About The Show
FUNNY GIRL returns to the London stage for the first time since its 1966 premiere.
With music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne and book by Isobel Lennart, Styne and Merrill, the Broadway smash which skyrocketed Barbra Streisand to stardom, is revived with Olivier and BAFTA award winner Sheridan Smith (previously at the Chocolate factory in Little Shop of Horrors) playing Fanny Brice, who rose from a Brooklyn saloon singer to become one of Broadway’s biggest stars under producer Florenz Ziegfeld. While she was cheered onstage as a great comedienne, offstage she faced a doomed relationship with the man she loved. With a score featuring the classic songs “People”, “You Are Woman, I Am Man” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade”, this new production directed by Michael Mayer (Hedwig & Spring Awakening on Broadway) promises to be the theatrical event of the year.
Originally Produced for the Broadway Stage by Ray Stark
Original New York Production Supervised by Jerome Robbins
Original Production Directed by Garson Kanin
Show Info
| FUNNY GIRL UNTIL 5 MAR 2016
PERFORMANCE TIMES Tue – Sat, 8pm Sat & Sun, 3:30pm
RUNNING TIME 2hrs 35mins approx.
CAST Valda Aviks Natasha J Barnes Emma Caffrey Darius Campbell Matthew Croke Marilyn Cutts Joelle Dyson Rebecca Fennelly Luke Fetherston Leah Harris Kelly Homewood Sammy Kelly Maurice Lane Bruce Montague Joel Montague Stuart Ramsay Sheridan Smith Gay Soper
CREATIVES Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Book by Isobel Lennart
Revised Book by Harvey Fierstein
Directed by Michael Mayer
Set Design Michael Pavelka
Choreography Lynne Page
Costume Design Matthew Wright
Lighting Design Mark Henderson
Sound Design Richard Brooker
Hair & Wigs Campbell Young
Musical Supervisor Alan Williams
Orchestrations Chris Walker
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