Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford are set to serve up a delicious night of horror starting with previews on February 26th. That is because two of them are starring in the revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on Broadway.
Both actors have not worked on the Great White Way since 2017, and I am sure they are going to be welcomed with open arms. That is unless they are going in for a haircut and a meal.
So if you want to really close shave, then tickets go on sale next Friday.
It has been an interesting week for Beanie Feldstein. First, she quit Funny Girl on Sunday, the show she is starring in on Broadway, reportedly without telling her bosses. Then on Monday, she was replaced by Lea Michele. Today, she announced that she has tonsilitis and will not be able to perform, at least, through the weekend.
“Hey everybody I’m just checking in. What have I missed? What’s been going on?” Feldstein says. “I’ll start. I just got back from the ears, nose, and throat doctor, who told me that I have tonsillitis, which is extremely contagious and she cannot allow me to go back on the stage through the weekend until I have enough antibiotics in my system to not be contagious anymore.
“The last thing I would want on this earth would be to get the people that I love sick, and I’m just not allowed to go on stage through the weekend. I cannot wait to do my last two weeks, and you just, you gotta laugh at a certain point. When it rains, it pours on your old pal Bean.”
Hopefully, she will be better by Tuesday, so she can go back on stage and sing her out until July 31st.
Before Sadie Sink didn’t know if the sun would come out tomorrow on Stranger Things, she was singing that it would when she starred in Annie. Boy, could the 11-year-old sing in 2013 when she was on Broadway.
When the revival of Funny Girl announced that Beanie Feldstein was going to play Fanny Brice on Broadway, there were a lot of people who wondered why Lea Michele didn’t get the role.
Ever since Michele sang Don’t Rain on My Parade on Glee, it seemed like it was her role to lose, and she lost it.
Then yesterday, Feldstein announced that she was leaving the show earlier than her September departure because the musical was changing directions. After her announcement, the show said they would reveal her replacement today.
Who is it? It is Lea Michele. “A dream come true is an understatement,” the actress wrote. “I’m so incredibly honored to join this amazing cast and production and return to the stage playing Fanny Brice on Broadway. See you September 6th.”
Hopefully, her dream won’t turn into a nightmare. I think if she doesn’t play to sell-out crowds, I wouldn’t be surprised if the show closes during her run. Yikes.
When it comes to who will be playing Brice between August 1st and September 5th, that person is Julie Benko. Benko has been getting a lot of praise in the role. Unlike the person who was hired to play it.
