Broadway
Funny Girl (1964)
Opened at Winter Garden Theatre
Opened: March 26, 1964
Closed: July 1, 1967
Opened: March 26, 1964
Closed: July 1, 1967
In the first half of the 20th century, Fanny Brice was Broadway's brightest comedienne. Her life, filled with triumph and tragedy, was the basis for one of Broadway's great show-biz musicals, tracing her rise to stardom in the Ziegfeld Follies, and her troubled romance with gambler Nicky Arenstein.
With a book by Isobel Lennart, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and music by Jule Styne, Funny Girl not only provided the young Barbra Streisand with her signature role, but also her signature songs, "People" and "Don't Rain On My Parade."
With a book by Isobel Lennart, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and music by Jule Styne, Funny Girl not only provided the young Barbra Streisand with her signature role, but also her signature songs, "People" and "Don't Rain On My Parade."
Book by Isobel Lennart
From an Original Story by Isobel Lennart
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Directed by Garson Kanin
Production Supervised by Jerome Robbins
Musical Numbers Staged by Carol Haney
Scenery and Lighting by Robert Randolph
Costumes by Irene Sharaff
Musical Direction by Milton Rosenstock
Orchestrations by Ralph Burns
Vocal Arrangements by Buster Davis
Dance Orchestrations by Luther Henderson
Associate Producer: Al Goldin
Associate Director: Lawrence Kasha
Produced by Ray Stark
in association with Seven Arts Productions
From an Original Story by Isobel Lennart
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Directed by Garson Kanin
Production Supervised by Jerome Robbins
Musical Numbers Staged by Carol Haney
Scenery and Lighting by Robert Randolph
Costumes by Irene Sharaff
Musical Direction by Milton Rosenstock
Orchestrations by Ralph Burns
Vocal Arrangements by Buster Davis
Dance Orchestrations by Luther Henderson
Associate Producer: Al Goldin
Associate Director: Lawrence Kasha
Produced by Ray Stark
in association with Seven Arts Productions
Musical Numbers:
- Overture
- If A Girl Isn't Pretty
- I'm The Greatest Star
- Cornet Man
- Nicky Arnstein
- Who Taught Her Everything?
- His Love Makes Me Beautiful
- I Want To Be Seen With You Tonight
- Henry Street
- People
- You Are Woman, I Am Man
- Don't Rain On My Parade
- Sadie, Sadie
- Find Yourself A Man
- Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat
- Who Are You Now?
- Music That Makes Me Dance, The
- Don't Rain On My Parade (reprise)
Additional Material:
Cast:
| Fanny Brice | Barbra Streisand |
| John | Robert Howard |
| Emma | Royce Wallace |
| Mrs. Brice | Kay Medford |
| Mrs. Strakosh | Jean Stapleton |
| Mrs. Meeker | Lydia S. Fredericks |
| Mrs. O'Malley | Joyce O'Neil |
| Tom Keeney | Joseph Macaulay |
| Eddie Ryan | Danny Meehan |
| Heckie | Victor R. Helou |
| Workmen: | Robert Howard |
| Robert Henson | |
| Snub Taylor | Buzz Miller |
| Trombone Smitty | Blair Hammond |
| Five Finger Finney | Alan Weeks |
| Trumpet Soloist | Dick Perry |
| Bubbles | Shellie Farrell |
| Polly | Joan Lowe |
| Maude | Ellen Halpin |
| Nick Arnstein | Sydney Chaplin |
| Showgirls: | Sharon Vaughan |
| Diana Lee Nielsen | |
| Stage Director | Marc Jordan |
| Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. | Roger DeKoven |
| Mimsey | Sharon Vaughn |
| Ziegfeld Tenor | John Lankston |
| Ziegfeld Lead Dancer | George Reeder |
| Adolph | John Lankston |
| Mrs. Nadler | Rose Randolf |
| Paul | Larry Fuller |
| Cathy | Joan Cory |
| Vera | Lainie Kazan |
| Jenny | Diane Coupe |
| Ben | Buzz Miller |
| Mr. Renaldi | Marc Jordan |
| Mike Halsey | Robert Howard |
| Showgirls: | Prudence Adams |
| Joan Cory | |
| Diane Coupe | |
| Lainie Kazan | |
| Diana Lee Nielsen | |
| Sharon Vaughn | |
| Rosemarie Yellen | |
| Singers: | Lydia S. Fredericks |
| Mary Louise | |
| Jeanne McLaren | |
| Joyce O'Neil | |
| Rose Randolf | |
| Stephanie Reynolds | |
| Victor R. Helou | |
| Robert Henson | |
| Robert Howard | |
| Marc Jordan | |
| John Lankston | |
| Albert Zimmerman | |
| Dancers: | Edie Cowan |
| Christine Dalsey | |
| Shellie Farrell | |
| Ellen Halpin | |
| Rosemary Jelinic | |
| Karen Kristin | |
| Joan Lowe | |
| Jose Ahumada | |
| Bud Fleming | |
| Larry Fuller | |
| Blair Hammond | |
| John Nola | |
| Alan Peterson | |
| Alan Weeks |