Julie Benko Was the ‘Funny Girl’ No One Had Heard of, Until Now - The New York Times

The actress, who covered for Beanie Feldstein, gets the part to herself for the next month, and Broadway fans are thrilled for her.

Once she landed the job, Benko was more intent on learning the quirks and mannerisms of the real Fanny Brice on which the musical is based: a comic actress who rose to stardom in the Ziegfeld Follies… [+1779 chars]

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