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Funny Girl is a 2014 novel by the British writer Nick Hornby. [1] The book was adapted for television as Funny Woman , broadcast by Sky Max in 2023 starring Gemma Arterton . [ 2 ]
Isobel Lennart (May 18, 1915 – January 25, 1971) was an American screenwriter and playwright. She is best known for writing the book for the Broadway musical Funny Girl which premiered in 1964, [1] [2] although she also wrote scripts for successful Hollywood films featuring major stars, some of which received Oscar nominations.
Funny Girl is a musical with score by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and book by Isobel Lennart, that first opened on Broadway in 1964. The semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of comedian and Broadway star Fanny Brice , featuring her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein .
Benko was the standby for the role of Fanny Brice in the 2022 Broadway revival of Funny Girl, with her first performance on April 29, 2022. [16] Starting on August 2, 2022, she became a replacement for Beanie Feldstein following her leave from the show, and became Fanny Brice alternate on September 6, 2022 once Lea Michele took over the role.
Funny Girl is a 1968 American biographical musical film directed by William Wyler and written by Isobel Lennart, adapted from her book for the stage musical of the same title. It is loosely based on the life and career of comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein .
Funny Girl is the original Broadway cast recording of the musical of the same name, starring Barbra Streisand.The Funny Girl cast album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in June 1964, [3] selling 250,000 copies by the following month. [4]
He quit heroin and started calling his mother; he got a job at a kindergarten and married a nice Moroccan girl. “It was like getting a new son, a good son,” Torill says, sighing. As we sat talking, Sabeen, Torill’s 17-year-old daughter and Thom Alexander’s half-sister, padded into the living room.
Funny Girl may refer to: Funny Girl, 1964 Broadway musical with score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, which starred Barbra Streisand Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording), 1964 album of the stage musical; Funny Girl (New Broadway Cast Recording), 2022 album of the stage musical revival; Funny Girl, 1968 film based on the stage musical