Funny Girl premiered on September 18, 1968, at the Criterion Theatre in New York; the ticket cost $100. It was Streisand's first premiere as a movie star, and she said she felt like a "kid with a plaything".

The Hollywood premiere of Funny Girl was at the Egyptian Theatre on  October 9, 1968, sponsored by The Women’s Guild for Cedar's-Sinai Medical Center. Designer Arnold Scaasi wrote that Streisand wore his “long white llama-like shaggy-wool evening coat over a jumpsuit of bright magenta satin.”

On September 18th, 1968 - FUNNY GIRL premiered at the Criterion Theatre in New York City ! The $100-per-ticket event benefitted the Mayor Lindsay's Committee on Youth and Physical Fitness. Funny Girl garnered eight Academy Award nominations, ultimately winning Streisand an Oscar as Best Actress for her film debut ! Eoghan.

The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.

“Funny Girl” is lopsided; good when Barbra’s there, transcendent during her best numbers (“Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “My Man” and a roller-skating sequence), and curiously flat the rest of the time, as if everyone were waiting until she got back.

Based on the play Funny Girl by Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, Isobel Lennart (New York, 26 Mar 1964). Comedienne Fanny Brice fights to prove that she can be the greatest star and find romance even though she isn't pretty.

The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein. Gene Callahan ...

Funny Girl premiered on September 18, 1968, at the Criterion Theatre in New York; the ticket cost $100. It was Streisand's first premiere as a movie star, and she said she felt like a "kid with a plaything".

Three months later, Funny Girl premiered at the Criterion Theatre in New York City on 18 Sep 1968. The 16 Feb and 10 Jul 1968 issues of NYT noted that proceeds from the premiere event would go to Mayor John Lindsay’s Commission on Youth and Physical Fitness.

Director: William Wyler Run Time: 155 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1968. Starring: Anne Francis, Barbra Streisand, Kay Medford, Omar Sharif, Walter Pidgeon