{"id":122482,"date":"2021-10-06T15:08:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=122482"},"modified":"2021-10-06T15:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:08:31","slug":"jane-lynch-to-join-beanie-feldstein-in-broadways-funny-girl-revival-ramin-karimloo-jared-grimes-also-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/jane-lynch-to-join-beanie-feldstein-in-broadways-funny-girl-revival-ramin-karimloo-jared-grimes-also-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Lynch To Join Beanie Feldstein In Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’ Revival; Ramin Karimloo, Jared Grimes Also Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jane Lynch, Ramin Karimloo and Jared Grimes will join the previously announced Beanie Feldstein in the upcoming Broadway revival of Funny Girl<\/em>, the Michael Mayer-directed production set to begin previews at the August Wilson Theatre this spring.<\/p>\n “I grew up to the Broadway cast album of Funny Girl<\/em>,” said the five-time Emmy-winning Lynch, who will play the role of Mrs. Rosie Brice, mother to Feldstein’s Fannie Brice. “My mother and I knew every breath of that record and would sing it together at the top of our lungs. I am thrilled beyond words to be playing Fanny’s mother on Broadway. And somewhere in Heaven my Mom is asking, ‘Who taught her everything she knows?’”<\/p>\n Lynch, best known for her role in Glee, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel <\/em>and as host of The Weakest Link<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Karimloo (Les Misérables, Anastasia<\/em>) will play Nick Arnstein, and Grimes (A Soldier’s Play, Manifest<\/em>) has been cast as Eddie Ryan.<\/p>\n “I’m very excited to be joining Funny Girl’s return to Broadway. I’ve been waiting 2 years to sink my teeth into Nicky Arnstein and get into the room with Michael Mayer, the creative team and cast, led by the exceptional Beanie Feldstein,” Karimloo said in a statement. Said Grimes, “It will be a dream to share the stage every night with this cast and creative team whom I’ve loved from afar for such a long time…”<\/p>\n The castings were announced today by producers Sonia Friedman, Scott Landis and David Babani.<\/p>\n The production will mark the first Broadway revival of of the 1964 Jule Styne-Bob Merrill musical. Harvey Fierstein is revising the original book by Isobel Lennart, with choreography by Ellenore Scott, tap choreography by Ayodele Casel, and scenic design by David Zinn.<\/p>\n Funny Girl<\/em> begins performances Saturday, March 26, 2022, at the August Wilson, with an official opening on Sunday, April 24, 2022.<\/p>\n Additional casting and the complete creative team will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n Based on the life of vaudeville star Fanny Brice, the musical comedy features such now-standard songs as “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People.” The original production starred Barbra Streisand in the title role.<\/p>\nRelated Story<\/h4>\n
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