(JTA) — The announcement this week that Katerina McCrimmon would star as Fanny Brice ... comedian, has ignited criticism from some Jewish actors who say the role should be played only by someone ...

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

A Broadway veteran — but without Channing's fame — Carolee Carmello played Dolly in Austin ... and "Wicked," Shankman has been embraced as Fanny Brice by audiences across the country.

It has been nearly 60 years since a major national tour of the Broadway hit “Funny Girl” traveled across the nation, so fans of the musical that helped make Barbra Streisand a star have a ...

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 ... think I’ve ever played in my career.” ...