McCrimmon is a powerhouse singer, don’t get me wrong ... of McCrimmon's performance is that it brings us closer to the real Fanny Brice, the vaudeville comedian who struck it big in the Ziegfeld ...

Lea Michele has wrapped up her year-long run in the revival of the Broadway musical "Funny Girl," a job she is calling "the role of a lifetime." Entertainment News // 1 year ago Lea Michele tests ...

It’s based on the life of comedienne Fanny Brice, one of the most important ... Which is rather ironic as comedienne-singer Mimi Hines did very well as her Broadway replacement.

(JTA) — The announcement this week that Katerina McCrimmon would star as Fanny Brice in the national tour ... If it wasn’t for her, and her chutzpah, many of us Jewish women specifically ...

In early-20th-century New York, Fanny Brice knows that she is a talented comedienne and singer. She also knows that she is not the beauty typical of the stage performers of the day, with her ...

I’ve read one review of the touring show of “Funny Girl” stating Hannah Shankman didn’t have the “star power” needed to play Fanny Brice ... her mother is singer-songwriter Melissa ...