News about Bob Merrill

Although Lea Michele's tenure as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl is over, she's hoping that a movie adaptation will come later. The original musical - with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart's book - debuted on Broadway in 1964, with Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice. Beanie Feldstein was in the lead role in March 2022, but the show was postponed for a few months after Michele, 36, took over.

Lea Michele, a singer and actress, stood out on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday. When she performed the hit song Don't Rain On My Parade, the Glee vet wore a bright red costume and black hat with feather from her Funny Girl Broadway show. During the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, one of one's mother was a celebrity.

After beginning to exhibit "early signs and symptoms of COVID," Lea Michele admitted she was 'not allowed' to appear in Saturday's matinee or evening show of Funny Girl.' Fanny Brice, the actress, 36, gave the audience some troubling news on September 10. She appeared in just four performances as Fanny Brice in Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart's 1964 musical. 'I'm devastated to say that due to early signs and symptoms of COVID and an inconclusive test result, I'm not allowed to participate in today's shows,' she posted on her Instagram Story.'

In an evocative behind-the-scenes montage from Lea Michele's Funny Girl auditions, she displayed her vocal chops. Beanie Feldstein, who received a rash of stinging reviews and has been replaced by Lea, began the new Broadway revival of Funny Girl in April. Now, ahead of Lea's show on September 6, the revival's Twitter has a glimpse of her interpretation of I'm The Greatest Star, a song inextricably linked to the show's original leading lady Barbra Streisand.

Lea Michele provided a first glance of herself performing in rehearsals for Broadway's revival Funny Girl. The 35-year-old actress sang Don't Rain on My Parade for the first time ever today.' Lea Lea took on the role of Fanny Brice from actress Beanie Feldstein.

Jane Lynch will be leaving the new Broadway revival of Funny Girl three weeks earlier than expected. Although she had intended to leave September 4, the actress told the Hollywood Reporter that she had already had a planned holiday from August 15-23. She would have been out of the show on September 1st, so she could have travelled all around the country to Los Angeles for the Creative Arts Emmys. As a result, the producers decided that rather than asking Jane to return for just one week, the 62-year-old could leave the company at the end of this week.