Beanie Feldstein to miss Funny Girl performances through the weekend due to tonsillitis

Beanie Feldstein, who made headlines earlier this week when she revealed that she will step away from playing Fanny Brice in Funny Girl

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Announced Friday that she would be missing additional performances due to tonsillitis.

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"Hey, everybody, I'm just uh, just checking in. What have I missed? What's been going on?" Feldstein joked in a video posted to Instagram

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"I'll start. I just got back from the ear, nose, and throat doctor, who told me that I have tonsillitis, which is extremely contagious,

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and she cannot allow me to go back on the stage through the weekend until I have enough antibiotics in my system to not be contagious anymore."

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Feldstein is slated to depart the role July 31, with her understudy, Julie Benko, taking on the duties until Michele officially begins Sept. 6.

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