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Lauren Ambrose will star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL, in the first Broadway production of the musical since it originally opened in 1964. FUNNY GIRL, which features music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Isobel Lennart, will be directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher.
FUNNY GIRL will play at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from January 15 through February 26, 2012 prior to opening in spring 2012 on Broadway.
FUNNY GIRL is the road-to-stardom story of legendary entertainer Fanny Brice, from her start in a Brooklyn music hall to her meteoric rise as a headliner in the Ziegfeld Follies. While her career soars, she falls in love with charming gambler Nick Arnstein, just as his own lucky streak is running out. FUNNY GIRL is an irresistible backstage drama, a heartbreaking romance and a classic musical comedy filled with unforgettable songs by the team of Jule Styne and Bob Merrill including “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” “The Music That Makes Me Dance,” and the iconic hit “People.”
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Review | No joke, ‘Funny Girl’ is seriously miscast
3 / 10
Truth be told, 'Funny Girl' is a star vehicle that is not much more than the leading role, as demonstrated by its weak and melodramatic book (which has been revised a bit by Harvey Fierstein) and the inferior quality of literally every song that is not sung by Fanny (many of which were cut from the film). Without an extraordinary lead performance, 'Funny Girl' doesn't work - which is unfortunately the case here. Vocally, Feldstein is strained and nasal and unable to handle power solos like 'I'm the Greatest Star,' 'People,' 'Don't Rain on My Parade,' and 'The Music That Makes Me Dance.' She also overplays the comedy and resorts to mugging. (I question how Feldstein could even be cast as Fanny in a high school or theater camp production.)
Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’ Revival Rains on Its Own Parade
5 / 10
Generally, however, they seem beached and static as a couple. He sees a poker game as more important than her opening night and is furious with her when she financially helps him. There are dry oil wells and phony bond deals, and finally jail. The show leaves the audience with the problem of not really having anyone to cheer for, or castigate. They are clearly an incompatible couple, and we are forced to spend an evening with them, not making any sense of their union. They have a child whose presence is passingly alluded to. Nick is not a crook, just weak; Fanny is not an overbearing partner, just loyal. And there we have it, over and over again.
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Other Productions of Funny Girl
| 1964 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1966 | West End |
London Production West End |
| 1986 | Off-Off-Broadway |
Equity Library Theatre Revival Off-Off-Broadway |
| 2001 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
| 2002 | Broadway |
Actors' Fund Concert Broadway |
| 2012 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
| 2015 | West End |
Menier Chocolate Factory West End Revival Production West End |
| 2016 | West End |
Menier Chocolate Factory West End Transfer West End |
| 2022 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
| 2023 | US Tour |
North American Tour US Tour |
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