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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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6437256 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Funny Girl (stage musical) Context triple: [My Man, featuredInWork, Funny Girl (stage musical)]
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Funny Girl (Broadway revival)
Funny Girl (Broadway revival) is a modern Broadway staging of the classic musical about comedian Fanny Brice, featuring updated direction, choreography, and a new cast for contemporary audiences.
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Funny Girl
Funny Girl is a comic novel by Nick Hornby about a young woman who becomes a television star in 1960s London, exploring fame, gender roles, and the changing British entertainment industry.
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Funny Girl
Funny Girl is a 1968 musical romantic drama film starring Barbra Streisand as comedian Fanny Brice, noted for its hit songs and Streisand’s Oscar-winning performance.
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D.
Pal Joey
Pal Joey is a 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical, later adapted into a film, known for its cynical tone, sophisticated score, and the morally ambiguous character of nightclub emcee Joey Evans.
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Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical)
Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) is a Tony Award–winning stage musical that dramatizes the rise of a 1960s girl group and the costs of fame, loosely inspired by the story of The Supremes and the Motown era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Funny Girl (stage musical) Target entity description: 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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A.
Funny Girl (Broadway revival)
Funny Girl (Broadway revival) is a modern Broadway staging of the classic musical about comedian Fanny Brice, featuring updated direction, choreography, and a new cast for contemporary audiences.
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B.
Funny Girl
Funny Girl is a comic novel by Nick Hornby about a young woman who becomes a television star in 1960s London, exploring fame, gender roles, and the changing British entertainment industry.
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C.
Funny Girl
Funny Girl is a 1968 musical romantic drama film starring Barbra Streisand as comedian Fanny Brice, noted for its hit songs and Streisand’s Oscar-winning performance.
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D.
Pal Joey
Pal Joey is a 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical, later adapted into a film, known for its cynical tone, sophisticated score, and the morally ambiguous character of nightclub emcee Joey Evans.
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E.
Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical)
Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) is a Tony Award–winning stage musical that dramatizes the rise of a 1960s girl group and the costs of fame, loosely inspired by the story of The Supremes and the Motown era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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stage musical ⓘ |
| 2022RevivalStar |
Beanie Feldstein
NERFINISHED
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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
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Sid Ramin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayRevival | 2022 Broadway revival of Funny Girl ⓘ |
| character |
Fanny Brice
NERFINISHED
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Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Arnstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Jule Styne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| 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
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Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Don’t Rain on My Parade
NERFINISHED
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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
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Jerome Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalDirector | Garson Kanin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalStar | Barbra Streisand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
rise to stardom of Fanny Brice
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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
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| subject | Fanny Brice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
1920s
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World War I era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Funny Girl (stage musical) Description of subject: 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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