Funny Girl (film) Meanwhile, Nicky's various business ventures fail, forcing them to move into an apartment. Refusing financial support from his wife, he becomes involved in a bonds scam and is imprisoned for embezzlement for eighteen months. Following Nicky's release from prison, he and Fanny agree to separate. Although originally released on her 1964 album "People", the song "People" was re-recorded for the film with a different tempo and additional lyrics. In the 1985 book "Barbra Streisand: The Woman, the Myth, the Music" by Shaun Considine, composer Styne revealed he was unhappy with the orchestrations for the film. "They were going for pop
Funny Girl (musical) Dolly!", it failed to win in any categories. The original cast recording of "Funny Girl" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004. The musical is set in and around New York City just prior to and following World War I. "Ziegfeld Follies" star Fanny Brice, awaiting the return of her husband, Nicky Arnstein, from prison, reflects on their life together, and their story is told as a flashback. Fanny is a stage-struck teen who gets her first job in vaudeville. Her mother and her friend Mrs. Strakosh try to dissuade her from show business because Fanny is