Funny Girl Starring Lea Michele Sets Closing Date

Funny Girl on Broadway is closing this year. The production announced the final show will take place on September 3, 2023.

Stars Lea Michele, Ramin Karimloo, Jared Grimes, and Tovah Feldshuh will be with Funny Girl through the end of the run. (Karimloo, however, will take a leave from June 27 through July 17 to star in The Phantom of the Opera in Italy.) Julie Benko will continue to play Fanny Brice on Thursdays. Per the New York Times, "It has been widely expected within the industry that once Michele’s tenure was over, the show would end its run."

When Michele joined the cast, replacing Beanie Feldstein, her first performance on September 6, 2022 was a smash hit, and she received six standing ovations. "That first performance on stage was insane, and it just keeps going up. This is the perfect storm," Karimloo told Town & Country.

Since joining, Michele and the cast have recored a cast album, performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and Michele has appeared on numerous late night shows promoting Funny Girl.

"Honestly, it’s all been one incredible dream on top of an incredible dream," Michele told Town & Country of playing Fanny Brice on Broadway. On Instagram, the star announced that she will make her solo Carnegie Hall debut on October 30. "See you in October Carnegie Hall! 🎶❤️" she wrote.

Benko, who understudies Fanny Brice, wrote on Instagram, "gratitude for the journey. No rain on this parade!" She added, "Do come see us march our band out before we close on Labor Day! Love, your resident pip with pizzazz."

A North American tour will begin in September 2023, but no casting has been announced yet for the show.

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