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July 10 (UPI) -- Beanie Feldstein announced Sunday on Instagram that she is leaving the Broadway musical, Funny Girl, earlier than planned. "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 honor," Feldstein wrote.
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"Once the production decided to take the show in a difference direction, I made the extremely difficult decision to step away sooner than anticipated," she added. "I will never forget this experience and from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank every single person who came to the August Wilson for the love and support you have shown me and our amazing cast and crew. The people I have had the great joy of bringing Funny Girl to life with every night, both on and off the stage, are all remarkably talented and exceptional humans and I hope you continue to join them on Henry Street after I depart on July 31st."
The show opened to mixed reviews on April 24.
Producers announced that Feldstein and co-star Jane Lynch would depart the musical on Sept. 25.
No replacements for the actresses have been announced yet.
