Beanie Feldstein Drops Out of This Weekend’s Performances of ‘Funny Girl’ Due to Tonsillitis
thewrap.comFeldstein announced via Instagram on Friday, that she is feeling a bit under the weather and will not be able to perform through this weekend.
In Feldstein’s video, the Broadway actress pokes fun at the trending stories this week regarding her early “Funny Girl” departure, “Hey everybody I’m just uh, just checking in.
What have I missed? What’s been going on?” After a week of Broadway news slipping into the broader conversation, Feldstein subtly acknowledges her premature exit, with Lea Michele to take over the role of Fanny, after Feldstein’s upcoming July 31 departure. “I’ll start.
I just got back from the ears, nose and throat doctor, who told me that I have tonsillitis, which is extremely contagious and she cannot allow me to go back on the stage through the weekend until I have enough antibiotics in my system to not be contagious anymore,” continues Feldstein.Feldstein continues, “The last thing I would want on this earth would to get the people that I love sick and I’m just not allowed to go on stage through the weekend.
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