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KarateKid917 t1_ixrxjon wrote

Reply to comment by Aevum1 in Lea Michele, 'Aladdin,' 'Lion King': Broadway steals show at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by Mammoth_Elephant8594

Yes and the producers of the Funny Girl revival pretty much ignored that because the show wasn’t making a ton of money with Beanie Feldstein in the lead, so they got desperate

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ForkAKnife t1_ixs6zl1 wrote

And she still looked like she was trying to catch her breath by the break.

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b1ame_me t1_iy0hp51 wrote

Beanie also was terrible for that role and only got it because her dad either produced or rewrote the production. Regardless it was because of her dad and she got awful reviews. When Lea came in the show got far more acclaim because even though Lea has done some of the worst things and has been awful to work with at least she’s actually talented

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