It took 60 years until the Jule Stein/Bob Merrill/Isobel Lennart musical Funny Girl (1964) was revived on Broadway. The consensus among theater mavens declared that no one could ever replace iconic Barbra Streisand, who wowed Broadway with her incandescent star wattage and that emotive ethereal voice. Not since Merman and...
The consensus among theater mavens declared that no one could ever replace iconic Barbra Streisand, who wowed Broadway with her incandescent star wattage and that emotive ethereal voice. Not since Merman and Garland had there been such a voice. She was the true thing. But La Streisand didn’t want to be a Broadway star, she wanted to be a Movie Star. And that’s exactly what she became.
Stephen Mark Lukas can certainly turn anyone’s head with his matinee idol looks, but his singing is a bit under powered and his dancing even less so. Why give him a tepid number such as “Temporary Arrangement” , and surround him with ensemble men who gyrate and slither while he attempts some slow-motion dance steps. It stops the show cold and doesn’t show him off at all to his advantage.
But she adds her own sheen to Brice and stops the show with her anthem “Don’t Rain On My Parade” or the Helen Morgan-like torch song “The Music That Makes Me Dance.” She transforms and knits the loose ends of the show into a satisfying whole. She grabs the spotlight and doesn’t let go. As she belts her wanting song, “I’m The Greatest Star,” the next line belies what we witness, “I am by far, but no one knows it.” We all know it now.
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