Culture & Media
Breaking News: Economy Kills “Funny Girl”

“Given the current economic climate,” read this afternoon’s press release from Funny Girl producer Bob Boyett, “many Broadway producing investors have found it impossible to maintain their standard level of financial commitment.”
In other words, the revival of the Jule Styne-Bob Merrill Broadway blockbuster that had starred Barbra Streisand in 1964, and gave us the song “People,” is dead — as far as Los Angeles is concerned. The new show, starring Six Feet Under‘s Lauren Ambrose as comedienne Fanny Brice, was to open in downtown L.A.’s Ahmanson Theater in January — the springboard to an April Broadway run.
Dream on, with this economy, though.
As the New York Times noted, “Pulling the plug on a previously announced Broadway production is rare, especially when (as in this case) theaters have been booked and actors cast.”
Michael Ritchie, the artistic director of the Center Theater Group, which runs the Ahmanson and Mark Taper Forum, said in a statement, “We’re obviously disappointed by this news, but we’re already hard at work to find a replacement for ‘Funny Girl.'”
Perhaps a revival of Taste of Money — er, we mean, Honey is in order.

-
Latest NewsSeptember 24, 2025
Too Old to Keep Working, Not Enough Money to Stop
-
Latest NewsSeptember 16, 2025
Effort to Curb Southern California Rail Yard Pollution Stalls Under Trump
-
The SlickSeptember 15, 2025
New Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Oilfield Orphans
-
Latest NewsSeptember 17, 2025
Trump’s Plan to End Forest Protections Targets a ‘Conservation Success Story’
-
The SlickSeptember 22, 2025
New Mexico Governor Puts Finger on Scale in Oilfield Wastewater Vote
-
Column - State of InequalitySeptember 18, 2025
California Moves to Curb Ultraprocessed Foods in School Cafeterias
-
Column - State of InequalitySeptember 25, 2025
When Workers Unite, Even Disney Has to Listen
-
Latest NewsSeptember 23, 2025
ICE Is Transferring People in Its Custody Away From Family, Lawyers