The workforce behind the Broadway revival say they "have been conscious of and in help of" Feldstein's abrupt departure.
The drama over Beanie Feldstein’s exit from the Broadway revival of Humorous Lady has set social media alight in latest days, significantly over hypothesis that the producers might have been blindsided by her choice to go away.
On Sunday, Feldstein revealed in an Instagram publish that she was leaving the manufacturing July 31. Final month, producers stated she and fellow star Jane Lynch can be departing their roles Sept. 25 as an alternative of at yr’s finish, as initially anticipated. In her publish, Feldstein stated her revised choice got here after producers “determined to take the present in a distinct route.”
The next day, the producers solid Lea Michele to play lead Fanny Brice, with Tovah Feldshuh solid as Lynch’s alternative.
Feldstein’s abrupt exit and her cryptic assertion in addition to the fast information of Michele’s hiring, on high of the Glee actress’ lengthy and really public need to play Fanny Brice, set tongues wagging on social media, with hypothesis that Feldstein’s Instagram publish caught Humorous Lady’s producers off guard.
On Wednesday, in an uncommon joint assertion given to The Hollywood Reporter, the producers and a rep for Feldstein sought to dispel the hypothesis.
“The producers of Humorous Lady weren't blindsided by Beanie’s social publish,” the message learn. “The producers determined to take the present in a distinct route and finish Beanie’s contract on September twenty fifth, 6 months sooner than anticipated.”
The assertion continued, “A month after that call, Beanie determined it was finest for her to go away on July thirty first. The producers have been conscious of and in help of her choice. The producers and Beanie labored on this collectively professionally, respectfully and graciously.”