Funny Girl (Broadway musical)
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Funny Girl is a musical with score by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and book by Isobel Lennart, that first opened on Broadway in 1964. The semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of comedian and Broadway star Fanny Brice, featuring her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein.
Barbra Streisand starred in the original Broadway musical, produced by Brice's son-in-law Ray Stark. The production received eight nominations at the 18th Tony Awards. The original cast recording of Funny Girl was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004.
A Broadway revival opened April 24, 2022, starring Beanie Feldstein as Brice and Ramin Karimloo as Arnstein. Lea Michele stepped into the lead role that September, with rave reviews prompting a new Broadway cast recording two months later.
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| lyricist: | Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl) |
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| composer: | Jule Styne |
| Wikidata: | Q1474747 [info] |
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| parts: | Don’t Rain on My Parade I’m the Greatest Star People (Funny Girl) The Music That Makes Me Dance Who Are You Now? (from "Funny Girl") You Are Woman, I Am Man (Funny Girl) |
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