Don't Rain on My Parade Don't Rain on My Parade "Don't Rain on My Parade" is a popular song from the 1964 musical "Funny Girl". It was also featured in the 1968 movie version of the musical. The song was written by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne. Both the movie and stage versions feature Barbra Streisand performing the song. In 2004 it finished No. 46 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. Streisand has sung the song live on many occasions, including during her comeback tour "Barbra Streisand: The Concert Tour" (1993–1994), "Timeless Live In Concert Tour" (1999–2000), "" (2006–2007)
Singin' in the Rain (musical) sings into a second microphone while hidden behind the curtain. Unbeknownst to Lina, as she starts "singing", Don, Cosmo and Simpson gleefully raise the curtain behind her, revealing the deception. Kathy becomes a star, and Lina is finished. The highlight of both productions was the recreation of the film's title tune sequence, complete with an on-stage rain shower. According to "The New York Times" review, "The rain is wonderful. It descends from the flies of the Gershwin Theater in sheets at the end of Act I, drenching a Santo Loquasto courtyard set that floats beneath a distant, twinkling "Hollywoodland" sign..."