Editing Funny Girl (musical) (section)

=== Broadway ===
After 17 previews, the Broadway production opened March 26, 1964 at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 27, 1964 |title=Theater"Funny Girl"; Musical Based on Life of Fanny Brice |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/27/archives/theaterfunny-girl-musical-based-on-life-of-fanny-brice.html |access-date=November 27, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> subsequently transferring to the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]]<ref>{{cite ATT Broadway|page=254}}</ref> and [[The Broadway Theatre]], where it closed on July 1, 1967 to complete its total run of 1,348 performances. The musical was directed by Garson Kanin and choreographed by Carol Haney under the supervision of Jerome Robbins. In addition to Streisand and Chaplin, the original cast included [[Kay Medford]], Danny Meehan, [[Jean Stapleton]], and [[Lainie Kazan]], who also served as Streisand's [[understudy]]. Later in the run, Streisand and Chaplin were replaced by [[Mimi Hines]] and [[Johnny Desmond]], and Hines' husband and comedy partner Phil Ford also joined the cast.