Funny Girl
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . Barbra Streisand was a relatively unknown 21-year-old singer in 1964 when she exploded into Broadway superstardom as Manhattan-born vaudeville comedienne Fania Borach, I mean Fanny Brice (1891-1951), her stage name, in the hit bio-musical Funny Girl. So perfect was she for the character, and so organically right for […] The post Funny Girl appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.