Funny Girl (stage musical)

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Broadway musical stage musical

Funny Girl is a 1964 Broadway musical, famously starring Barbra Streisand as comedian Fanny Brice, that chronicles her rise to stardom and turbulent romance.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Funny Girl	29
Funny Girl (stage musical) canonical	3
Funny Girl (musical)	2
Funny Girl (stage production)	2
Funny Girl (1964 Broadway production)	1
Funny Girl (1964 musical)	1
Funny Girl (1964 stage musical)	1
Funny Girl (Broadway production involvement)	1
Funny Girl (stage adaptation)	1
stage musical "Funny Girl"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6437256 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Funny Girl (stage musical)
Context triple: [My Man, featuredInWork, Funny Girl (stage musical)]

A. Funny Girl (Broadway revival)
Funny Girl (Broadway revival) is a modern Broadway staging of the classic musical about comedian Fanny Brice, featuring updated direction, choreography, and a new cast for contemporary audiences.
B. Funny Girl
Funny Girl is a comic novel by Nick Hornby about a young woman who becomes a television star in 1960s London, exploring fame, gender roles, and the changing British entertainment industry.
C. Funny Girl
Funny Girl is a 1968 musical romantic drama film starring Barbra Streisand as comedian Fanny Brice, noted for its hit songs and Streisand’s Oscar-winning performance.
D. Pal Joey
Pal Joey is a 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical, later adapted into a film, known for its cynical tone, sophisticated score, and the morally ambiguous character of nightclub emcee Joey Evans.
E. Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical)
Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) is a Tony Award–winning stage musical that dramatizes the rise of a 1960s girl group and the costs of fame, loosely inspired by the story of The Supremes and the Motown era.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Funny Girl (stage musical)
Target entity description: Funny Girl is a 1964 Broadway musical, famously starring Barbra Streisand as comedian Fanny Brice, that chronicles her rise to stardom and turbulent romance.

A. Funny Girl (Broadway revival)
Funny Girl (Broadway revival) is a modern Broadway staging of the classic musical about comedian Fanny Brice, featuring updated direction, choreography, and a new cast for contemporary audiences.
B. Funny Girl
Funny Girl is a comic novel by Nick Hornby about a young woman who becomes a television star in 1960s London, exploring fame, gender roles, and the changing British entertainment industry.
C. Funny Girl
Funny Girl is a 1968 musical romantic drama film starring Barbra Streisand as comedian Fanny Brice, noted for its hit songs and Streisand’s Oscar-winning performance.
D. Pal Joey
Pal Joey is a 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical, later adapted into a film, known for its cynical tone, sophisticated score, and the morally ambiguous character of nightclub emcee Joey Evans.
E. Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical)
Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) is a Tony Award–winning stage musical that dramatizes the rise of a 1960s girl group and the costs of fame, loosely inspired by the story of The Supremes and the Motown era.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical ⓘ stage musical ⓘ
2022RevivalStar	Beanie Feldstein ⓘ Lea Michele ⓘ
2022RevivalTheatre	August Wilson Theatre ⓘ
adaptedInto	Funny Girl (1968 film) ⓘ linked to: Funny Girl
award	1964 Theatre World Award for Barbra Streisand ⓘ linked to: Theatre World Award
basedOn	life of Fanny Brice ⓘ
bookBy	Isobel Lennart ⓘ
broadwayOriginalOrchestrator	Ralph Burns ⓘ Sid Ramin ⓘ
broadwayRevival	2022 Broadway revival of Funny Girl ⓘ
character	Fanny Brice ⓘ Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. ⓘ Nick Arnstein ⓘ
composer	Jule Styne ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
filmAdaptationDirector	William Wyler ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar	Barbra Streisand ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Bob Merrill ⓘ
nominatedFor	Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Barbra Streisand) ⓘ linked to: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
notableSong	Don’t Rain on My Parade ⓘ I’m the Greatest Star ⓘ People ⓘ The Music That Makes Me Dance ⓘ You Are Woman, I Am Man ⓘ
originalBroadwayClosingDate	1967-07-01 ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningDate	1964-03-26 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength	1348 performances ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre	Winter Garden Theatre ⓘ
originalCastAlbumLabel	Capitol Records ⓘ
originalCastAlbumPerformer	Barbra Streisand ⓘ
originalChoreographer	Carol Haney ⓘ Jerome Robbins ⓘ
originalDirector	Garson Kanin ⓘ
originalStar	Barbra Streisand ⓘ
portrays	rise to stardom of Fanny Brice ⓘ romance between Fanny Brice and Nick Arnstein ⓘ
premiereCity	New York City ⓘ
premiereDate	1964-03-26 ⓘ
premiereLocation	Winter Garden Theatre ⓘ
producer	Ray Stark ⓘ
setting	New York City ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
subject	Fanny Brice ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	1920s ⓘ World War I era ⓘ

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