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Show (MUSICAL) Book by Isobel Lennarl [from an original story by Mis Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Bob Merrill starring JOAN PAYNE MAIN STAGE © STANLEY RUSSON • DEE WINTERTON SEPT. 22-OCT. 1 The great hit, still playing on Broadway, breaks - of America's greatest "funny gi East Side music hall to the Ziegfeld Foil • JUDY DRAPER • Oct. 1 -2 p.m. Matinee hat tells of the successes - and heart-1," Fanny Bricp. Her rise from a lower told to the Directed by KEITH M. ENGAR JAY E. WELCH, Musical Director; SHIRLEY RUSSON RIRIE, Choreographer Scenery and Lighting by VERN ADIX • Costumes by FRANKIE BLIESNER One of the brightest musical comedies of the decade, "Funny Girl" burst upon the campus scene to open the Pioneer Memorial Theater's main stage season. Returning to Utah upon the heels of her smashing success in "The Hyphen," popular Joan Payne played the lead role of Fanny Brice, the homely Jewish girl who became the first vaudeville comedienne. As the play opened, Fanny was sitting in her dressing room contemplating the release of Nick Arnstein - her gambling husband - from jail. Her thoughts flashed back to the time when she was a nothing from a nowhere place called Henry Street, to her struggle for recognition when she was just a chorus girl at a lower east side joint. She recalled her meeting with Eddie Ryan, played by Dee Winterton, who became her manager; with Zann Winn as Arnstein and their subsequent romance and marriage. In "Funny Girl" we see Fanny's rise to stardom with the Ziegfield Company through such sparkling musical numbers as "Don't Rain on My Parade," "You Are Woman; I Am Man," and "People," songs brilliant enough to draw a packed house for ten straight performances. Arnstein tells Fanny how much he enjoyed her performance. 114 |
