Beanie Feldstein is leaving the Broadway revival of Funny Girl earlier than expected.

The actress announced Sunday (July 10) in an Instagram post that she will be departing the show July 31. Last month, producers said she and fellow star Jane Lynch would be departing their roles Sept. 25 instead of at year’s end, which had originally been expected.

In her post, Feldstein said the decision came after producers “decided to take the show in a different direction,” but did not elaborate further.

“Playing Fanny Brice on Broadway has been a lifelong dream of mine, and doing so for the last few months has been a great joy and true honor,” she wrote. “Once the production decided to take the show in a different direction, I made the extremely difficult decision to step away sooner than anticipated.”

She went on to praise her fellow cast and crew and thank those who’d come to see her performance.

“I will never forget this experience and from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank every single person who came to the August Wilson for the love and support you have shown me and our amazing cast and crew,” she wrote. “The people I have had the great joy of bringing Funny Girl to life with every night, both on and off the stage, are all remarkably talented and exceptional humans and I hope you continue to join them on Henry Street after I depart on July 31st.”

The show’s official Twitter account tweeted Sunday that “exciting casting announcements” would be revealed at 1 p.m. ET on Monday. Understudy Ephie Aardema made her debut in the role on Sunday, according to a tweet that was retweeted by the official account.

The revival debuted in April to mixed reviews, with many arguing that she failed to fill the big shoes left by Barbra Streisand, who originated the role on Broadway in 1964, earning a Tony nom, and subsequently won an Oscar for her performance in the 1968 film adaptation.

Feldstein “has a lovely, light singing voice in a part that often calls for big-belt power,” The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney wrote in his review, while noting that Streisand’s “legacy is a lot to live up to, for any performer.”

Feldstein last month missed several performances after testing positive for COVID-19.

The current revival earned a single Tony nomination at the 2022 ceremony, for featured actor Jared Grimes. Lynch plays her mother, while Grimes portrays Eddie Ryan and Ramin Karimloo plays Nick Arnstein.

In their statement last month, producers indicated that Gimes and Karimloo would be continuing on.

“Beanie returns tomorrow!” the show’s official Twitter account posted June 15. “14 weeks left to see Beanie Feldstein & Jane Lynch now through September 25th. Stay tuned for additional casting news to join Ramin Karimloo & Jared Grimes and the company of Funny Girl.”

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This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti captures a fourth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 16). The set holds at No. 1, notching its first set of back-to-back weeks in the lead. The effort earned 111,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 7 (down 4%), according to Luminate.

Also in the top 10, Shinedown’s Planet Zero is the chart’s top debut, as the rock band’s latest studio album opens at No. 5. It’s the group’s fifth top 10-charting effort.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 16, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (July 12). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Un Verano Sin Ti’s 111,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 109,000 (down 4%; equaling 154.12 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and album sales and TEA units comprise the remainder of the week’s total.

Un Verano Sin Ti has earned over 100,000 in each of its first nine weeks on the chart. The last album to do so was nearly six years ago, when Drake’s Views saw its first 10 weeks all exceed 100,000 units (May 21-July 23, 2016, charts).

Additionally, Un Verano Sin Ti has spent its first nine weeks on the chart in the top two. The last album to start off so strong was Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, which also spent its first nine weeks in the top two (Sept. 18-Nov. 13, 2021-dated charts).

Un Verano Sin Ti debuted at No. 1 on the May 21-dated chart, then stepped away from the top slot for three weeks. It returned to No. 1 on June 18, and then moved aside for two more weeks, until coming back to No. 1 for the last two consecutive weeks.

A trio of former No. 1s are Nos. 2-4 on the new Billboard 200, as Harry Styles’ Harry’s House rises 6-2 (54,000 equivalent album units; down 14%), Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind is steady at No. 3 (52,000; down 29%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album climbs 8-4 (50,000; down less than 1%).

Shinedown’s Planet Zero bows at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 49,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the fifth top 10-charting album for the rock band, which claimed its first in 2008 with the No. 8-peaking The Sound of Madness. Of Planet Zero’s starting unit total, album sales comprise 43,000, SEA units comprise 6,000 (equaling 7.67 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 units.

Planet Zero has yielded two top 10-charting hits on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart — the title track and “Daylight.” Since the group debuted on the airplay list in 2003 with the No. 5-peaking “Fly From the Inside,” it has maintained an unbroken streak of 29 consecutive top 10 hits. The act is tied with Foo Fighters for the most total top 10s in the chart’s 41-year history.

Lil Durk’s chart-topping 7220 falls 5-6 on the new Billboard 200 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (down 38%), Future’s former leader I Never Liked You rises 10-7 with 40,000 units (down 7%) and Chris Brown’s Breezy dips 4-8 in its second week with 35,000 units (down 52%).

The Weeknd’s compilation album The Highlights returns to the top 10, zipping 52-9 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned (up 144%). The set contains such hits as “Blinding Lights” and “Save Your Tears” (both from The Weeknd’s After Hours studio album) and “Starboy” and “I Feel It Coming” (both from his Starboy album). On the new chart, the TEA and SEA units for all four songs contribute to The Highlights, as a song’s activity is assigned to the artist’s album with the most traditional album sales in a week. (The Highlights sold nearly 2,000 copies in the latest tracking week, while After Hours and Starboy both sold under 1,000.) A week ago, the TEA and SEA for the songs were directed to their original studio albums, as each outsold The Highlights that week.

Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache returns to the top 10, rising 12-10 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned (down 13%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data, removing any suspicious or unverifiable activity using established criteria before final chart calculations are made and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to the final calculation.

Steven Van Zandt is paying tribute to late actor Tony Sirico, who portrayed the menacing mobster Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri on The Sopranos.

Van Zandt, who played Silvio Dante on the classic HBO drama, took to social media to honor his Sopranos and Lilyhammer co-star, who died on Friday (July 8) at age 79.

“RIP Tony Sirico. Legendary. Silvio’s best buddy ‘Paulie Walnuts’ in The Sopranos, Frankie ‘The Fixer’s’ older brother Antonino ‘Father Tony’ Tagliano in Lilyhammer,” the actor and musician tweeted alongside a photo of the pair. “A larger than life character on and off screen. Gonna miss you a lot my friend. Deepest condolences to the family.”

Sirico passed away at an assisted living facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., according to his manager of 25 years Bob McGowan, The Hollywood Reporter reports. A cause of death was not revealed, but the actor had been suffering from dementia in recent years.

Sirico was also known for his roles in such films as Goodfellas, Cop Land and Mickey Blue Eyes, as well as television roles including Miami Vice, Chuck, Medium, Taxi Brooklyn and The Grindr. He also contributed his recognizable voice to episodes of Family Guy and American Dad!

See Van Zandt’s tribute on Twitter below.

RIP Tony Sirico. Legendary. Silvio’s best buddy “Paulie Walnuts” in The Sopranos, Frankie “The Fixer’s” older brother Antonino “Father Tony” Tagliano in Lilyhammer. A larger than life character on and off screen. Gonna miss you a lot my friend. Deepest condolences to the family. pic.twitter.com/pAkDnqfLEs

— 🕉Stevie Van Zandt☮️ (@StevieVanZandt) July 8, 2022

Lizzo can’t get enough of BTS‘ new video blog, which features Kim Taehyung, aka V, showing some love to her single “About Damn Time.”

“Wait… is this real? Is V really dancing to about damn time?!?” Lizzo asked Saturday (July 9) on Twitter, where she posted a clip of herself side-by-side with a clip of V, with both artists showing off the same moves while jamming to “About Damn Time.” In another tweet, she simply wrote, “#VIZZO.”

The clip of V comes from a fun “BTS VLOG” uploaded to YouTube this weekend, just in time for this year’s ARMY Day, the celebration of the ninth anniversary of BTS’ dedicated fanbase. The video blog highlights a day in the life of V as he’s driving around.

“About Damn Time,” Lizzo’s latest single, dropped in April. The song topped Billboard‘s Hot R&B Songs chart for a week in May, and it also peaked at No. 3 on the all-genre Hot 100 chart.

In BTS news, last month the group shared that they plan to take a break from group activities so they can all have time to work on personal endeavors. In a statement to Billboard, a spokesperson clarified: “To be clear, they are not on hiatus, but will take time to explore some solo projects at this time and remain active in various different formats.”

Check out Lizzo’s cute clip with V, and watch the the new video blog on BTS’ YouTube channel below.

#VIZZO https://t.co/nRguZejnmV pic.twitter.com/myoM30zSm3

— FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) July 9, 2022

A techno parade whose initiators include the founder of the Love Parade, once a popular annual party in Berlin, took to the streets of the German capital Saturday (July 9) with calls for the city’s electronic music culture to be added to a World Heritage list.

The Rave the Planet parade set out from the Kurfuerstendamm shopping boulevard to the Victory Column in the middle of Berlin’s Tiergarten park.

Police estimated 20,000 people turned out for the parade in cool, rainy weather, the German news agency dpa reported. They deployed 600 officers but no disturbances were reported.

One of the parade’s organizers, a DJ known professionally as Dr. Motte, called for an unconditional basic income for artists and for Berlin’s club culture to be listed as intangible heritage by UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural agency.

Dr. Motte, 62, is best known for founding the Love Parade — which grew from a small procession of 150 ravers in 1989 to a huge music festival and street party with 1.5 million participants a decade later. The event’s popularity later waned; it was last held in Berlin in 2006.

Parties with the Love Parade brand were held under different organizers after that in Germany’s industrial Ruhr region, but ended after a mass panic at the 2010 event in Duisburg resulted in 21 deaths.