I'm the Greatest Star Streisand imagining herself in a radiant future in 'I'm the Greatest Star,' an appealingly quirky song, is not only Fanny Brice but all young performers believing in their destinies". Commenting on a 1991 performance by Pia Zadora in the lead role, "Los Angeles Times" critics noted "She has the requisite pluck for 'I'm the Greatest Star. I'm the Greatest Star "I'm the Greatest Star" is a popular song from the 1964 musical "Funny Girl". The show tune was composed by written by Jule Styne with lyrics by Bob Merrill. Barbra Streisand performed it in the role of Fanny Brice, first
Funny Girl (novel) of flatness in the writing. Funny Girl (novel) Funny Girl is a 2014 novel by the British writer Nick Hornby. The novel is about Barbara Parker, Miss Blackpool of 1964, who decides to forego ideas of becoming a beauty queen. She heads for London, determined to make her mark as a television comedian, inspired by her idol Lucille Ball. After finding a job on a cosmetics counter in a London department store, she meets a theatrical agent, Brian Debenham, who finds her an audition for a television sitcom pilot based around the domestic life of a newlywed couple. Taking the