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Lea Michele is set to take over as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway, beginning performances on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, and when she joins the company, she will be getting a new song to sing! A new interlude of the song 'I’d Rather Be Blue Over You' that Barbra Streisand sings in the movie, will be added to the show. 

Get a first look at Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele (“Fanny Brice”) and four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh (“Mrs. Brice”) in rehearsal for the Broadway revival of FUNNY GIRL! See the photos here!

Jonathan Groff will star as “Franklin” and Lindsay Mendez will star as “Mary” in Merrily We Roll Along at New York Theatre Workshop. Merrily We Roll Along features music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by George Furth. They join the previously announced Daniel Radcliffe, who will star as “Charley”.

Five-time Emmy Award winner and 2022 Emmy Award nominee Jane  Lynch will end her run as “Mrs. Brice” in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl.

All new production photos have been released of 'Fanny Brice' standby Julie Benko in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl! Julie Benko will perform the title role beginning tonight through Sunday, September 4, 2022 and on Thursdays beginning Thursday, September 8, 2022.

Beanie Feldstein is ending her run starring as Fanny Brice in Broadway's FUNNY GIRL today, July 31st. She is the production's first original cast member to depart. Standby Julie Benko will take over the role through September 4 and before the much anticipated performance of Lea Michele as Fanny Brice beginning September 6.

Tony Award-winning actress Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kinky Boots, “Snowpiercer”) will take on the role of Audrey in the three-time Best Musical Revival Award-winning production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS this fall, beginning Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at the Westside Theatre.

Funny Girl star Beanie Feldstein will miss this weekend's performances of the musical due to a case of tonsillitis.

It's official! Lea Michele will take over as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway, succeeding Beanie Feldstein who will depart the production on July 31st. Find out when Lea Michele and Tovah Feldshuh are joining the show, how to get ticket and more.

Beanie Feldstein announced this evening that she will be departing Funny Girl on Broadway July 31st, 2022. Feldstein was previously scheduled to depart the production with co-star Jane Lynch on September 25th.

Get the scoop on when Beanie Feldstein and Jane Lynch will depart Funny Girl this September. 

Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Drama Desk Award Nominated Broadway star Rob McClure will take on the lead role of Seymour in the off-Broadway production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS beginning next month!

While painting the town green in honor of the 40th anniversary of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS’ world premiere in 1982, Tony Award-winning producers Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens and Hunter Arnold have overfed the plants (with an abundance of rain) and will need to postpone the block party originally scheduled for Friday, May 6.

FUNNY GIRL is currently in previews and officially opens on Sunday, April 24 at the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street). Check out all new production photos of the Broadway cast here!

FUNNY GIRL stars Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice, Tony and Olivier Award nominee Ramin Karimloo as Nick Arnstein, Jeff Award winner Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan and five-time Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch as Mrs. Rose Brice.

Award-winning film, television, and Broadway star Skylar Astin will take on the lead role of Seymour in the three-time Best Musical Revival Award-winning production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. 

She has arrived! Just yesterday, FUNNY GIRL began Broadway previews, on the 58th Anniversary of the Opening Night of the original production, at the August Wilson Theatre and we've got the first photos from the curtain call.

FUNNY GIRL begins previews on Broadway tonight, Saturday March 26, 2022, on the 58th  Anniversary of the Opening Night of the original production, at the August Wilson Theatre (245 W. 52nd Street). Produced by Sonia Friedman, Scott Landis and David Babani, this highly anticipated, first-ever Broadway revival stars Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice, Tony and Olivier Award nominee Ramin Karimloo as Nick Arnstein, Jeff Award winner Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan and five-time Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch as  Mrs. Rose Brice.

The highly anticipated Broadway revival of Funny Girl is beginning performances this month and we have our first look at the cast singing with the orchestra for the first time at the musical's sitzprobe.

The highly anticipated Broadway revival of Funny Girl is beginning performances this month! The musical will have its first preview at the August Wilson on March 26 and officially open on April 24. Check out photos of the new marquee!