Posted: 1/19/24 at 4:30pm
I draw a complete blank on Funny Lady too, but I’m coming up to that chapter in Barbra’s memoir so maybe I will pay it a visit soon. I know it was just a contractual obligation for her, signed before she had even made the Funny Girl movie. Maybe nobody’s heart was really in it, K & E’s included.
Theme from New York, New York definitely survived its source movie as I’m sure we all know. I realize it has just been used in its own show recently, but if there is ever a stage musical based on the life and career of Liza Minnelli it would have to be included. Think of it... “Liza with a Z”, now playing. If all of the other wonderful songs that Kander and Ebb wrote for her were included, I think it could be a contender for 3rd best.
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