Ticket prices surging for Lea Michele’s opening night in ‘Funny Girl’
Hello, ticket prices!
Fans who want to catch Lea Michele on her opening night of “Funny Girl” on Sept. 6 may have to shell out the big bucks.
Ticket-reselling website SeatGeek currently has tickets that range in price from $450 all the way to an eye-watering $2,350 (and that’s not including a $470 fee). To put it in perspective, tickets for the Sept. 5 performance starring understudy Julie Benko are available for a mere $69.
Broadway was buzzing last week with the news that the “Glee” alum, 35, will be playing the role of Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival, taking over from Beanie Feldstein.
Page Six exclusively reported that Feldstein, 29, was “basically fired” from the production before abruptly quitting publicly. The “Booksmart” star announced via social media that she would be leaving the show on July 31, a scant four months into a contract that was supposed to last a year.
“Once the production decided to take the show in a different direction, I made the extremely difficult decision to step away sooner than anticipated,” she wrote in her post.
And then, last Friday, the “Impeachment: American Crime Story” star shared via Instagram that she had been diagnosed with tonsillitis and would be missing more performances.
“Hey everybody, I’m just checking in,” she cheekily began a video, proving she has not lost her sense of humor. “What have I missed? What’s been going on?”
She added, “I cannot wait to do my last two weeks … and, you just gotta laugh at a certain point. When it rains, it pours on your old pal Bean.”
A publicist for the show did not reply for comment.