Staged Right - Episode 11: Fanny & Barbra and the Legacy of 'Funny Girl'

"Funny Girl" is finally coming back to Broadway for the first time since its original production. This episode talks about the life of Fanny Brice, the rise of Barbra Streisand, and the making of "Funny Girl".

Fanny Brice in "Be Yourself" (1930):    • Be Yourself!   NTSC  

Check out the YouTube channel Be Kind Rewind and their episode about Barbra Streisand's 1969 Oscar win:    • How Barbra Streisand and Katharine He...  

FACT CHECKS:

- At 4:53, I quote 'Herman Goldman' when in fact it's HERBERT G. GOLDMAN who wrote "Fanny Brice: The Original Funny Girl" (1994)
- At 16:50, I say that Garson Kanin had never directed a musical. This is wrong. In 1960, he directed "Do Re Mi" (which had a score by Jule Styne) and even wrote the book.

RESOURCES

The Fanny Brice Collection: https://www.brice.nl/index.html

Barbra Archives: https://www.barbra-archives.info/

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