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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.”
Funny Girl - Broadway Cast
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Funny Girl Review. Beanie Feldstein in the Streisand role of Fanny Brice
6 / 10
Feldstein, whose only previous Broadway credit was in the 2017 revival of 'Hello, Dolly' as a minor lead, nails three musical numbers in 'Funny Girl' - 'Don't Rain on My Parade,' 'Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat' and the finale - that allow us to glimpse the star quality that the production must have been banking on. The three other leads who are listed above the title hold their own: Both Jane Lynch as Fanny's mother and Ramin Karimloo as Fanny's dashing but disreputable husband give their usual stellar performances, and Jared Grimes, as Fanny's friend and advocate Eddie Ryan, is so good, especially in several thrilling tap-dance numbers, that he may be the one cast member who emerges from this production a star. Under the direction of Michael Mayer, with choreography by Ellenore Scott that tries to recreate in several dance numbers the feel of a Ziegfeld Follies extravaganza (albeit on a radically lower budget), and flashy (or at least flashing) design by a team of Tony winning pros, this 'Funny Girl' offers some of the conventional pleasures of an old-fashioned Broadway musical. The charms of this revival, however, are just not rewarding enough to meet the expectations created for the show by Barbra Streisand more than half a century ago.
‘Funny Girl’ Review: An Underpowered Revival Brings Fanny Brice Back to Broadway
6 / 10
The problem with this uninspired revival of 'Funny Girl' - which opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Sunday, marking the show's Broadway return after nearly 60 years - is not simply the singular ghost of she who shall not be named. (Alright: It's Barbra Streisand.) Rather, the issue here is the production's inability to live up to its star-making potential that would have made us once again forgive the simplistic, sentimental and sanitized original book credited to Isobel Lennart.
Funny Girl History
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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