
Lea Michele will replace Beanie Feldstein in 'Funny Girl'
CNN
Broadway's next "Funny Girl" will be Lea Michele, who is replacing Beanie Feldstein after the "Booksmart" star announced she'd exit the show earlier than expected.
The production revealed Monday that the "Glee" star would succeed Feldstein, whose run will end July 31, in the leading role of Fanny Brice, the famed comedian and vaudeville performer.
Feldstein announced her departure on Sunday, writing that after the production "decided to take the show in a different direction, [she] made the extremely difficult decision to step away sooner than anticipated." She said playing Fanny had been a "lifelong dream."

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As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











