Fanny Brice News

Hannah Shankman and Stephen Mark Lucas are bringing Fanny Brice and Nick Arnstein to a city near you over the next six months in the national tour of Funny Girl. In this video, watch as the duo chats about their friendship offstage, why they love performing this piece across the country, and more.

The national tour of FUNNY GIRL features a knock-out performance by the show's leading lady, Hannah Shankman, and culminates with an audience-pleasing big finish.

The national tour of FUNNY GIRL, currently playing at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, is a gorgeous rendition of a timeless classic that runs the gamut of emotion from self-deprecating comedy to heart-wrenching drama to chill-inducing performance.

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In a meticulously scripted and carefully crafted medley of songs, the performers highlighted the highs and lows of their careers, illustrating their individual paths to Hairspray and sharing anecdotes of their vastly different lives since the closing of the show.

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THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present the return of internationally acclaimed singer, actor and impressionist Christina Bianco for the special evening “Her Name Is Barbra: My Passion for Streisand”. Learn how to purchase tickets.

And now we have the tour, currently playing at The Paramount Theatre. And it looks like the producers have learned their lesson with the “stunt casting” and just brought in people who can handle the part, such as Hannah Shankman as the irrepressible Fanny Brice, who is making her debut with the tour here in Seattle. And she has certainly left her mark on the role and on our town.

FUNNY GIRL tickets will be available for purchase at Proctors starting this week. Don't miss the chance to see this acclaimed musical live on stage.

Tickets for FUNNY GIRL at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach will be available starting this Friday.

Grammy and two-time Tony Award Nominee Shoshana Bean and Tony Award winner J. Harrison Ghee will join three-time Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown for his Carnegie Hall solo concert debut on October 25, 2024, at 8:00 PM.

Thornton Wilder’s Our Town will begin previews on Tuesday, September 17 ahead of an opening on Thursday, October 10 at the Barrymore Theatre for a strictly limited engagement. Meet the cast of Our Town here!

FUNNY GIRL, the musical comedy revival, is coming to Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wis., for a limited one-week engagement from Tuesday, Dec. 31 to Sunday, Jan. 5

Singer Karen Mason is back at Birdland on Monday September 16 at 7 pm with an encore of her Jule Styne tribute show. JUST IN STYNE: Karen Sings Jule highlights the history and career of Styne (GYPSY, FUNNY GIRL), one of Mason’s favorite songwriters. The joy-filled evening that evoked the ethos of Styne’s song, “Make Someone Happy.”

Bell Theater at Bell Works in Holmdel, N.J. will present Lorna Luft and Julie Benko: From Hollywood to Broadway. Learn how to purchase tickets.

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Hannah Shankman will take over the role of Fanny Brice when the tour opens in Seattle on September 24th, 2024. She joins returning cast members Melissa Manchester as Mrs. Brice, Stephen Mark Lukas as Nick Arnstein, Izaiah Montaque Harris as Eddie Ryan, Walter Coppage as Florenz Ziegfeld, Leah Platt as Emma/Mrs. Nadler, Christine Bunuan as Mrs. Meeker, and David Foley Jr. as Tom Keeney. 

FUNNY GIRL, the sensational musical comedy revival, is coming to Seattle's Paramount Theatre for a limited one-week engagement from September 24 – 29. 

The national tour of FUNNY GIRL has wrapped up its first year on the road and to cap things off, the show's star, Katerina McCrimmon, stepped out after curtain call for a special performance. Watch the video!

FUNNY GIRL, the sensational musical comedy revival, will come to the Eccles Theater for a limited one-week engagement from Tuesday, October 8 to Sunday, October 13, 2024.