Funny Girl on Broadway

Beanie Feldstein, Ramin Karimloo, 2022 Tony Award nominee Jared Grimes, and Jane Lynch star in the first-ever Broadway revival of Funny Girl, now playing at the August Wilson Theatre. Catch a sneak peek of the iconic musical in these new show clips.

[courtneyst.julian]

Beanie Feldstein is sublimely talented. This may not have been the right role for her but I can't wait to see what she does next.

[aquabreeze]

I desperately wanted Beanie to succeed because she’s a big girl like me. And yeah her singing is sub-par, but seeing people reduce her to her weight in these very comments is heartbreaking.

[gilbertblaze]

I feel absolutely bad for beanie knowing now that she’s leaving the show I can only imagine how devastating she felt to get such bad reviews for her performance I really want her to succeed in this role because as usual a lot of big girls don’t get starring roles I do feel she’s talented I can only hope she has a good support system around her because I can only imagine how mentally frustrating it have been for her

[IHARumor]

I feel so bad for Beanie, especially now that it’s been confirmed that she’s getting replaced by Lea Michele, someone who’s a more obvious, standard choice for the role. I really would have liked to see Beanie succeed in the role and pave the way for more ‘out of the box’ casting like this on Broadway. Sadly it’s clear she vocally wasn’t the right fit for this role.

[macrichardson]

I feel so sorry for this young woman. I understand the decision, but the emotion cannot be ignored.

[djaminbartlett]

I saw Beanie interviewed last year, at a convention in New York for Variety. She's adorable, and she'd been waiting to do this role her whole life. The critics were viscous towards this 28 year old. Of course no one has Streisand's voice, but they didn't have to attack her performance the way they did.

[victordunson]

She was amazing. I actually bought a second ticket to see her again. She was truly having a great time on stage.

[LilySayyy]

It's really sweet that she got to play the role she's loved her whole life. But sometimes our dream role is simply not right for us and it's a shame she had to learn that the hard way. I mean, I absolutely love Elphaba, but I don't have the chops to be her even in a low budget school production, let alone on Broadway

[esquatrito]

I desperately need to know how Ramin does that meerkat looking jump onto the bench😂

[rc-r]

Beanie Feldstein was terrific, ! I truly enjoyed how she brought the actual character to life, and wasn't trying to recreate Barbara, total respect! Now I see that Lea Michelle is taking over the role...

[jeffgrubstein]

It reminded me of a good high school production.

[safy]

There should much more videos of her singing this song. If this is the best she can do, she was miscast for this role.

[ladymondegreen]

I feel like it was cruel to cast her in the first place if they were just going to let her go so early and replace her with Lea Michele. They knew she wasn’t a strong singer. No disrespect to Beanie; I love her and had high hopes, but I think it’s far more humiliating to lose the role the way she did, especially after they hyped her up so much for months and her debut led to a lot of criticism and panning and lack of Tony recognition. This will be a sour memory for her now instead of a dream fulfilled.

[joyajohnson]

that don’t rain on my parade………….lord…😐

[keviener]

People saying Beanie got bad reviews because of her weight are delusional. She's just not a great singer. This role was not for her.

[edwardnashen]

One word: Miscast! Two words: Limited voice!

[Gnostic]

Let us not forget a hit Tony-Award Winning Musical featuring a plus-size leading lady won acclaim and awards in 2002 --HAIRSPRAY!

[federicabaratta]

I read many comments defending Beanie that say that she’s an amazing singer but the show wasn’t working and wasn’t selling tickets. I read some reviews and they weren’t good, and this has nothing to do with her size. She is talented but maybe being Fanny isn’t her girl, I really wish her to find a role that’ll showcase her talent but it wasn’t Fanny. A show on Broadway needs to sell tickets to go on and if an actress isn’t good enough they find another one. Show business is a hard world, but it’s like this that works. And stop saying that people don’t like her just because of her weight, it’s 2022 and there are tons of gorgeous actresses that are big sizes, like in Funny Girl revival in London

[lmsteller]

Not every actor is right for every role. It’s that plain & simple. Hairspray revival would have been a better choice leading role, her father could have made his daughter a Broadway sensation overnight. She’s wonderful in her film roles. The fact that she is leaving the show means she will pursue other creative ventures. Wishing her many future successes, she’s young and talented! ♥️

[harperfisak]

Honestly her voice wasn’t even BAD. She sang it pretty well.