Shows · Funny Girl
Funny Girl
Opened 1964
1,348 performances
Musical, Golden Age
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.
"Funny Girl was a pet project of agent-turned-producer Ray Stark, Fanny’s son-in-law, the Brice musical had five opening-": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- Jule Styne
- Lyrics
- Bob Merrill
- Book
- Isobel Lennart
Productions3 on Broadway
1964
Winter Garden TheatreBroadway
Original, opened March 26, 1964, directed by Jerome Robbins, Garson Kanin
1,348 performances
2002
1 performances
2022
476 performances
Songs2 songs
I’m the Greatest Star, Cornet Man
Recordings 18 recordings
1964
Funny Girl (1964 original Broadway cast)
Capitol Records STAO 2059, released 1964
United States
1964
Funny Girl (1964 original Broadway cast)
Capitol Records VAS 2059, released April 1964
United States
1964
Funny Girl: Original Broadway Cast
Capitol Records SVAS 2059, released April 1964
United States
1968
Funny Girl: The Original Sound Track Recording
Columbia Masterworks BOS 3220, released September 1968
United States
1972
Funny Girl: The Original Sound Track Recording
Columbia SQ 30992, released January 1972
United States
2002
Funny Girl: The Original Sound Track Recording
Columbia 506358 2; Columbia 5063582000; Columbia COL 506358 2, released 2002
Europe
2002
Funny Girl: The Original Sound Track Recording
Columbia CK 85151, released January 29, 2002
United States 
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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