Lea Michele replacing Beanie Feldstein in Funny Girl proves that life is one big Glee episode

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After months of speculation, it was announced this week that Lea Michele will be replacing Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, and the internet subsequently lost its mind. Back in August 2021, it was announced that Beanie Feldstein landed the role of Fanny Brice in the Funny Girl revival, the first Broadway production since Barbra Streisand originated the iconic role in 1964. Behind the scenes, it had been decided that Feldstein’s understudy Julie Benko would take over the role of Fanny Brice until Lea Michele’s first performance on 6 September. Because the Glee universe is slowly bleeding into our own; a Glee subplot in which Lea Michele stars as Fanny Brice in a Funny Girl revival has become reality.