When a Barbra Steisand lookalike, dressed in a sequined black gown and a platinum blonde wig, walked up on stage Wednesday night, the Williamsburg crowd cheered as if the real Streisand had flown ...

“Lovers are very special people, they're the luckiest people in the world ….” Hannah Shankman and Stephen Mark Lukas share a ...

That's not a bad thing at all, especially when you've got a Broadway veteran like Hannah Shankman in the role of entertainer Fanny Brice. The musical made Barbra Streisand a superstar on stage and ...

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Shankman said she took as much from the real life Fanny Brice as possible when playing the lead, but admitted that Barbra Streisand, of course, comes through at times. However, Shankman’s ...

“I saw the movie when I was younger, and Barbra Streisand’s performance really impacted me. When I heard it was coming back to Broadway, I was absolutely ecstatic. “Fanny is this ...

Barbra Streisand holds her Oscar for best actress for her performance as Fanny Brice in the musical comedy-drama movie "Funny Girl." Getty Images, FILE We were all shouting "Hello, Gorgeous!" ...

1964: Barbra Streisand makes her return to Broadway in the musical Funny Girl. Four years later, she'll reprise her role as ...

Meanwhile, there has rarely been a better arrival onscreen than Barbra Streisand in ... gorgeous." Streisand's turn as real-life entertainer Fanny Brice, a role she originated on Broadway four ...