Editing Funny Girl (musical) (section)

=== Broadway revival ===
[[File:Cast of Funny Girl, including Lea Michele, after a show on Broadway in July 2023.jpg|alt=Cast of Funny Girl, including Lea Michele, after a show on Broadway in July 2023|thumb|252x252px|Cast of Funny Girl, including [[Lea Michele]], after a show on Broadway in July 2023]]
A revival production began Broadway previews on March 26, 2022, at the [[August Wilson Theatre]] with an official opening on April 24, 2022, starring [[Beanie Feldstein]] as Fanny Brice, directed by Michael Mayer, music directed by Michael Rafter, with a revised book by [[Harvey Fierstein]]. The production also starred [[Ramin Karimloo]] as Nick Arnstein, Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan, and [[Jane Lynch]] as Mrs. Brice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tomeo |first=Marissa |date=February 7, 2022 |title=FUNNY GIRL Announces Complete Cast and Creative Team |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FUNNY-GIRL-Announces-Complete-Cast-and-Creative-Team-20220207 |access-date=February 12, 2022}}</ref> The production received mostly negative reviews from critics, though Grimes received a [[Tony Award]] nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Featured Actor in a Musical]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Jesse |date=April 25, 2022 |title=Review: Broadway's First 'Funny Girl' Revival Shows Why It Took So Long |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/theater/funny-girl-review.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=April 25, 2022 |title='Funny Girl' Broadway Review: No Rain on Beanie Feldstein's Parade, but Expect Some Drizzle |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/funny-girl-broadway-review-beanie-feldstein-jane-lynch-1235008859/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Rachel |date=May 9, 2022 |title=Full List of the 2022 Tony Award Nominees |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/theater/tony-awards-nominees.html}}</ref> On July 10, 2022, Feldstein announced that she would depart the production at the end of the month, instead of September as previously planned; the following day, the production confirmed that [[Lea Michele]] and [[Tovah Feldshuh]] would replace Feldstein and Lynch respectively from September 6, with [[Julie Benko]] as Fanny in the interim.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Staff |first=BWW |date=July 10, 2022 |title=Beanie Feldstein Will Depart Funny Girl July 31st |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Beanie-Feldstein-Will-Depart-Funny-Girl-July-31st-20220710 |access-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=July 11, 2022 |title=It's Official: Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in Broadway's Funny Girl; Tovah Feldshuh Will Co-Star as Mrs. Brice |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/its-official-lea-michele-to-star-as-fanny-brice-in-broadways-funny-girl-tovah-felshuh-will-co-star-as-mrs-brice}}</ref> On August 9, 2022, Lynch announced that she would depart the production on August 14 instead of the previously planned date in September and that standby Liz McCartney would play the role of Mrs. Brice until Feldshuh began her run.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cristi |first=A.A. |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Emmy Award-Winner Jane Lynch To Depart FUNNY GIRL August 14 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Emmy-Award-Winner-Jane-Lynch-To-Depart-FUNNY-GIRL-August-14-20220809 |access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> On March 28, 2023, [[Paolo Montalban]] and [[Anne L. Nathan]] replaced [[Peter Francis James]] and Toni DiBuono as Florenz Ziegfeld and Mrs. Strakosh, respectively.<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Paolo-Montalban-and-Anne-L-Nathan-Will-Join-Cast-of-FUNNY-GIRL-on-Broadway-20230321 Paolo Montalban and Anne L. Nathan Will Join Cast of FUNNY GIRL on Broadway] Broadway World, March 21, 2023</ref> From June 27 to July 16, Stephen Mark Lukas played Nick Arnstein when Karimloo went to Italy to star in ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/314700-stephen-mark-lukas | title=Stephen Mark Lukas theatre profile }}</ref>

Producers announced in March 2023 that the show would close September 3 after 599 performances.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |date=March 2, 2023 |title='Funny Girl,' Starring Lea Michele, to Close Labor Day Weekend |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/theater/funny-girl-lea-michele-closing.html |access-date=March 3, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The production successfully recouped its $16.5M capitalization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/legit/news/funny-girl-lea-michele-broadway-recoups-capitalization-1235689364/|title = 'Funny Girl' With Lea Michele Recoups $16.5 Million Capitalization| date=August 7, 2023 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |last=Lang |first=Brent}}</ref>

Lea Michele assuming the role of Fanny Brice parallels her ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' character storyline, where [[Rachel Berry]] lands her dream role in Broadway's (fictional) first revival of ''Funny Girl''.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 11, 2022 |title=Lea Michele Is Living Out Rachel Berry's Dream of Starring in Funny Girl |url=https://screenrant.com/funny-girl-broadway-cast-lea-michele-rachel-berry/ |website=Screen Rant}}</ref> Michele's performance turned declining box office numbers around and received critical acclaim in the role with universally positive reviews, including many citing superior vocals compared to her predecessor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schimkowitz |first=Matthew |date=October 3, 2022 |title=According to critics, Lea Michele finally gives theater kids the Funny Girl they deserve |url=https://www.avclub.com/critics-love-lea-michele-as-fanny-brice-in-funny-girl-1849612177/amp |access-date=October 4, 2022}}</ref>