Funny Girl (stage musical)

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Funny Girl is a 1964 Broadway musical, famously starring Barbra Streisand as comedian Fanny Brice, that chronicles her rise to stardom and turbulent romance.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
2022RevivalStar Beanie Feldstein NERFINISHED
Lea Michele NERFINISHED
2022RevivalTheatre August Wilson Theatre NERFINISHED
adaptedInto Funny Girl (1968 film) NERFINISHED
award 1964 Theatre World Award for Barbra Streisand NERFINISHED
basedOn life of Fanny Brice
bookBy Isobel Lennart NERFINISHED
broadwayOriginalOrchestrator Ralph Burns NERFINISHED
Sid Ramin NERFINISHED
broadwayRevival 2022 Broadway revival of Funny Girl
character Fanny Brice NERFINISHED
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. NERFINISHED
Nick Arnstein NERFINISHED
composer Jule Styne NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector William Wyler NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationStar Barbra Streisand NERFINISHED
genre musical theatre
language English
lyricist Bob Merrill NERFINISHED
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Barbra Streisand) NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED
notableSong Don’t Rain on My Parade NERFINISHED
I’m the Greatest Star NERFINISHED
People
The Music That Makes Me Dance NERFINISHED
You Are Woman, I Am Man NERFINISHED
originalBroadwayClosingDate 1967-07-01
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1964-03-26
originalBroadwayRunLength 1348 performances
originalBroadwayTheatre Winter Garden Theatre NERFINISHED
originalCastAlbumLabel Capitol Records NERFINISHED
originalCastAlbumPerformer Barbra Streisand NERFINISHED
originalChoreographer Carol Haney NERFINISHED
Jerome Robbins NERFINISHED
originalDirector Garson Kanin NERFINISHED
originalStar Barbra Streisand NERFINISHED
portrays rise to stardom of Fanny Brice
romance between Fanny Brice and Nick Arnstein
premiereCity New York City NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1964-03-26
premiereLocation Winter Garden Theatre NERFINISHED
producer Ray Stark NERFINISHED
setting New York City
early 20th century
subject Fanny Brice NERFINISHED
timePeriodDepicted 1920s
World War I era

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