Funny Girl (musical) was halted 15 minutes in. She was replaced by her understudy, Natasha J Barnes, who continued to play the role until Smith's eventual return on July 8. A UK tour of the Menier production began in February 2017, at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. After vey favourable reviews, both Smith and Barnes returned to the role of Fanny Brice and alternative venues throughout the UK tour. A production of "Funny Girl" was also performed at John Cooper Studio, York from 25 to 28 July 2018. Streisand's label, Columbia Records, declined to produce the cast album, so Capitol Records released it. It
Funny Girl (musical) from prison, and he and Fanny decide to separate. She is heartbroken, but resolves to pick up her life again ("Don't Rain on My Parade, Reprise"). Ray Stark had commissioned an authorized biography of Brice, based on taped recollections she had dictated, but was unhappy with the result. It eventually cost him $50,000 to stop publication of "The Fabulous Fanny", as it had been titled by the author. Stark then turned to Ben Hecht to write the screenplay for a biopic, but neither Hecht nor the ten writers who succeeded him were able to produce a version that satisfied Stark.