Lea Michele & Tovah Feldshuh to star in FUNNY GIRL from September
After the earlier news that Beanie Feldstein will be leaving the production, it has been announced that Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele (Spring Awakening, Glee) will star as Fanny Brice and four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh (Yentl, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) will star as Mrs. Brice in Funny Girl at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway from 6 September.
Fanny Brice standby Julie Benko will perform the title role from 2 August-4 September and on Thursdays from 8 September.
Funny Girl currently stars Feldstein as Fanny Brice until 31 July and five-time Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch as Mrs. Brice until 4 September, alongside Ramin Karimloo as Nick Arnstein, Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan, Peter Francis James as Florenz Ziegfeld, Ephie Aardema as Emma/Mrs. Nadler, Debra Cardona as Mrs. Meeker, Toni DiBuono as Mrs. Strakosh, and Martin Moran as Tom Keeney.
Completing the company are Miriam Ali, Amber Ardolino, Daniel Beeman, Colin Bradbury, Kurt Csolak, John Michael Fiumara, Leslie Donna Flesner, Afra Hines, Masumi Iwai, Aliah James, Jeremiah James, Danielle Kelsey, Stephen Mark Lukas, Alicia Lundgren, John Manzari, Liz McCartney, Connor McRory, Katie Mitchell, Justin Prescott, Mariah Reives, Leslie Blake Walker and Julie Benko.
Tony Award winner Michael Mayer directs this brand-new Funny Girl, featuring the classic score by Tony, Grammy and Academy Award winner Jule Styne and lyrics by Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Bob Merrill, (comprising additional songs from Styne & Merrill). The original book by Isobel Lennart, from an original story by Miss Lennart, is revised by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein.
Funny Girl features choreography by Ellenore Scott, tap choreography by 2022 Drama Desk Award nominee Ayodele Casel, set design by Tony Award winner David Zinn, costumes by Tony Award winner Susan Hilferty, lighting by Tony Award winner Kevin Adams, sound by Tony Award winner Brian Ronan, music direction and supervision by Emmy Award winner Michael Rafter, casting by Jim Carnahan, CSA and Jason Thinger, CSA, orchestrations by Chris Walker, dance, vocal and incidental music arrangements by Alan Williams, additional arrangements by David Dabbon and Carmel Dean and vocal supervision by Liz Caplan.
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