benko stepped in. Benko has been starring as Fanny Brice and can proceed to take action till Michele takes over on September 6.
In the meantime, Michele’s former “Glee” co-star, Jane Lynch, like Feldstein, was initially set to star in “Humorous Woman” till late September. Lynch — who starred alongside Feldstein within the revival as Mrs. Brice, Fanny’s mom — departed the present on August 14. Her exit was moved up from September 4 due to a deliberate trip.
Standby Liz McCartney has been filling in since August 16 and can proceed to take action till Tovah Feldshuh takes over the function on Michele’s first night time.
Lynch has asserted that Michele becoming a member of the present did not contribute to her early departure. Whereas talking with Playbill earlier this month, the actress mentioned, “It has nothing to do with not eager to see Lea. I textual content with Lea. She and I are tremendous. I am thrilled for her. I like working with Julie. I beloved working with Beanie. There isn’t any drama right here. None.”
