Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29 ... headlining his Ziegfeld Follies from 1910 to 1911. She was hired again in 1921 and performed in them into the 1930's. In the 1921 Follies, she was ...

"Boston audiences stand out for their receptiveness," said Fanny Brice in an ... for their profession." Miss Brice, who is at present playing in the Ziegfeld Follies in Boston, is one of the ...

There’s a new Fanny Brice in town, and the question on everyone’s mind is can she live up to the role immortalized by Barbra Streisand? The best thing about Katerina McCrimmon’s dazzling ...

SYNOPSIS: Jule Styne, Bob Merrill and Isobel Lennart musicalize the life of Fanny Brice, who rose from the ranks of Brooklyn vaudeville to headline the Ziegfeld Follies, but found unhappiness in ...

In early-20th-century New York, Fanny Brice knows that she is a talented ... Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Fanny becomes one of the Ziegfeld Follies' most popular acts, despite almost getting fired after ...

“Fanny Brice was a real human being,” said Apple ... the 1910s headlining Florenz Ziegfeld’s revue, the “Ziegfeld Follies.” The 1964 musical and subsequent film “Funny Girl ...

A semi-biographical musical, Funny Girl chronicles Fanny’s rise from an ambitious Brooklyn dreamer to a Ziegfeld Follies star in ... supportive mother, Mrs. Brice, and legendary showman Florenz ...

Fifty years or more ago, even a hit like "Funny Girl" would need a marquee star on the road. Hannah Shankman proves that you don't need celebrity.