Funny Girl

There are only a few musicals that can be considered great due to their wonderful numbers and marvelous acting. Singin' in the Rain is probably the greatest of them all, and I would put West Side Story in second. For... Full review

Even as late as 1968 Hollywood couldn't help buying Broadway musical hit shows and tampering with them. In this case they inexplicably jettisoned what was arguably the best ballad in the score, The Music That Makes Me Dance as well... Full review

Every time a film is made about a real-life figure, particularly a show business figure, people love to complain that the movie is not accurate regarding the facts of that person's life. If the truth be told, if movie biographies... Full review

Quite simply, Barbra Streisand's extraordinary, scintillating Oscar-winning debut in this classic is one of the finest musical-comedy performances ever committed to celluloid. Better than that...I'd venture to say that alongside Vivien Leigh's masterful performance in "Gone With The Wind," Barbra's... Full review

Few have been able to wake up one day and discover they are famous overnight. Lord Byron was one - he discovered that his poetry opened the floodgates to fame that his title had never opened (Byron's family was prominent,... Full review

In one sense, "Funny Girl" is a little hokey, but it's really good nonetheless. In an Oscar-winning role, Barbra Streisand makes her film debut as Fanny Brice, who wanted dearly to be a Ziegfield Folly. Brice wasn't particularly good-looking, but... Full review

Mention the name BARBRA STREISAND to me today and I can only think of the insane utterances she's made about President Bush and all Republicans and the war in Iraq and her stance as a Democratic activist. But back in... Full review

I've seen this film many times,and I've always thought it was one of Barbra Streisand's best films because it allowed her to use her strengths as a comedian, singer, and dramatic actor. It's clear that her presence dominates the movie;... Full review

Once upon a time I worshiped Barbra Streisand. There, I said it. That's over. For that matter, so is my love affair with Streisand, although I still think her first 7 or 8 albums have some of the best versions of... Full review

The movie version of the Bob Merrill/ Jule Styne musical FUNNY GIRL is notable for only one reason : Barbra Streisand. For anyone fortunate enough to have seen the young singing actress in her signature role as comedienne Fanny Brice, the... Full review

"Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat," a World War I-inspired romp featuring Fanny's loyal friend Eddy Ryan (David Costa) and a pleasing comedic performance by Catherine Lee....He begins and ends the story with a mesmerizing backstage representation of Florenz Ziegfeld's famous showgirls.....Charles Peltz's exquisite orchestra expresses the grand nature of the story and the Ziegfeld era..... ... Full Review

Barbra Streisand is here, she's great....My friend and colleague Nick Davis named Streisand's as one of the top six Best Actress-winning performances of all time....extra half-hour with Barbra Streisand delivering one of the greatest musical-comedy-tragedy performances of all time.....this is a natural, unforced performance, easily one of the three or four best Best Actresses in Oscar history.....It should have been Babs alone in the spotlight, like she is in her brilliant breakthrough performance..... ... Full Review

Sharif, who was a screen stud back in his '60s heyday (Lawrence Of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl), is scruffy and unshaven with a big belly, which he shows off in a Turkish bath scene, and yet he's never been more attractive. Instead, the pleasure of watching the movie is derived from the nuanced performances of both Sharif and newcomer Boulanger. ... Full Review

It may not be the greatest musical ever filmed, but it remains a must for lovers of cinema musicals, nonetheless. This would be Sharifs third important role of the sixties, and it may be his best. ... Full Review

One of the most auspicious movie debuts in Hollywood history. Barbra is pure talent, pure chutzpah, pure movie star. That she was able to take this success and translate it into movie stardom as well, is still unparalleled in the industry. ... Full Review

Kristin Dausch Lyric Stage presents Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart's Funny Girl September 11-20, 2009 in the Irving Arts Center's Carpenter Performance Hall. ... Full Article

Remember when Bjork threw a faux swan around her neck and called it a "dress" at the 2001 Oscars? As if you could forget... It was bizarre. ... Full Article

ReVision Theatre Steven Brinberg impersonates Barbra Streisand in "Funny Girl," at the ReVision Theatre in Asbury Park. For those who missed Barbra Streisand in "Funny Girl" on stage in 1964 and 1965, this may be the closest they'll ever get... ... Full Article

Golden Globe, Tony and Emmy award winning Laine Kazan has signed on the dotted lines to appear on the stage for the Revision Theatre's Benefit Performance production. ... Full Article

A rnold Scaasi's leaving his mark on Boston. The famed fashion designer has gifted the Museum of Fine Arts more than 100 pieces of clothing from his 53-year career, including ball gowns, cocktail dresses, suits and coats. ... Full Article

The Fiddlehead Theatre, a fixture in downtown Norwood for more than a decade, is drawing the curtains in town, leaving what some say will be a hole in the area's performing arts scene. ... Full Article