The reviews for Lea Michele's Funny Girl are in...
...and as expected, they are all raves.
Critics unanimously praise Lea Michele’s performance as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s revival of #FunnyGirl:
“The ‘Glee’ star is stupendous in the role Barbra Streisand made famous, turning the 1964 musical into something better than we know it to be.” - @nytimes pic.twitter.com/L95dr1AW9j
- Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 3, 2022
The New York Times: Lea Michele, who took over the role on Sept. 6, turns out to be that stupendous Fanny. Yes, she even lights up like a light. Both vulnerable and invulnerable, kooky and ardent, she makes the show worth watching again.
Washington Post: When Lea Michele launches missile-like into "Don't Rain on My Parade," she doesn't just bring down the house. She brings down the whole darn block....
Deadline: From the moment she begins to sing the opening number "Who Are You Now?," audiences relax in the assurance that this musical, for whatever its other merits - or lack thereof, and there is plenty of lack thereof - will be sung by a voice that can do it justice. No, more than justice, because Michele is so good in the role of Fanny that she lifts the entire mixed-bag production if not up to her level then pretty darn close.
source
she might not be able to read, but she sure can sang
Critics unanimously praise Lea Michele’s performance as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s revival of #FunnyGirl:
“The ‘Glee’ star is stupendous in the role Barbra Streisand made famous, turning the 1964 musical into something better than we know it to be.” - @nytimes pic.twitter.com/L95dr1AW9j
- Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 3, 2022
The New York Times: Lea Michele, who took over the role on Sept. 6, turns out to be that stupendous Fanny. Yes, she even lights up like a light. Both vulnerable and invulnerable, kooky and ardent, she makes the show worth watching again.
Washington Post: When Lea Michele launches missile-like into "Don't Rain on My Parade," she doesn't just bring down the house. She brings down the whole darn block....
Deadline: From the moment she begins to sing the opening number "Who Are You Now?," audiences relax in the assurance that this musical, for whatever its other merits - or lack thereof, and there is plenty of lack thereof - will be sung by a voice that can do it justice. No, more than justice, because Michele is so good in the role of Fanny that she lifts the entire mixed-bag production if not up to her level then pretty darn close.
source
she might not be able to read, but she sure can sang