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Rachel Berry got to live out her dream after this switcheroo.
Broadway's biggest drama of the year saw Lea Michele step in to play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl after Beanie Feldstein bowed out early.
"Once the production decided to take the show in a different direction," Beanie wrote on social media in July, "I made the extremely difficult decision to step away sooner than I anticipated."
Fans clamored for Lea to land Barbra Streisand's iconic role, fulfilling her Glee character's destiny. Lea opened in September to standing ovations, saying of her casting, "A dream come true is an understatement."