Funny Girl Broadway Closing Night - Final Curtain Call and Lea Michele’s performance of “My Man”
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10 ай бұрынFinal curtain call for the Broadway Funny Girl at the August Wilson Theatre. After the curtain call, Lea Michele delivered a speech and did a special performance of “My Man”. Filmed on September 3rd, 2023 at the August Wilson Theatre.
@Sluggergirl 9 ай бұрын
I absolutely adored getting to see this show; Lea is phenomenal! I only wish she’d been eligible for a Tony!
@annpaq8342 9 ай бұрын
I totally agree with you.
@fadhilramadhani1847 9 ай бұрын
Thank God this show got Lea who should have been there from the beginning
@lily__e 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Lea Michele deserves all the praise. She saved this broadway show.
@l.n.3372 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this video! Saw Funny Girl in August and it was amazing. Glad I got to see the show before it ended this revival run.
@glennnelson-ot8wc 9 ай бұрын
There's no business like show business. The curtain has come down on Lea Michele's dream to play Fanny Brice. What an incredible performance, what an amazing run. A talent along with some of the greats, Martin, Merman, Channing, and of course Streisand.
@bcnmanhattan5022 9 ай бұрын
Oh, please....
@johnpickford4222 9 ай бұрын
@glennnelson-ot8wc: C’mon, grab yourself and chill. Her reputation likely prevented her from opening the revival and desperation by the producers led to her being engaged. And of course who made the stupid decision to hire “Beanie”-no bean pole-Feldstein.
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
More like Eve Harrington
@glennnelson-ot8wc 9 ай бұрын
whatever the reputation was she proved she is a star. with a set of chops. That is not an easy score to sing.
@glennnelson-ot8wc 9 ай бұрын
@@bcnmanhattan5022 That is a very difficult score to sing. The range is great, there are not many songs by supporting or co starring cast. The show is Fanny's show
@tracy2648 9 ай бұрын
What the hell was wrong with the producers to not cast Lea from the beginning? They would have had a Tony winning show resulting in a much greater box office.
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
Maybe they didn't want a toxic, self-absorbed bully in the cast?
@lovepanic2738 9 ай бұрын
She was pregnant and then had just had the baby.
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
@@lovepanic2738 can you imaging having a bully for a mother?? poor kid
@SJ-bi9wu 9 ай бұрын
Why? Because the previous star's father was one of the show's many producers. That clearly had EVERYTHING to do with it.
@helendavies1326 9 ай бұрын
@Marcel_Audubon do you have first hand experience of her bullying? Or are you just repeating what other people have said. Many very talented people are not "Nice" people that does not negate the talent
@Leamichellefan2244 8 ай бұрын
This will not be the last. We hear of the amazing Leah, Michelle I can promise you that she’s got a concert coming up and from what I hear she’s already got another Broadway show lined up.
@russellbyrne376 9 ай бұрын
I flew from Sydney to see this show. Excellent
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
creepy
@ferrierepc 9 ай бұрын
I am very happy for her, and the cast, that they got to continue when it appeared that it would not. Not to mention the people who wanted her to fail and those in the public who did not look at the timing of the things she was accused of doing nor her former cast mates who did not accuse her of anything, especially Ryan Murphy, who I have to believe, would have taken her to task if she did do the things she was accused of doing over 3 years and, primarily, after her fiancè overdosed and died....had she done what they said she did, she would not have been kept on by Murphy and surely would not have been offered this role after Ms. Feldstein, a talented young lady, it was believed, could not carry this particular show, which depends entirely on she who plays Fanny Brice. I wish her more success and more opportunities, now...and in finishing, just want to say that it was brave of her to enter the scandal that this show was and come out of it a year later with pride and happiness.
@samalexander9588 9 ай бұрын
Just thank you. Thank you capturing this. Was so happy to have seen it in April this year.
@susie_pinon 9 ай бұрын
Was there closing show watching this! So glad to relive it ❤
@HappyCamper2023 9 ай бұрын
Thank you and God bless you for posting that masterpiece!
@barbararobbins5309 9 ай бұрын
So sorry I did not get to see Lea perform. We saw Funny Girl three times, twice with Beanie, and once with Julie. The night we saw Julie, Lea was scheduled to perform, and she , for some reason, had to miss both the Saturday matinee and the Evening performance. Of course we were disappointed as we had paid $450 for the front row ticket to see Lea. We were given a refund, and we were eating dinner at a restaurant near the theater where "Funny Girl " is on, and our friend, and Ramin's standin, Jeremiah, told us that Julie Benko was one of the best leasing ladies with whom he had ever worked, so we turned around and bought the same seats again, but this time for $169, LOL. Julie was wonderful. Of course I would have liked to have seen Lea, but could not afford another trip now, and we were happy with Julie's performance. I did enjoy hearing Lea sing "My Man," because it's been left out of this production, and I've always loved that song.
@nahuelma97 9 ай бұрын
Thank you much for posting this 💚💚
@Cindrbell 9 ай бұрын
Thank u. 🧡
@user-ll1xq4pl7f 9 ай бұрын
If you watched Glee she sang this for Cory Monteith 😢
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
who gives a rat's ass? using his death as a publicity stunt ain't so cool
@lawsoncabell 8 ай бұрын
@@Marcel_Audubonwhat do you call what you are doing by posting all of these nasty comments? Sounds like bullying to me. Lea Michele has endured far worse than anything she was accused of (which was basically being young, talented & driven which made others jealous of her success). If the goal was to ruin her career, the effort massively failed. Lea is more popular now than ever.
@carolcappa8466 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so MUCH for posting this. I didn't realize the show was closing for good...or is it just for Lea Michelle? This was so wonderful so see and hear her speak and then sing My Man too !!!! Carol from Fort Worth, TX
@broadwaycurtaincalls 9 ай бұрын
yes, the show closed on september 3rd
@Texaslawhorn 9 ай бұрын
Congratulations, Lea! I am so glad I got to see the show before it closed. ❤
@momokoblue8032 9 ай бұрын
It was wished that the number had been added to the new book with the revival, so it's nice that Lea finished with a lovely rendition.
@JM-lw3nx 9 ай бұрын
Broadway needed success story, and it finally got one!
@myaaaxchavez 9 ай бұрын
she makes it look easy!
@MikeA15206 9 ай бұрын
Everyone involved in the show should have welcomed her, she single handedly saved their jobs!
@prestonnorris9822 9 ай бұрын
From what I’ve read and heard from Leah, they all welcomed her graciously from the start.
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
If she saved their jobs, why is the show closing already? not exactly a record run, was it?
@MikeA15206 9 ай бұрын
@@Marcel_Audubon Already? Are you kidding? Her first performance was Sept. 6, 2022, and her final performance was on Sept. 3, 2023. She saved their jobs for more than a year. And the producers are closing it as she leaves because there is no one that can take her place, or could have saved the show. Nice try though - what you don't know is a lot.
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
@@MikeA15206 everyone is replaceable, especially bullies - she ran the show to the ground. Successful musicals run for years - decades even. The house was half empty the last couple of months. Glee fanatics could only afford to buy so many tickets as most of you work at minimum wage.
@sandradee4331 8 ай бұрын
@@Marcel_Audubon I pray you find peace in your life, hating on Lea and spamming comments won't make you a better person.
@toddcolbert656 9 ай бұрын
That was beautiful Lea.
@Jitterbuggn 9 ай бұрын
What a wonderful final curtain call!
@lindaturash8206 9 ай бұрын
Yes!!!!!!Made me teary,so happy that I did get to see Lea in Jan. ,lucky to get 3rd row dead center,beautiful performance,so happy for her!
@fabiosarfati6521 9 ай бұрын
I'm crying. Lea is incredible. Lea is art!!! ❤
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
Lea is a bully
@fabiosarfati6521 9 ай бұрын
@@Marcel_Audubon no is not
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
@@fabiosarfati6521 witness testimony says otherwise
@samueljaramillo4221 9 ай бұрын
She’s a bully. Read about her past history on other shows. She has a bad reputation with her colleagues.
@myytchanneldinakoha8498 9 ай бұрын
@@Marcel_Audubon cry. Go on.
@ameliaerin1544 9 ай бұрын
Too bad I missed it, hope it comes back soon!😊Happy for Lea, she has been through a lot.
@joycegagliardi9283 9 ай бұрын
Too bad I didn't catch it with Barbara!!! Now that's a real shame,(only 3 at the time). Always Barbra🌹
@LosWeekenderos 9 ай бұрын
TE AMO LEA 💛💙❤️
@antm64 9 ай бұрын
Unlike some other comments, I think Lea did put her own spin into My Man...loved hearing her sing!
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
yeah - singing off key was definitely a unique spin!!
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
@@rcmkps4528 jealous? of what? her bullying skills? her reading skills? (🤣) try again, sweetie
@JackMason-oq8lf 9 ай бұрын
'Oh my man I love him so' was not from Funny Girl. It was never in Funny Girl. It was a sashay song sung in the Zigfield Follies by Fanny Brice. Barbra got a movie "curtain call" in which she did a star turn by 'turning' My Man into a torch song (She even requested changes to Send in the Clowns). It was very dramatic, a big plume in Bar's hat.
@Leamichellefan2244 8 ай бұрын
@@Marcel_Audubon she wasn’t off key you jerk if it was Julie or beanie, who would send it you wouldn’t have a damn problem with it. You know it. You’re just angry because it was late.
@Leamichellefan2244 8 ай бұрын
@@rcmkps4528 tell me about it talk about pulling rubbish right out of the air just so leave Micheal heater can sound smart and I don’t mean you when I say leave Michelle hater I’m talking about the person you responding to.
@Leamichellefan2244 3 ай бұрын
I have news if anyone is interested, not only do we have the amazing cast recording, but I found finally a bootleg of the entire show with the amazing Leah Michelle as Faye Bryce granted if you wanna look for what I found, you’ll have to type in girl who falls in love and an actress because for whatever reason the person who posted it didn’t have didn’t write the title, funny girl, but either way title differences it died if you type it in if you type that in if you type In Girl who falls in love and becomes an actress you’ll find it and I and Lee isn’t it Lee is the one starring in that bootleg so if you wanna see it, just follow the prompts that I’m giving here and you can have the cast recording.
@wantsomecoffee 9 ай бұрын
Congratulations Lea Michele! 🎉
@robertd.carver6240 9 ай бұрын
Does anyone else remember that Lea played the role of the little girl in the original production of "Ragtime?" Her curtain speech in FG includes the best--sorry Babs--rendition of My Man, EVAH! The original French song, Mon Homme, still, however, belongs to Edith Piaf and remains unsurpassed even by Pam Gems.
@trilby5546 9 ай бұрын
Looked like Robert Q Lewis on stage with Fanny.⭐️👍
@valeriejordan2649 9 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@nicholasmorgan8881 9 ай бұрын
yes yes yes yes yes
@Nostalgio 9 ай бұрын
I truly truly hope this experience humbled her and made her an even better human being than she thought she was before. On to bigger and greater things Miss Michele.
@lautarogonzales470 9 ай бұрын
she's a grown woman, she is a mom of a beautiful child so ofc she changed. I truly believe she did
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
naive to think a natural bully will change
@lautarogonzales470 9 ай бұрын
@@Marcel_Audubon people CAN change dude wtf she's not 21 anymore, she's a grown ass woman, ofc she change it. She apologized for what she did in the past. Y'all need to get over it and move
@samueljaramillo4221 9 ай бұрын
Old habits are hard to break and she won’t change.
@Leamichellefan2244 8 ай бұрын
Oh my God in heaven, will you just let it go that was proven to be lies never mind the fact that everything that you’re referring to was 10 years ago and a chunk of change at this point drop it.
@fabiosarfati6521 9 ай бұрын
Lea is the biggest artist complete of the world.❤
@bobbybubby7977 9 ай бұрын
Throw flowers underhand people!
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
underhanded is a sign or respect - that's not what they were going for
@Vectorbabe 9 ай бұрын
I don’t get the “wrong” pointing to Leah’s entrance. Was that a Fanny Brice thing?
9 ай бұрын
It was. She does exactly that during one of the songs
@bentleytam7029 9 ай бұрын
Will Lea be traveling with the show as it goes to other cities?
@MikeA15206 9 ай бұрын
That’s funny. Of course not
@amelia6557 9 ай бұрын
She’s “too big”
@lindakahler4799 9 ай бұрын
No. They hired someone. I suspect she will take time off and will be offered other projects
@lindakahler4799 9 ай бұрын
No. They hired someone. I suspect she will take time off and will be offered other projects
@prestonnorris9822 9 ай бұрын
I was hoping her understudy Julie Benko would tour with the show 🙏🏽🌞💙
@kurtus.1 9 ай бұрын
Julie was there too 😭
@MikeA15206 9 ай бұрын
Why didn’t the orchestra back her up?
@rithond 9 ай бұрын
I guess it was because the number is not included in the original musical, so they didn't rehearsed it. "My Man" was the real Fanny Brice's signature song and it was added to the movie.
@MikeA15206 9 ай бұрын
@@rithond I know. It’s probably because the producers didn’t want to pay to have the charts made or another song would have changed the union contract.
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
Maybe coz they aren't getting paid to cater to her self promoting diva antics?
@MikeA15206 9 ай бұрын
@@Marcel_Audubon you’re probably right, she demanded too much. I mean who would even want to hear her sing again after she hurt you so. Off with her head. My new motto - No Divas in show-business. Give me talentless sweet girls any day of the week. Where is Beenie , btw?
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
@@MikeA15206 where is she? opening the B'way run of Harmony next month ... where is your gal? unemployed and looking for someone to bully
@donnalthood3102 9 ай бұрын
Like her or not best performance should be best performance...the Tony category is not presented as " best performance of a Lead Actress in a Musical in a role that she originated" !!
@samueljaramillo4221 9 ай бұрын
She did not originate this roll. She was a replacement.
@andrewsharisky7259 9 ай бұрын
Is that Julie Benko in the red dress?
@broadwaycurtaincalls 9 ай бұрын
yes
@prestonnorris9822 9 ай бұрын
I do hope she stars in the national tour, she deserves to be seen 🌞👍🏽💜
@broadwaycurtaincalls 9 ай бұрын
@@prestonnorris9822 she will not be in the tour, but she has her next broadway show lined up. it’s called harmony and performances begin next month
@kallen868 9 ай бұрын
@@prestonnorris9822 I agree...but it's Katerina McCrimmon on tour.
@joycegagliardi9283 9 ай бұрын
Is it me, or was this a short run?
@JackMason-oq8lf 9 ай бұрын
Who are you gonna follow Lea with. Everything about the tepid version is intact. The only change made was finally hiring the girl that everyone in America knew had wanted that role for years. Lord knows. She auditioned long enough to sample the goods. Only the producers didn't quite realize that. Can you imagine David Merrick letting this golden egg tarnish in a year? Not on your life. He would have had Rihanna already lined up.
@samalexander9588 9 ай бұрын
Without Lea… this show would have shuttered in Summer 2022 after the Tony’s… heck they didn’t even perform that year at the Tonys and just 1 nomination.
@rlnyny 9 ай бұрын
Never could afford a good seat sadly.
@traydaniel0403 9 ай бұрын
I wish for a remake of Funny Girl, and they make Lea Michele as Franny Brice soon
@samueljaramillo4221 9 ай бұрын
No. Nobody can top Barbara Streisand. Especially this one.
@PromotoriaUnama 9 ай бұрын
@@samueljaramillo4221 hahahhha, you can't even spell. Barbra
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
ain't gonna happen, honey
@samueljaramillo4221 9 ай бұрын
@@PromotoriaUnama It’s you that can’t spell it . Barbara, or Barbra is correct. Look it up .
@Leamichellefan2244 8 ай бұрын
If anybody still thinks that beanie, Feldstein or Julie Benko is better than Leah, Michelle than you need mental help I’m sorry, but Lee was the one who was destined for this role. Julie makes a good standby but that’s it and Feldstein well enough said about that the better.
@sharonsalzberg2654 9 ай бұрын
Saw the original with Barbara Streisand, albeit as a young teenager. Also saw her in the film version. To me, there will only be one Funny Girl, and her name is Barbara Streisand.
@JackMason-oq8lf 9 ай бұрын
Only one actress could sing Desiree, and that was Glynis Johns, who actually wasn't a singer. That didn't stand in her way, as her performance of Stephen Sondheims most famous song was definitive. He wrote that piece overnight for Glynis Johns, who's Desiree he championed more than other heavies did. Typically, Steve Sondheim was right on key.
@zaccamden5016 8 ай бұрын
boomer!
@buggiemara4902 5 ай бұрын
*cough* old person *cough*
@user-rz8bu6vl8x 5 ай бұрын
Totally agree!
@CountryCowboy008 4 ай бұрын
There’s literally only one “Funny Girl” and that’s Fanny Bryce aka the real person the musical was based on 😅
@lindababin8596 9 ай бұрын
her inner STreisand?
@kathygore2155 9 ай бұрын
You can't exactly say she brought her own interpretation to the song. That's what left me unmoved, and I wanted to be moved.
@michaeljj43 9 ай бұрын
dizzy cardoza
@jamessheridan4306 9 ай бұрын
Harvey looks like he's lost some weight. Lookin' good Harvey! Keep goin'.
@josephebneth2604 9 ай бұрын
was a good barbra impersonation
@JackMason-oq8lf 9 ай бұрын
Impression? Barbra's impression of Carol Channing was dreadful, it ruined that character, who is the story.
@marcackerman492 9 ай бұрын
Streisand = Funny Girl
@lindakahler4799 9 ай бұрын
Absolutely because they wrote the songs for Barbra
@Cindrbell 9 ай бұрын
Streisand = Funny Lady 🧡
@joycegagliardi9283 9 ай бұрын
You betcha!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@JackMason-oq8lf 9 ай бұрын
Hello Dolly WAS Carol Channing. Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levi was a disastrous decision that left a cool impression of the musical story. It robbed movie actress/Broadway legend Carol Channing of her rightful mortality. Barbra did even more damage to Clear Day by wiping it off the map. At least Bette Midler was old enough to play a widow.
@Cindrbell 9 ай бұрын
@@lindakahler4799 They were written for Fanny Brice in the 20s.
@susan3037 9 ай бұрын
Whew! Glad that’s over!
@jamesbusjahn6962 9 ай бұрын
My Man. A total copy of Striesands version from the film.
@blanchefan 9 ай бұрын
Also Barbra did it the closing night of Funny Girl on Broadway. Well, Lea learned from the best--good for her, happy for her!
@patricelockertanthony7630 9 ай бұрын
It's not. The version Lea did in Glee was almost exactly as Ms. Streisand sang it. This was different in a couple of places. You'll hear the difference when you stop insisting on judging Lea.
@Leamichellefan2244 8 ай бұрын
@@patricelockertanthony7630 exactly thank you she made it her own here and the reason it sounded exactly like Barbara and glee is because I think she was directed to do that and please know when I say that I’m not trying to be disrespectful to you in any way shape or form I swear I’m not. I’m completely agreeing with you if anything.
@cliffordroberts5783 9 ай бұрын
She is ok but this song belongs to Barbra Streisand
@ericholck3914 9 ай бұрын
I have to agree. I like Lea and really wanted her to nail it. But, if you spend your entire career aspiring to be Barbra Streisand and then copy her legendary Funny Girl closing night routine, you'd damned sure better bring the goods... and alas, she didn't. It's not bad, obviously (Lea's no lightweight, to be sure), but it doesn't come close to matching Streisand's artistry. I really wish she'd created her own unique closing night performance that allowed her to showcase her own talent and identity as an performer, rather than doing a so-so imitation of Streisand. Hopefully now that she's gotten this out of her system, she can chart her own course forward.
@johnpickford4222 9 ай бұрын
@cliffordroberts5783: It belongs to Fanny Brice.
@nondescript2892 9 ай бұрын
for a french song from 1920 that's a very large cultural appropriation by the americans
@danielyoung5137 9 ай бұрын
Nonsense. The song was written for Mistinguette, Maurice Chevalier’s girlfriend. Ziegfeld bought for Brice, who made it her own. Nobody denies it’s a French song. Streisand liked the song but not its anti-feminist message. The other great singer associated with it was blues legend Billie Holidar.
@jamescoleman4022 9 ай бұрын
She ended her run singing to Finn.
@nicolikail-lee9297 9 ай бұрын
From nasal Beannie to whining Michelle this show could only live on as a zombie for so long. Good riddance.
@chadtheall682 9 ай бұрын
Not to hate on her but she DOES whine when she sings
@martingraziano6658 9 ай бұрын
Screech
@samueljaramillo4221 9 ай бұрын
Not the greatest voice.
@patricelockertanthony7630 9 ай бұрын
Meooooowwwwww....
@lindaturash8206 9 ай бұрын
WHAT?
@BlackGeoYoutube 7 ай бұрын
Horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!
@davidjennis827 9 ай бұрын
Barbra's closing night 🌉 n 1965 ended with her singing My Man. The audience went berserk! They knew what they had witnessed!
@blanchefan 9 ай бұрын
Darling Lea has copied Barbra in every way she conceivably could--but that's okay--might as well learn from the best--and the original. :) Happy Lea got to do this--
@elton6656 9 ай бұрын
Barbara she is not @@blanchefan
@Marcel_Audubon 9 ай бұрын
Yeah, even her spontaneity ain't spontaneous
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