Julie Benko Performs "I'm The Greatest Star" from Funny Girl
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2022
- Check out Julie Benko performing "I'm The Greatest Star" from Funny Girl at Broadway in Bryant Park!
THE MUSICAL COMEDY CLASSIC IS BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER-AND BROADWAY AUDIENCES ARE THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, a revised book from Harvey Fierstein based on the original classic by Isobel Lennart, tap choreography by Ayodele Casel, choreography by Ellenore Scott, and direction from Michael Mayer, this love letter to the theatre is ready to step back into the spotlight.
The sensational cast includes Julie Benko, Tony nominee Ramin Karimloo, five-time Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch and Jeff Award winner Jared Grimes and dazzles with the songs “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People.” This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage. Everyone told her she’d never be a star, but then something funny happened-she became one of the most beloved performers in history, shining brighter than the brightest lights of Broadway.
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She's literally living every understudy's dream
Because she went on almost every week.
Saw Julie Benko in Funny Girl when Beanie was out sick. Julie IS THE STAR and Broadway should realize that this woman can sing, dance and act with passion! She IS Funny Girl!! GO Julie!
@Rodrigo Izetti Beanie tested Positive for COVID.
@@eamonndeane587 Yeh she was sick from COVID-19.
Right? Even her acting outshines Beanie's, and the only praise Beanie got was for her acting. Beanie really wasn't selling a self-assured, confident character
Holy shit, someone actually sounds like they tried to get close to how the actual Fanny would sing it! This is fantastic!!
It doesn’t even seem like she’s acting-she’s just a NATURAL!👏🏾
This is the absolute best version i've ever heard. These outdoor performances tend to have awkward audio but this worked out in her favor. She has the voice, she has the energy, she has it. I hope they keep the show open when Lea leaves and have Julie full time if she'll have it.
I LOVE HOW JULIE DOES THE SONGS IN HER OWN STYLE AND NOT AS AN ATTEMPTED IMITATION OF BARBRA'S VERSION. Nothing against Barbra, I love her performances, but a Funny Girl with her own style was necessary
I’ve never been disappointed when I’ve seen a show that had an understudy filling in. They have to be just as great as the star to be there, but the understudies are hungrier.
Sadly. I have been disappointed a few times, but that really wasn't the performers' fault. They were clearly not given time to rehearse the role, and seemed to be working hard just to get through the performance without making a mistake.
she has so much resemblance of fanny and i love how she tries not to be like barbra 😭😭it's amazing
I was there in Bryant Park, just over to Julie’s left. Then we saw Funny Girl two days later and the August Wilson Theatre was packed and roaring with enthusiastic ovations from overture to curtain call! Not only is she nothing less than sensational, from what I’m hearing she elevates the entire show. Forget the lukewarm (even negative) reviews the show got when it opened back in April. It’s pure dynamite now with Julie as Fanny. By all means SEE IT! It’ll knock your socks off!
Wouldn't that be great if she ended the perceived "need" for stunt casting? :)
Oh my gosh!!! Why didn't they give her this role from the get-go? I've heard clips of Beanie and Lea Michelle and they have nothing on Julie! She manages to capture the same energy Streisand gave to the role, but makes it her own!
I don't know a damn thing about this show but she killed this
Super talent. Oddly, I think the whole drama about Funny Girl will end up being a huge bennie for Julie. At least everyone knows who she is now.
Wauw couldn't she become the main singer? She's very likeable too as well as talented I'm sold
I think the show needed a bigger star like Lea Michele to save it from Beanie's reviews
Now I wish I could’ve seen Julie as Fanny!! This is wonderful!!!
She’ll be doing all performances until September 6th and then her Thursday schedule starts.
I saw her!! She’s amazing!!
We were fortunate enough to see her the 1st Saturday the show was on. She was fabulous!
She’s amazing!!!
Go on a Thursday and you will be able to, and I am sure there will be other times when Lea is off for some reason.
She’s AMAZING. Saves the show. So glad she’ll be doing a few performances a week. Bravo 🎉
Saw Julie Benko last night as Fanny - she is the ‘greatest star!!!’
So glad she only listened to Barbra once. You can fully hear that this is HER interpretation. Something we didn’t get with Beanie and certainly won’t get with Lea.
I think the key is to not try to be Barbra and Julie gets it.
@@WerdnaNiraehs She's clearly aiming to be more of an Emulation of the Real life Fanny Brice instead of Barbara.
She’s incredible!!! So glad she had the chance to star on Broadway-very well deserved and props to all the understudies out there!!!
The audience just 😍 loved her when I saw her so glad she has a new job in barry manilow.s new show.
YES! A star is born! Hope she takes the show on tour.
I said the same thing to friends today!
My hope exactly! With Lea in NY, give Julie the national tour! I’ll see it again when it comes to my city! They’ll go nuts for her everywhere it plays.
Julie knocks it out of Bryant Park! What a great performance.
She gives it so much personality, it’s refreshing.
I have watched this a totally healthy number of times… yes. Definitely.
You're not the Only one. Trust me .
Julie did Fanny and Babs proud! The talent is REAL!
All the drama has greatly benefitted Julie! Good for her!
She’s so cute and super talented! She definitely is gonna be a huge star on Broadway ❤️
I just love Julie! Great pipes and infinitely likable. She is Fanny right down to her fanny! Even with limited opportunity for top billing, hers is a star-making performance, no doubt.
I am still not okay with how the production treated Beanie, however, I do agree Julie knocks this show out of the park! If they do a national tour, I hope she leads.
Beane would NEVER have been cast if she wasn't a movie star. She was in over her head.
Can you give some links or examples of how the production treated Beanie? Although she didn't seem to fit the role I feel badly about the public embarrassment she went through. Seems like a nightmare to me.
She should never have accepted the part.
Beanie can't sing, get over it
@@sydiris666 I don’t think she can. I don’t think she should have been allowed in that casting room or conversation. I just feel bad for how embarrassing it must have been.
Finally an actress who CAN SING..she's making it her own .. all I can say is BRAVO!!
She really is a GREAT star, C’mom Broadway!
I hope Julie goes on to do amazing things after she finishes her time in the Funny Girl revival.
@@eamonndeane587 same! She is amazing!
she is such a joy to watch and her vocals are sparklingly perfect
Wow! She’s amazing. And she looks a little like Fanny Brice. Now I want to see her entire performance.
I love that she's Julie Beno, not a Streisand copycat which is what I imagine is what Lea Michelle with undoubtedly be.
hopefully Lea isn’t dumb enough to try that though cuz that would just be plain EMBARRASSING. Dhshsjsa i just feel like Lea is so devoid of any emotion and charisma lmao so it’s gonna be bleak I think
@@stxrstrxckmxteo515 embarrassing is kind of her thing so I’d be surprised if she didn’t
She killed that
She’s indeed the greatest star!
Wow that was great! She’s very charismatic
A True Gem of a Star.
THE PEOPLE’S FANNY
Julie Benko is a star and they don’t seem to know it 🎶
She's delightful
She should actually be the star of this show.
She’s terrific!
Great job! I can almost see a bit of the real Fanny Brice in her.
Oh she is just divine! Brava!
Oh she’s absolutely lovely!
what a star indeed!!
MY Fanny Brice 🥰🥰🥰
I know they're bringing in Lea Michele because she has more of a recognizable name and a big Glee following and probably still a good Spring Awakening following as well. I know they need good revenue to keep a show up and running. But it's unfortunate sometimes when the Biz comes before the Show in Show Business. Julie seems to have it all. She's cute, bubbly, goofy and lanky like Fanny was. She's got a good voice, and I hear her acting and comic timing is great as well. Lea can sing (although the Disney Princess quality in her voice isn't my cup of tea), and she can act. But can she carry a whole B'way show? And does she have the comic timing that's very much needed? We wait and see.
Lea is just too unlovable to carry such a comic role
“Can she carry a Bway show” is kind of an ironic question considering Spring Awakening is what launched her career.
@@ryanwagner7980 Even though Wendla's story is at the center of the show, I still think Spring Awakening is basically an ensemble piece. She has two solos, one duet and is featured in two other numbers. One of the reasons it's been so hard to do a revival of FG is the role of Fanny Brice literally carries the whole show... have a bad Fanny (lol - bad fanny!), have a bad show. She's also the focused character in nearly all of the scenes. The other reason of course is Barbra Streisand, and the comparisons that come with that. Fanny has 9 solos, 3 duets, and leads a number of ensemble numbers. IMHO... apples and oranges.
@@ivey5587 😆🤐
Well said. Lea is also too old! It’s not being harsh to say this, she’s just ten years past the age of a credible Fanny.
Julie is so amazing! Yes yes yes!
She rocked it!
She gets it.
Woww! What a performance. Amazing!! Fabulous news that she’s just joined the cast for the upcoming new to Broadway show “Harmony “ in the new year. Brilliant news Julie 🤩
Such a natural quality ! Brava !
Flawless! Wow 🤩
BRAVISSIMA!
Sutton Foster/thoroughly modern Millie vibes!!
So incredibly proud of you, Julie!! 🤩
Get it girl!!!
Fabulous!
I’m seeing her in Funny Girl in two weeks. I can hardly wait!!
Superstar!!
Finally we are getting performances from this show! Beanie didn’t do ANY!
SO GOOD
julie is amazing!
Looks so much like the real Fannie Brice! She should have gotten another couple months in the lead I believe
Now THIS is fanny Brice.
Super!
Well done
She's the best!
This randomly popped up playing and with no context,just the first five words. And I think “oh my god this woman Shoulda played Fanny Brice on Broadway revival.”
Guys. She's not supposed to be copying Barbra. She's Julie.
🎉🎉 Amazing
She is phenomenal. How sad that Lea won out. Julie deserves better.
Especially from Lea Michelle fans who are bashing her and saying Lea is better before they've even seen Michelle on stage as Fanny Brice.
Grow up, Chandler
wowowowowow!!!
Petition for Funny Girl to release the backing track for this!!!!!!!!!!
Just give her a cast recording. Based on the lack of any Beanie performances we know that's not happening for her and Lea already has her autotuned beyond belief version. Let Julie have a studio cast recording at the very least.
Seriously this is really nice!
I wouldn't mind a lea version with the cast. Lea's is just the glee version, where she's playing a character. This will be a great stepping stone for Julie, though. Hopefully she can go onto something great where the producers won't get mad when she outshines the star, because she'll be the star.
@@KimmaParish at this point if they get mad at that I think they would have fired her. She already outshined Beanie. Lea is basically only coming in to get ticket sales in hopes of recouping losses. I have no idea if it’s possible. The glee fandom that watched the show live is grown up and I think has a sour taste left with just how morbid it became on top of the nonsense that Lea has done and probably will continue to do. I think people would have been more intrigued with Amber Riley. No she isn’t Jewish but religiously neither is Lea. So, Julie gets the career. She’ll most definitely have a turn as Elphaba and then probably get a show of her own before moving off to California.
@@anthonyL1995 glee stan since 2009 here lol. Bought tickets for Leas show on the 28th. Front row center seats 😂 and the tickets are selling like hot cakes now that Lea’s on the bill. Glee fans are very much excited for Lea to play this roll irl
It will be Lea. She’s doing an out of this world amazing job.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💜💙💚
Nice
She’s amazing, a real show stopper. If they ever bring back Grey Gardens I’d love her to be young little Edie
I also think Julie would also be an Amazing Roxie Hart in Chicago.
Based on a close up clip of Lea doing this song, I think Julie is a little better funny wise. While Lea was still good and on cometic timing, you can tell it didn’t come naturally to her.
Lea Michelle was born to play the role that Barbra left behind. But Julie? She was born to play Fanny Brice.
she’s brilliant… still don’t get how people wear tucked in shirts without a belt though!!
JULIE BENKO WILL BE STARRING IN THE TOURING COMPANY OF FUNNY GIRL AS FANNY BRICE STARTING THIS AUGUST 2023!
I have tickets to see Leah Michele but Julie is really amazing.
Hey Beanie, this is how you sing and act. Thanks. Julie Benko is perfection
They should’ve just given the role to her instead of B or L
If she started off with the role she Probaly would have gotten nominated for a tony but after beanie the show needed huge publicity or it would have shut down bringing in lea was smart since ticket sales are all sold out almost through December and almost any ticket left is over 300
@@thatssoreed6541 There are plenty of tickets to Funny Girl,it is nowhere near sold out through December. Go check online. They have seats on certain days for under $100. I'm from NYC&there are tons of seats available
No one is clamoring to see LM.
@@Wendi1760 This video is not about Beanie or Lea, but there certainly has been plenty of publicity about the show since Lea Michele was announced. The show may not be sold out but LM has sold more tickets than Beanie would have with her lukewarm reviews and word of mouth.
Saw Lea's second performance from the front row and she was spectacular!
@@eamonndeane587 Who asked YOU?
@@jerryjones7838 Who asked YOU? First day on the internet?
she'd be a v good veronica
She’s very very good. Honestly a bit overdramatized even for a stage performance lol. Her voice is great. Lea’s performances are still my favorite 😅
Julie Benko is far more balanced and authentic than Lea Michele could ever be in this role. Julie can sing it and depicts Fanny’s earnestness. Lea can sing but I doubt she could genuinely pull off the same qualities of Fanny without coming off as calculating. Plus Julie identifies as Jewish and doesn’t have racist bullying baggage.
this is a perfect comment
So this is one of the many talented lesser known actresses they could’ve casted instead of Lea
The line in the song I am the greatest star is it must be a plot because they’re scared that I got such a gift Not I think it’s a plot cause they scared that I got such a gift
Broadway fans can be so fickle. Julie is only getting her moment to shine because Beanie didn't. If the fans had been so full of praise for Beanie we still wouldn't get to see Julie front and center, like many other understudies.
This is why big shows really need to start considering having Alternates as standard rather than just understudies. Really pleased that Julie will have a named day for her shows each week so her fans can go see her. But there probably aren't enough of them to keep the show afloat full time. Sadly they need a big recognisable name to help draw in the mass ticket sales needed to stay running.
Beanie sucked.
No one can compare TO STREISAND
that was fresh and fantastic.
i honestly like her much more than lea
Why can’t they just find some celeb male and bank on Tovah? This ain’t gonna last past December. Julie has the talent. So, why not? Otherwise should have just gone on tour with her anyway. Lea doesn’t need the pat on the behind and this view goes beyond Glee.
See , I like Julie’s version of Fanny bc she completely makes it her own. Lea tries to sound and be exactly like Barbra. And it’s not good bc no one can sound like Barbra
I feel sorry for Beanie Feldstein: Her FUNNY GIRL dreams, which she had since she was three are shattered. Of course she needed viable childhood dreams.
And then there's Lillias White…
Sorry, but vocally Beanie is nowhere near this performance! Congrats, Julie!
I saw Beanie and she knocked it out if the park.🤷🏽♂️
THE greatest star. La Michelle had better take some notes.
Laughable comment.Lea is getting well deserved raves and DOES NOT need to take notes from Julie!