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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Last Edit: KingSpeed 03:37 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 03:36 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - DanielVincent 12:35 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| And this is why I think this was probably a better experience for Beanie than the “embarrassing” one people have projected onto her. Beanie will be okay. She got to star on Broadway and by all reports, the audiences have been very supportive. A few weeks ago, there was a post here asking “who would switch spots with Beanie right now” as if to say her life has been so terrible. Looks to me like she’s living the dream. She didn’t get nominated for a Tony but she has time. | |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 08:12 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:09 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - KingSpeed 03:36 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| Two points: 1) If it was a negative experience, it wasn't manifest inside the August Wilson. She received the rapturous reception at every performance, per reports. Certainly at the Wednesday June 1 matinee I attended. In the middle of "Parade" she was given the Jennifer Holiday treatment. Screams erupted from the mezz. Every post I've read suggests a version of this house response. 2) She didn't sell tickets. The advance ended, the show fell $325+ one week and never returned to the above-a-million per of early performances. All over FB yesterday people who did not see the show were shouting, "but she was a sellout and they fired her!" Had she been a sell out, she would not have been released from her contract. This is Broadway. Yet the mythology continues. We can haggle over her performance, but these two pieces of the narrative, one via anecdotal evidence, one from hard numbers, should be included. The audiences liked her a lot. She was cheered. No word of mouth resulted in an increase of sales, and her final week - which some predicted would "sell through the roof!' - ended up on TDF for the final 5 performances. |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Last Edit: writerkev 04:15 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| Posted by: writerkev 04:14 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - KingSpeed 03:36 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| Or it’s something between the two extremes. If she were truly living her dream, why on earth would she have left the show so early? She moved up her exit date twice that we know of. It’s highly unorthodox for the show to announce a replacement who’s not starting until a month after the first star leaves. An understudy is playing the role for that whole time. It seems like Beanie really wanted to hit the exit, and they are fine to see her go. None of that sounds like she’s been living a dream. |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Posted by: ryhog 12:35 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - writerkev 04:14 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| There has been a huge amount of projecting (on precious few facts) in all directions. I think it is fair to say, at a minimum, that this was a terrible miscalculation. And I think there is no one involved without a share of the blame. Time to move on and see if the next iteration ends up better. |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 05:01 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - writerkev 04:14 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| From my point of view, she's had it great. I would take the same opportunity and result that she has had. | |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:02 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - KingSpeed 05:01 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| Well, she certainly has had something most of us don't get - a chance to star on Broadway. But it's been a lot more complicated than that, and I'm sure it wasn't the experience she expected. I hope she can separate the amazing part of it from the rest of the crap she has had to go through. I do wish her well. | |
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