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Funny Girl

Winter Garden Theatre, (3/26/1964 - 3/12/1966)
Majestic Theatre, (3/14/1966 - 11/26/1966)
Broadway Theatre, (11/28/1966 - 7/1/1967)
Preview:Mar 10, 1964 Total Previews:17
Opening:Mar 26, 1964   
Closing:Jul 1, 1967 Total Performances:1348


Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: Based on incidents in the life of Fanny Brice.
Setting: Shortly before and after World War I. Various theatres, onstage and backstage, on New York's lower East Side, in Baltimore, and on Long Island.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization

Produced by Ray Stark; Produced in association with Seven Arts Productions; Associate Producer: Al Goldin

Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill; Book by Isobel Lennart; Based on an original story by Isobel Lennart; Musical Director: Milton Rosenstock; Music orchestrated by Ralph Burns; Vocal arrangements by Buster Davis; Dance arrangements by Luther Henderson; Assistant Vocal arrang.: Marvin Hamlisch

Directed by Garson Kanin; Production Supervised by Jerome Robbins; Musical Staging by Carol Haney; Associate Director: Lawrence Kasha

Scenic Design by Robert Randolph; Lighting Design by Robert Randolph; Costume Design by Irene Sharaff; Hair Design by Ronnie De Mann; Assistant to Mr. Randolph: Richard Burns and Larry Reehling; Hair and Wig Design by Ronnie De Mann; Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Constance Ross

General Manager: Al Goldin; Company Manager: John Larson

Production Stage Manager: Richard Evans; Stage Manager: Tom Stone; Assistant Stage Mgr: Joseph Dooley and Robert Howard

Trumpet Soloist: Dick Perry; Orchestra Personnel Manager: Morris Stonzek; Assistant Conductor: Peter Daniels; Head Music Copyist: Mathilde Pincus

General Press Representative: Frank Goodman and Walter Alford; Dance Captain: Larry Fuller; Asst. to the Choreographer: Bud Spencer; Production Coordinator: Charlotte Dicker; Advertising / Publicity Consultant: Edward S. Feldman; Advertising: Fred Golden; Furs by Reiss & Fabrizio


Opening Night Cast

Sydney Chaplin Nick Arnstein (Mar 10, 1964-Jun 19, 1965) 
Barbra Streisand Fanny Brice  
Roger De Koven Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.   
Joseph Macauley Tom Keeney   
Kay Medford Mrs. Brice   
Danny Meehan Eddie Ryan   
Jean Stapleton Mrs. Strakosh   
Prudence Adams Showgirl  
Jose Ahumada Dancer  
Joan Cory Cathy  
 Showgirl  
Diane Coupé Jenny  
 Showgirl  
Edie Cowan Dancer  
Christine Dalsey Dancer  
Shellie Farrell Bubbles  
 Dancer  
Bud Fleming Dancer  
Lydia S. Fredericks Mrs. Meeker  
 Singer  
Larry Fuller Paul  
 Dancer  
Ellen Halpin Maude  
 Dancer  
Blair Hammond Trombone Smitty  
 Dancer  
Victor R. Helou Heckie  
 Singer  
Robert Henson Workman  
 Singer  
Robert Howard John
stage manager 
 
 Workman  
 Singer  
Rosemary Jelincic Dancer  
Marc Jordan Stage Director  
 Singer  
 Mr. Renaldi  
Lainie Kazan Vera  
 Showgirl  
Karen Kristin Dancer  
John Lankston Ziegfeld Tenor  
 Adolph  
 Singer  
Mary Louise Singer  
Joan Lowe Polly  
 Dancer  
Jeanne McLaren Singer  
Buzz Miller Snub Taylor  
 Ben  
Diana Lee Nielsen One of Two Stunning Showgirls  
John Nola Dancer  
Joyce O'Neil Mrs. O'Malley  
 Singer  
Alan Peterson Dancer  
Rose Randolf Mrs. Nadler  
 Singer  
George Reeder Ziegfeld Lead Dancer  
Stephanie Reynolds Singer  
Sharon Vaughn One of Two Stunning Showgirls  
 Mimsey  
Royce Wallace Emma  
Alan E. Weeks Five Finger Finney  
 Dancer  
Rosemary Yellen Showgirl  
Albert Zimmerman Singer  

Standbys: Lainie Kazan (Fanny Brice), George Reeder (Nick Arnstein).

Understudies: Jose Ahumada (Snub Taylor), Bud Fleming (Eddie Ryan), Lydia S. Fredericks (Mrs. Strakosh), Blair Hammond (Ziegfeld Lead Dancer), Robert Howard (Tom Keeney), Marc Jordan (Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.), Mary Louise (Emma).