Review: Lea Michele rides waves of love in Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’
by Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
Oct 07, 2022
2 minutes
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NEW YORK — Come Tony Awards time next spring, the committee is going to have an issue. Lea Michele’s show-stopping lead performance in director Michael Mayer’s revival of “Funny Girl” will be a formidable competitor for best lead performance by an actress in a musical. But since she’s technically (and famously) a replacement for Beanie Feldstein in that same role, she won’t be eligible.
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