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    Jane Lynch isn't pulling out of 'Funny Girl' on Broadway to avoid Lea Michele

    The former 'Glee' star ruled out there being any "drama" between her and her 35-year-old former co-star who is replacing Beanie Feldstein, 29, as Fanny Brice - the lead role in the musical that earnt Barbra Streisand a Tony Award and Oscar in the 60s - in September


    The 62-year-old actress - who plays Fanny's mother, Mrs Brice - told

    Playbill: "It has nothing to do with not wanting to see Lea. I text with Lea. She and I are fine. I'm thrilled for her. I love working with Julie. I loved working with Beanie. There's no drama here. None."

    Late last month, Beanie quoted Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now' to bid adieu to the Great White Way, writing on Instagram: "But now it's just another show, and you leave 'em laughing when you go," before she was replaced by Julie Benko, her understudy.

    The 'American Crime Story: Impeachment' star was due to leave Harvey Fierstein's revival in September, however she departed early after bosses "decided to the show in a different direction:

    Beanie said:"Playing Fanny Brice on Broadway has been a lifelong dream of mine, and doing so for the last few months has been a great joy and true honour. "Once the production decided to take the show in a different direction, I made the extremely difficult decision to step away sooner than anticipated."

    On Monday (08.08.22), Jane offered her condolences to Olivia Newton-John

    - whose fictionalised version of herself on the Ryan Murphy musical dramedy feuded with Jane's character Sue Sylvester - after it was revealed she had died more than 30 years since her breast cancer diagnosis.

    Jane posted on Twitter, along with images of the 'Grease' star: "ONH.

    Angel."

    © 2024 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

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