'Glee' Creator Wants Lea Michele to Play Fanny Brice
Producers of the new revival of 'Funny Girl' are still searching for a star.
Lea Michele as Rachel BerryPic: FoxProducers of the Funny Girl revival -- the Broadway musical that made Barbra Streisand a star -- are still searching for a performer to play the iconic role of Fanny Brice. But if it were up to Glee creator Ryan Murphy to cast the role, he knows exactly who he would choose: Lea Michele, who plays Rachel Berry on his hit show.
"I keep saying that with the new Funny Girl revival, they should just say it's Rachel Berry in Funny Girl - get Lea to do that, but as Rachel Berry," he told tvline.com in a recent interview. "It would be a crowd-pleaser."
It’s unlikely that Michele will play the role originated by Streisand, due to her busy schedule filming Glee. We reported last month, however, that The Center Theater Group (the company that’s responsible for the revival of the play) is searching online for a performer to star in Funny Girl.
Marilyn Michaels, who played Fanny in a national tour during the 1960’s, has some advice for actresses hoping to nab the role:
“Fanny Brice was a comedienne who understood the Yiddish dialect,” Michaels wrote in an article for The New York Times. “She got her start in burlesque, and created her character strongly based on her Jewish roots. Any actress playing her need not necessarily be Jewish, but must possess a genuine ear for Jewish cadences, along with the timing and ability to finesse the great comic scenes.”
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