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Julie Benko is currently the alternate for Lea Michele in Broadway’s Funny Girl and she performs the role of Fanny Brice every Thursday night.

For those who don’t know, the song “My Man” was famously added to the film version of Funny Girl, but was never part of the Broadway production. Lea covered the song while on Glee and fans were hoping that producers would decide to add the song to the Broadway revival for her, but that didn’t happen.

Over the summer, Lea confirmed that she wouldn’t be performing “My Man” while on Broadway and while fans still held out hope for the song to be added, it never was.

Now, Julie is explaining why she was always against “My Man” being part of the Broadway production.

Click to the next slide to check out her explanation…

It was just announced that Beanie Feldstein will be leaving the Broadway production of Funny Girl in September and her replacement will be named on a later date.

Beanie is the first actress to originate the role in a Broadway production since Barbra Streisand opened the original staging in 1964.

Now, Beanie will be handing off the role to a new actress and we’re trying to figure out who might be next!

The logical choice right now is Julie Benko, who is currently serving as Beanie‘s standby and has been performing the role for the past week during her COVID-19 absence. There’s also Lea Michele, who was long-rumored to lead a Broadway production of Funny Girl after performing many of the songs on Glee.

Click inside to see some of our other choices and to vote in our poll… More Here! »