by
Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe

Syosset, New York

The headlines read:

BOBBY CANNAVALE LANDS LEAD IN
REVIVAL OF "FUNNY GIRL. HE PLAYS
NICKY ARNSTEIN. LAUREN AMBROSE
PLAYS FANNY BRICE.

The production of "Funny Girl" is aiming for a "friling" (spring) 2012 Broadway arrival. Rehearsals begin in New York this November.

Bartlett Sher says that "Nicky Arnstein was a gangster and con man and elegant, charming bon vivant all rolled into one."

"Funny Girl" features "muzik" by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill and a "bukh" by Isobel Lennart.

Shown below are "tsen" (10) statements about the forthcoming revival of "Funny Girl":

1. "Sholom-aleykhem prekhtik" (Hello gorgeous)

2. Forget asking, "Where's Waldo?" The question is "Where's Barbra?"

3. Rumor has it that the 2012 Fanny Brice has a "vebzayt" (website) and sends e-mails ("blitz pot") to "NIcky" Arnstein when he's in Leavenworth prison. Ver volt dos geglaibt?" (Who would believe it?)

4. Cindy Adams (columnist, New York Post) will attend opening night of "Funny Girl." She will report that Lauren Ambrose is "shainkeit"--a woman of great beauty.

5. Fanny is "a maidel mit a klaidel." (She's a cutie-pie showing off her (new), not "second-hand" dress.)

6. "Tayer" prices for "Funny Girl." Don't "machen a tsimmes." Just pay the gelt and see the show! (Expensive prices. Don't make a fuss over nothing.)

7. Double "tsores!" The woes of Fanny Brice and "Nicky" Arnstein.

8. Fanny Brice is "a yidene mit an aeringle." (She's a tough cookie, or has a sharp tongue, or don't tangle with her.)

9. Lauren Ambrose has "royt hor." "Shnel." Get L'Oreal Chestnut Brown (Iced Chocolate) hair dye. (Lauren has red hair. Apply the dye quickly.)

10. Everyone's singing these lines from "Second Hand Rose": I never get a single thing that's new Even Jake the Plummer, he's the man I adore Had the nerve to tell me He's been married before.

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Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe is the author of
two books:

"Yiddish for Dog & Cat Lovers" and
"Are Yentas, Kibitzers, & Tummlers Weapons of Mass Instruction?  Yiddish
Trivia."  To order a copy, go to her
website: MarjorieGottliebWolfe.com

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