Funny Lady Awards: It was also nominated for six Golden Globe Awards: The soundtrack peaked on the "Billboard" Album Chart at number 6 and was certified gold. A majority of the songs were written by Kander and Ebb. Funny Lady Funny Lady is a 1975 American biographical musical comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall and Ben Vereen. A sequel to the 1968 film "Funny Girl", it is a highly fictionalized account of the later life and career of comedian Fanny Brice and her marriage to songwriter and impresario Billy Rose. The screenplay
The Back-up Plan (Glee) role as Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl." She travels to LA under the guise of being sick to audition for a television pilot, "Song" "of" "Solomon", against the advice of her roommate Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer). In California, she auditions with The Rose, and is informed it is not a musical. The audition goes uncomfortably awry, partially due to the unfamiliar galactic jargon. Sidney, the producer of "Funny Girl", calls to tell her to be at the theater at 7:30 as her understudy has injured herself. Rachel is horrified to discover the state of the traffic jam her taxi is