Theater Beanie Feldstein is exiting Funny Girl early come September Beanie Feldstein and Jane Lynch will play their final performance Sept. 25. By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on June 15, 2022 07:52PM EDT Hey Mr. Arnstein, there she goes... On Wednesday, producers announced that Funny Girl star Beanie Feldstein and her costar Jane Lynch will be exiting the buzzy Broadway revival on September 25. Ramin Karimloo, who stars as Nick Arnstein, and Jared Grimes, Tony-nominated for his turn as dancer Eddie Ryan, will remain with the production. The news comes as something of a surprise. Funny Girl was one of the most anticipated revivals of the spring season, marking its first return to Broadway since its debut in the 1960s. According to EW's conversation with director Michael Mayer prior to rehearsals, Feldstein was committed to the production for a year. However, Funny Girl was not the smashing success they all hoped with Feldstein — under intense scrutiny in the role after it was immortalized by Barbra Streisand — receiving less than stellar reviews. "It's hard to escape the feeling that Feldstein, for all her fourth-wall winks and bright enthusiasm, is fundamentally miscast," wrote EW critic Leah Greenblatt. "This Girl needs a force majeure, not a light breeze, to make it sing." Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan and Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice in 'Funny Girl'. Matthew Murphy Replacements for the roles of Fanny Brice and Lynch's part of her mother, Rose, have yet to be announced. Though surely speculation will be rampant that stand-by Julie Benko, who has filled in for Feldstein during planned absences and Feldstein's recent bout with COVID-19, would be the natural fit. Benko has received praise for her take on Fanny Brice. Funny Girl opened on Broadway on April 24 and currently has an open-ended run. Related content: Funny Girl review: Barbra Streisand's shoes are too big for Beanie Feldstein to fill Hey, Mr. Arnstein, here she is: Beanie Feldstein is ready to be Broadway's new Fanny Brice Lea Michele endorses Beanie Feldstein for Funny Girl role: 'This is going to be epic!'