Funny Girl at Belk Theater

Funny Girl is based on incidents in the life of Ziegfeld Follies leading lady, Fanny Brice shortly before, during and after World War I and tells her rise from being an awkward, unattractive, stage-struck teenager to national stardom. Her narrative begins with her young days in New York's Lower East Side, where the young starlet in the making goofs her way through burlesque and vaudeville, wishing to make it big despite the discouragement of her friends and family, who tell her she isn't pretty enough for the stage. It also covers the story of her love for and subsequent failed union to Nick Arnstein, a handsome, sophisticated man whose allure Fanny finds seductive. The theater production is full of the breathtaking music that anyone would come to expect from a show of this quality and included are several show-stopping numbers such as "People" and "Don't Let It Rain on My Parade". Since fans want to watch this one, tickets are fast becoming unavailable, so be sure to grab your tickets before it is too late and somebody else gets what is supposed to be yours.