Do we really need Funny Girl? It isn't that spectacular of a musical/is a bit dated/if a bit boring and if that is how Lea wants to make a "triumphant" return to Broadway...
However, I do think Lea will be itching to come to Broadway soon. Just like most of the other Glee kids, she is having trouble making a successful career for herself after the show - have you seen Scream Queens' ratings?
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I liked the work Harvey has done on Newsies and Kinky Boots, and he apparently won a Tony Award for La Cage aux Folles for no reason.
Is it horrible to suggest this as the NBC live musical for next year? I think Lea could make a great Fanny as long as Ryan Murphy isn't involved. Otherwise we'll be stuck with Lea's belting faces for three hours. A great director could help things along. (Or just, you know, a revival with Jessie Mueller, Annaleigh Ashford, or Annelise van der Pol.)
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Putting down someone's opinion.....how classy......and typical of this ****ing message board....and you for that matter.
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Mattbrain, I constantly disagree with the opinions of others on this board. But I never police people for expressing theirs. I am constantly confused by this impulse. That's my opinion of La Cage's book. This is a discussion board.
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I wasn't even putting anyone down, I just disagree. I think the book to La Cage played very rusty in the acclaimed last revival. I thought the characters were very flat and the dialogue hadn't aged well. And I have affection for that show, and that score. All of Fierstein's books, even the new ones, tend to feel very cliche and unincisive to me. (Love the guy as an actor and a personality.) That has nothing to do with anyone on here.
"Just like most of the other Glee kids, she is having trouble making a successful career for herself after the show - have you seen Scream Queens' ratings?"
Her album has grown on me the more I've listened to it. I guess I'm in the minority because I find her extremely talented. She has a fantastic voice and while it wasn't always there, there were moments on Glee when her acting was strong. That said, if we're considering Glee her audition for Funny Girl, she's not right for it. I still think her rendition of Don't Rain on My Parade was great but it kind of went downhill from there.
"We had talked about it for sure. But then I feel like we so many of those songs and so did many of those scenes [on GLEE] that in a weird way, I feel like we did it in some way." He continued, "I don't know, never say never. We've talked about a lot of different things. Maybe. It's not on my docket right now."
That is showbiz for "Yeah, like so many proposed productions, we were in discussions, but now it's probably not going to happen."
So everyone CHILL OUT. The production's unlikely to happen - from the mouth of Ryan Murphy himself.