Funny Girl is a 1968 American biographical musical comedy-drama film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Isobel Lennart was adapted from her book for the eponymous stage musical.

With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Isobel Lennart, Funny Girl has become one of the most beloved Broadway classics, famous for skyrocketing Barbra Streisand to stardom.

Funny Girl is the semi-autobiographical tale of Fanny Brice's meteoric rise to fame and her stormy relationship with Nick Arnstein, a wealthy and charming gambler. From her start as a gawky ...

BOSTON - "Funny Girl" helped secure Barbra Streisand's stardom. Now, a new production of the recent Broadway hit is in Boston ...

Early twentieth century New York. Fanny Brice knows that she is a talented comedienne and singer. She also knows that she is not the beauty typical of the stage performers of the day, she with ...

Barbra Streisand arrives on the screen, in “Funny Girl,” when the movies are in ... so the legend developed that movie actors and actresses had to have “perfect” little features, and ...

Next week, Funny Girl's cast will arrive at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts for a 12-night stay at the Buell Theatre. While the show follows the journey of the iconic Fanny Brice ...

Some argue that actors should be able to play any role ... The 1964 musical and subsequent film “Funny Girl,” both starring Barbra Streisand, chronicle Brice’s rise to fame while she ...

The Gemma Arterton-led lineup, based on Nick Hornby's novel Funny Girl, continues in Funny Woman ... several new characters joining the original cast. In season 1, Arterton was introduced as ...

It took an astonishing 58 years for a ”Funny Girl” revival to land on Broadway. Along the way, plenty of other actors got to put their stamp on roles originated by legends, from Stanley ...

“My parents are both actors, so I was around the theater from ... Awakening,” “A Beautiful Noise”) about helming “Funny Girl,” he was intrigued. His grandparents were big Fanny Brice ...

“Funny Girl” received its only Broadway revival ... to a man humiliated by living off of his wife. The supporting cast is excellent. Izaiah Montaque Harris, who plays Fanny’s friend Eddie ...