{"id":436952,"date":"2022-04-25T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/beanie-feldstein-falls-flat-on-broadway\/"},"modified":"2022-04-25T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T02:00:00","slug":"beanie-feldstein-falls-flat-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/beanie-feldstein-falls-flat-on-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"#Beanie Feldstein falls flat on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26bb3f922a7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26bb3f922a7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/beanie-feldstein-falls-flat-on-broadway\/#%E2%80%9CBeanie_Feldstein_falls_flat_on_Broadway%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Beanie Feldstein falls flat on Broadway&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBeanie_Feldstein_falls_flat_on_Broadway%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Beanie Feldstein falls flat on Broadway&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--review alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n        <span class=\"inline-module--review__eyebrow widget-heading-semi__label\"><br \/>\n            Theater review      <\/span><\/p>\n<p>        Two hours and 50 minutes with one intermission. At the August Wilson Theatre, 245 W. 52nd St.\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The audience members at \u201cFunny Girl\u201d are not the luckiest people in the world.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve waited a long, long time for the first-ever Broadway revival of the 1964 musical, which opened Sunday night at the August Wilson Theatre. Fifty-eight years! But the mediocrity that salivating Fanny Brice fans are finally laying their eyes on isn\u2019t particularly funny, or well sung, or well designed or well directed. This sorely lacking new production rains on the old musical\u2019s parade.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear from the get-go that the burden of anticipation and showbiz lore has not been kind to this \u201cGirl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last woman to originate the role of Fanny in a Broadway staging was, of course, Barbra Streisand. That talented ing\u00e9nue was quickly propelled to superstardom and went on to act in the 1968 film version. And, you know, sold more than 70 million albums.<\/p>\n<p>Now Beanie Feldstein, who was a smash as Monica Lewinsky in \u201cAmerican Crime Story: Impeachment\u201d last year, takes on the Brooklyn comic legend who sings classic hits like \u201cPeople\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Rain On My Parade.\u201d She is supposed to steal our hearts and sprain our funny bones. No dice.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket-buyers are walking in forgivingly, with an understanding that we don\u2019t expect any Broadway performer to match up to one of the greatest American vocalists of all time. Feldstein, however, barely muddles through the beloved songs. The best performed numbers (\u201cSadie, Sadie\u201d) are merely capable; the worst (\u201cPeople\u201d) are awkward letdowns. In the spoken scenes, the jokes are pushed harder than a broken-down Hummer on a highway and few of them earn more than polite giggles. Feldstein is, I\u2019m sorry to say, not giving a Broadway-caliber performance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/funny-girl-cropped.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Beanie Feldstein stars as Fanny Brice in the first-ever Broadway revival of &quot;Funny Girl.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-22004851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/funny-girl-cropped.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/funny-girl-cropped.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/funny-girl-cropped.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Beanie Feldstein stars as Fanny Brice in the first-ever Broadway revival of \u201cFunny Girl.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew Murphy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Barbra-Streisand-funny-girl-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Barbra Streisand originate the role of Fanny on Broadway in 1964 and went on to star in the 1968 film version. \" class=\"wp-image-22004868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Barbra-Streisand-funny-girl-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Barbra-Streisand-funny-girl-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Barbra-Streisand-funny-girl-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Barbra Streisand (center) originates the role of Fanny on Broadway in 1964 and went on to star in the 1968 film version. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fanny has nowhere to hide in \u201cFunny Girl,\u201d since it\u2019s about as far from an ensemble piece as you can get without being a one-woman show. There are only a handful of supporting characters, who do next to nothing. Just Jared Grimes brings a smile to our face as Eddie, a pal who pines for Fanny, with his marvelous tap dancing. Really, though, the musical is all about Fanny, and therefore all about Beanie.<\/p>\n<p>The biographical show with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill and a book by Isobel Lennart tells how Fanny went from a talented, under-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciated Brooklyn dreamer with a nagging mother (Jane Lynch, adequate) to starring in the Ziegfeld Follies and then to international fame. She also falls in love with Nick Arnstein (Ramin Karimloo), who\u2019s a discreet drinker and gambling addict.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/3_FUNNY_GIRL_0446-copy.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Fanny is speechless when she first meets future love interest Nick Arnstein (Ramin Karimloo). \" class=\"wp-image-22004894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/3_FUNNY_GIRL_0446-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/3_FUNNY_GIRL_0446-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/3_FUNNY_GIRL_0446-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Fanny (Beanie Feldstein) is speechless when she first meets future love interest Nick Arnstein (Ramin Karimloo). <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew Murphy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Karimloo is a serviceable actor, but a glorious singer. When he starts to croon a short reprise of \u201cPeople,\u201d we silently beg him to do the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p>The musical\u2019s dark side has always fashioned it into a less dramatic and compelling \u201cA Star Is Born.\u201d The second act \u2014 the script has been revised by Harvey Fierstein \u2014 is a depressing slog about a strained marriage and Nick\u2019s slide into criminality. Styne\u2019s famous score and the far more enjoyable movie have convinced Broadway buffs that \u201cFunny Girl\u201d is better than it actually is.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the revival could be a whole lot better than the uninvolving stroll that director Michael Mayer has turned it into. High jinks, romance, heartbreak, Brooklyn, Broadway and Monte Carlo are all liquified into a tasteless goo. There\u2019s hardly any variation to be found. Showstoppers don\u2019t stop the show. Fanny and Nick grow on paper, yet they flatline where it counts most \u2014 live onstage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/10_FUNNY_GIRL_3091-copy.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Eddie (Jared Grimes) and Mrs. Brice (Jane Lynch) are some of the musical's few supporting characters. \" class=\"wp-image-22004927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/10_FUNNY_GIRL_3091-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/10_FUNNY_GIRL_3091-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/10_FUNNY_GIRL_3091-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Eddie (Jared Grimes) and Mrs. Brice (Jane Lynch) are some of the musical\u2019s few supporting characters. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew Murphy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The actors\u2019 efforts \u2014 to Feldstein\u2019s credit, she is clearly working very hard \u2014 are further undone by David Zinn\u2019s set: a brick-lined Pringles can that repeatedly opens and closes to reveal red-velvet curtains, or a dressing room, or a stately house. It\u2019s the stuff of coupons. The glam of showbiz is never brought to dazzling life, and we spend too much time staring at red bricks and dirty mirrors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From top to bottom, this \u201cFunny Girl\u201d needed different people.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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At the August Wilson Theatre, 245 W. 52nd St. The audience members at \u201cFunny Girl\u201d are not the luckiest people in the world. 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