THE ASTOR REVIEW

Streisand’s Oscar winning screen debut as singer comedienne, Fanny Brice, whose unhappy private life contrasted her with comic life on stage. Funny Girl opened on Broadway in 1964 and ran for 1348 performances. Streisand earned an Oscar for her fabulously brassy and vulnerable performance. The songs are unforgettable; “People”, “Don’t Rain On My Parade” and the seemingly prophetic, “I’m The Greatest Star.”

IMDB SYNOPSIS

The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from her first husband, Nick Arnstein.