Lea Michele, Beanie Feldstein, and Funny Girl’s Chaotic Journey: Everything You Need to Know

Nobody puts Rachel Berry in a corner.

For theater geeks across the world, Michele stepping into the role is, perhaps, the most chaotic thing to happen on Broadway sincefor best musical at the Tonys in 2004. But those uninitiated in the world of musical theater—and the oeuvre of—may not remember the decade-plus of twists and turns that led to Michele playing Fanny Brice on Broadway.

, written by Jules Styne, Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart, opened on Broadway in 1964 with a relatively unknown musical-theater actor by the name ofas the lead. Belting out now classic standards like “People,” “I’m the Greatest Star” and, most famously, “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” Streisand became an overnight sensation for her work as the Jewish vaudeville-era comedienne, and went on to be nominated for a Tony and, eventually, won an Oscar for playing the role.

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