Arts & Entertainment
Lainie Kazan To Appear In ReVision's Funny Girl
ASBURY PARK - Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Nominee Lainie Kazan has signed on to appear on stage in ReVision Theatre's Benefit Performance of Funny Girl starring Steven Brinberg as Barbra Streisand. This one night only show will take place at the Paramount Theatre on the Boardwalk in Asbury Park on Saturday, July 11, at 8 p.m.
Kazan served as understudy to Barbra Streisand in the Original Broadway Production of Funny Girl finally getting to go on 18 months into the run when the star was felled by a serious throat problem. Her rave reviews got her on Dean Martin's variety series where she appeared 26 times. Other television work includes a recurring role as Aunt Freida on the Fran Drescher sitcom The Nanny and as Kirstie Alley's mother on Veronica's Closet, and guest shots on St. Elsewhere (resulting in an Emmy nomination), The Paper Chase, Touched by an Angel, Boston Legal, and Will & Grace.
Kazan returned to Broadway to recreate her film role for the musical adaptation of My Favorite Year, earning a Tony Award nomination for her performance. More recently she completed a stint in The Vagina Monologues.
Tickets are available online at www.ReVision Theatre.org or by calling (732) 455-3059. Premium seats are available at $100, $50, and $25.
For the first time in history, Fanny Brice will be played by a male, a complete "revision" of Funny Girl Brinberg is the premier Barbra Streisand Impressionist, having performed his show, Simply Barbra, both on stage and screen.
