Funny Girl (musical) Walter Pidgeon was cast as Flo Ziegfeld. The film won Streisand the Academy Award for Best Actress, an honor she shared with Katharine Hepburn for "The Lion in Winter", as well as the Golden Globe. The film, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and several other awards, was the top-grossing film of 1968. Diana Ross & the Supremes released a studio album titled "Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl"" on the Motown label, released in 1968. It is a cover album of songs from "Funny Girl". Motown had Ross and the Supremes
Opening Night (Glee) Opening Night (Glee) "Opening Night" is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the 105th episode overall. It was written by Michael Hitchcock and directed by Eric Stoltz, and it aired on Fox in the United States on April 22, 2014, and features Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) opening as Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl" on Broadway. Archive footage of Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) is used in this episode. Out-of-town visitors arrive for Rachel Berry's (Lea Michele) official Broadway opening night in "Funny Girl", including Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch),