Leah Michelle is hit already.

MEOW!

Op here. Meant to say Leah MIchele is a hit already.

She resembles Idina Menzel.

I hope that girl that tried to cancel her during the height of the George Floyd protests eats shit.. go Lea!

I wouldn't pay $2500 to see her perform in my living room.

[Quote]I wouldn't pay $2500 to see her perform in my living room.

Your living wouldn't have a big enough stage for ME.

You don't know R5's shoes, Leah!

I like her. Met her twice and she was lovely to me. She didn't even threaten to shit in my wig.

I've only seen her on Glee, and her Barbra impersonations but I'm not impressed. Good for her though if she can get asses in seats.

Time to start SHITTING IN SOME WIGS!!!

Still wrong, r2. Keep trying.

How do kids have $2500 to go see her? Do the olds who can afford this even know who she is or what Glee is?

I'm back, bitches.

And this time I'm going to be an EXTRA CUNT!!!!

I'm the cuntiest cunt who ever cunted.

And I get rewarded for it!!

r13 is a cunt

r14 as well

We got our tix. Sorry bout it, victim narrative bish.

[Quote]How do kids have $2500 to go see her? Do the olds who can afford this even know who she is or what Glee is?

R12 You forget that New York is full of trust fund Millennials and gays with money to burn.

I'm sorry but she sucks

'I'm a star in New York, I'm a star in L.A.'

The torch has been passed.

Maybe NYers like that shit but she comes across as a Barbra impersonator as opposed to her own self. I guess that will work as a quick replacement for this show, as well as for a show like Tina, but I want her to find her own voice.

Honey, if she hasn't found her voice by now she isn't going to.

Ultimately, Julie Benko might end up being becoming the breakout star of all of this.

[quote]Lea Michele Is the Greatest Star: Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’ Tickets Surging Above $2,500

Beanie found dead! Not because of the headline, though. It was the atherosclerosis.

I can never afford this.

[quote]I'm sorry but she sucks

She doesn't suck and you know it.

[quote] I hope that girl that tried to cancel her during the height of the George Floyd protests eats shit.. go Lea!

What are your hopes for dataloungers who have spent years celebrating their hatred for this woman. Including endless commentary about what a terrible person that she is. She's a datalounge hero though now because a black woman spoke out against her. And of course black people have no right to do such things.

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I want this taped for PBS Live Performances or something, and for the Lea Monster to win an Emmy for it.

She can disappear after that - I just want the knife twisted.

I predict a Tony. I’d go but I live in CA

Lea Michele definitely deserves a Tony nom for this. Only then can the healing begin.

R20, W&W.

R29 they’re called incest survivors.

[quote] The torch has been passed.

Hopefully after someone pours hot grease on Lea.

and Meaghan Markle, r3.

FYI, a replacement is not eligible for a Tony. You have to be part of the opening night cast.

Suckers!!

[quote]R37 FYI, a replacement is not eligible for a Tony. You have to be part of the opening night cast.

There’s precedent!

They made the exception for Kert at the personal request of Hal Prince. He tried the same stunt again a few years later when he fired Madeline Kahn four weeks into 20th Century and replaced her with Judy Kaye. They turned him down flat and have never made another exception. If they didn't allow Reba to be eligible when she replaced Bernie, I doubt they'll ever do it again, at least for the foreseeable future.

^^ you make us wonder where your allegiances lie, exactly.

[quote] The torch has been passed... Hopefully after someone pours hot grease on Lea.

You're a mean girl being mean to a mean girl.

I have lived in the theatre as a Trappist monk lives in his faith. I have no other world, no other life. Once in a great while, I experience that moment of revelation for which all true believers wait and pray. Barbra was one, Patti LuPone another. Audra McDonald, Peters …there are others, three or four. Lea Michele will be among them. Brilliant, vivid, something made of music and fire.

I later had the security guy fired for chewing gum during my number, R27.

CHEWING GUM.

[quote]The actor made her Broadway debut at age 8 as Young Cosette in “Les Misérables” and returned to the stage in her early 20s for “Spring Awakening.”

What about Ragtime and Fiddler? I WAS IN RAGTIME AND FIDDLER!

Rebecca Rubin, you better hide your wigs.

R29, are you saying Corey was gay?

Oh, great. Lea's posting here now.

[Quote]...are you saying Corey was gay?

Labels are so limiting, R46.

Has she gotten laid again since Corey

J’adore R43.

I hope the show does okay now - enough to recoup losers and pay support cast and crew, enough to make Beanie think twice about nepotism roles she isn't to; but not enough that we hear about this production to death and Lea's ego gets grossly out of control and causes epic damage.

"Leah Michelle is hit already."

I just wish she was.

[quote] Op here. Meant to say Leah MIchele is a hit already.

I thought you meant to say Leah Michele HAS hit someone already. Tempermental and high-strung are the kindest words one may use to describe her.

[quote] I wouldn't pay $2500 to see her perform in my living room.

If she was singing in my backyard I wouldn't even raise the window shade.

[quote]If she was singing in my backyard

You mean like Carol's last tour of Dolly?

She is so weird looking,

If she were suddenly singing in my backyard, I'd make the most of my moment and get on the phone. "Wig Shitter Flips Wig: Funny Girl's Backyard Crack-up." She would be the Margot Kidder or the Anne Heche of musical theatre.

She thinks she's the next Barbara, and to be fair, she already has the arrogant hateful bitch attitude down pat.

Oh dear, r58, I was NOT an arrogant hateful bitch.

[quote]She thinks she's the next Barbara

There's only one Barbara Cook!

Op’s article is typical hype created to get audiences excited that this is a major moment.

In actuality there are a ton a regularly priced seats after the first night

Shit, r58!

I’m with R19, awful. Have no idea whether she’s nice or not.

So what if she’s a cunt?

If you had to work with her, that’s another story.

My dream is that she's a critical hit and box-office draw BUT continues her cunt antics when she realizes she's almost untouchable by the producers.

Didn't she already win a Tony on Glee? Why isn't that enough for her?

Happy for her.

R67 = Lea's gay pet Jonathan Groff, furiously licking her dirty panties.

[quote]Happy for her.

So am I. She may be one of the biggest assholes walking the planet, but she was made to play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. Period.

[quote]Leah Michelle is hit

Pics please.

[quote]Lea's gay pet Jonathan Groff, furiously licking her dirty panties.

Only if there is a desk lamp handy.

Someone needs to push Lea down a flight of stairs.

She's aging like last week's gefilte fish. Oy vey!!

This week's gefilte fish is also kinda whiffy.

Cancel this fucking cunt PERMANENTLY!

Is this bitch even Jewish?

[quote] Leah Michelle is hit already.

Can I volunteer to hit her next?

She's got a big nose. Close enough.

[quote] Leah Michelle is Shit already.

There, I fixed it for you.

You bitches want shit in a wig? I've got a big old steamer waiting for Miss Michelle's wig!

Here’s my take on all of this. Leah is very, very good at singing the songs from Funny Girl. She may or may not have the acting chops to handle the role, but from her appearances on Glee I think she should be OK. Beanie Feldstein was miscast right from the beginning. It was a gamble, and maybe if she had a really good voice it could have worked. Fanny Brice as a historical character was not overweight and was always dressed elegantly in any photos that exist of her. You put those kind of clothes on Beanie Feldstein and she looks like a 1920s mother of the bride. The show should do well with Leah, but they owe it to the audience to improve this cheap jack production. Fanny supposedly starts out at rinky-dink Dancehall and then goes on to the Ziegfeld Follies. The Follies in this production look no different than the Dancehall number and having show girls strutting around in bridal costumes doesn’t cut it. And let’s get rid of the big trash dumpster in the middle of the stage that keeps opening and closing to reveal the scenery.

R19, I wasn't overly impressed, either. Yes, she's got a pair of pipes but the performance seemed a little... she was just showing off her pipes. Doing better than Beanie is a low bar and she will certainly be able to sing it... will she be able to anything other than belt?

[quote]R81 Fanny Brice as a historical character was not overweight and was always dressed elegantly in any photos that exist of her.

No one knows this anymore. It’s become irrelevant.

So the story of an unconventional looking woman with talent who became an elegant star is "irrelevant" r83? That is the story of Funny Girl.

She really looks like a drag queen in OP’s photo. Harsh and nasty.

broadway is drag.

[quote]No one knows this anymore.

Google does, you putz.

What is on her iPod?

[quote]R84 So the story of an unconventional looking woman with talent who became an elegant star is "irrelevant"? That is the story of Funny Girl.

Listen, it’s not like the penultimate number is about Fanny getting on a Best Dressed list. Her wardrobe improving is a symbol of her career improving. It’s not celebrating her personal style.

My grandmother loved Brice as Baby Snooks (a low vaudeville turn) not as some style icon. That was Kaye Francis.

I wanna see the new art work.

She fucking nails this song

Not a single show I'd want to see even for free, much less shelling out $200 for a ticket

Jesus. Her face at 0:55. It's like something out of a horror movie. She loves defaulting to an almost threatening determination in her interpretations.

[quote]Not a single show I'd want to see even for free

I'd love to see Leopoldstadt.

Please, don't waste my time.

Lillias is terrific in that concert. I think there’s an argument to be made for her doing the role (well, at least when she was at her peak, not now.) I would have paid to see her do it. She’s got the fire and it looks like some of the humor. IMO though, it’s not really the right voice or color of sound for Fanny.

[quote] Leah

[quote] Michelle

When you're asked to do two simple tasks and you fuck BOTH of them up....

Streisand's voice wasn't right for Fanny Brice. It's a vehicle for a singing comedienne. It's not really about Fanny Brice.

Which is why Carol Burnett was offered the role first on Broadway.

Glad she’s getting a redemption arc

Her lips 👄 👀 like gummy worms

R96 = in other words "too black"

Actually no R102. She doesn’t have the roundness or darkness of tone I look for in the sound of that role. A lot of black singers have that quality. She doesn’t.

Some commenters here seem to agree.

It's not like they're shitting in someone's wig, R97.

Accuracy isn't that important.

Aggred.

I would have loved to have seen Heather Headley play Funny Girl. She has a superb voice and she is also genuinely funny.

I'm still pissed that the Heather Headley "shitting the bed vocally on stage" video has disappered from YouTube.

I don't even hate Lea or her singing but she looks really ugly there R91.

You dislike her American Beauty nose?

My oh my how the pile of snakes that are the denizens of Dl are writhing and hissing at Leah's resounding success ! $2500 a ticket Ladies. Read it and weep.

We'll see how long it lasts. Beanie did well at the box office initially...

Beanie Feldstein very quickly showed she was in over her head vocally. When that word spread fast, it left only Booksmart/Lady Bird fans who simply like Feldstein personally and wanted to see her, as well as (some overlap with the aforementioned) the body-positivity crowd who wanted to support the idea of a larger woman in a starring role. And, I guess, people who just very badly wanted to see Funny Girl on Broadway, even a lackluster Funny Girl.

What we have now is not really an equivalent situation. Lea Michele has her stans from the Glee days, but mostly, people are eager to get in because they think she can tear up this part. By most accounts she's doing that.

Lia Michele's fans didn't help save that TV show she joined after GLEE.

It’s Lea not Leah or Lia

I wonder how Beanie feels, as it seems Lea is more of a hit..

But she just saved Funny Girl R114.

really? r118?

The reviews are in!

she looks fabulous there r119

I hated Lea whenever she tried to mimic Barbra, breath by breath,

Perhaps the director has reigned her in. In the videos of opening night, it may even be that the keys have been lowered (or maybe they were just raised for Glee). She doesn't seem to strain as much in the high notes as before--in fact the high notes don't seem so high as before

How nice for the tourists.

Since that's who she exists for.

They like the shrill, unsubtle, celebrity ("I SAW HER ON TV!") thrill of it all.

No thanks.

I'll try to see in January, when everyone else stops going to Bway

Oh please R121. Michael Mayer had nothing to do with her vocal performance. She’s matured as a singer and sings the role much differently than she did on Glee.

I’m not a tourist R122 and I have every intention of going to see one of the most difficult roles on Broadway actually get pulled off exceedingly well by a voice type that no longer exists on Broadway.

[quote]She’s matured as a singer and sings the role much differently than she did on Glee.

And she was playing a character who idolized Streisand. It was written that way.

She's talented but also evil, so I'll pass.

Lea Michele is talented. She's also insufferable.

However, why wasn't she given the role from the very start? They selected Beanie over Lea to open a major revival like Funny Girl? Doesn't make sense.

Hope another movie adaptation starring Lea will be next

maybe they could give her something different to do, a story with a similar framework in places, but something suited to specifically to her

Who plays Omar’s part?

R130. Ramin Karimloo is Nicky Arnstein

[Quote] However, why wasn't she given the role from the very start?

Because her career was cold.

^^and Beanie's career was on fire?

Feldstein had goodwill on her side (besides powerful backers). There was a perception that the public liked her, and she had had a success in a supporting role on Broadway. It seems in retrospect that everyone should have realized the starring role in Funny Girl was a bridge too far, but I think those involved in the production hoped she could finesse her way through on a combination of comedic skill, appealing onstage personality, and singing the music "well enough." Didn't happen, obviously. The clock was ticking from the moment the reviews came in.

Hit in North?

[Quote] and Beanie's career was on fire

Beanie is what they call "relevant."

I would hardly call her role as Minnie in Hello Dolly a breakout performance. She didnt stand out at all. How the hell did she get cast in that production anyway ? Seriously.

Her screechy godawful belting has no business being as celebrated as it is. There are far too many talented women out there to continue to allow a Babs impersonator the spotlight on her cosplay career. Next.

Fuck off and give it a rest already r138. There were even some reviews that mentioned that was a fear of theirs when reviewing, but it wasnt a reality. She does not imitate Barbra, and they noted as such.

The question isn't whether there are other talented women, but whether they're talented, box-office draws, and willing/able to commit to a run of Funny Girl. Julie Benko is talented. For the month she had the show all to herself, FG was averaging in the low 70s of the house's capacity, even though tickets were cheap.

They are still doing that stupid curtain call that no one seems to like.

If they do the Funny Girl movie Gaga will snatch it right from under Lea.

they should leave the Funny Girl movie alone, write something new for Michelle

Beanie who?

They have to tape this show.

How about me as Fanny when Lea leaves?

Is Jesse Mueller on a TV show?