Funny Girl

For those young enough to think of Barbra Streisand only as a national joke, Funny Girl, her first Hollywood star vehicle, should come as something of a revelation. Yes, you can see in this brassy musical, based on the life story of Ziegfeld sensation Fanny Brice, the seeds of The Prince of Tides and The Mirror Has Two Faces. But you can also see why she became a star.