Funny Girl” is on stage this week at the West Herr Auditorium Theatre. This bittersweet comedy tells the story of Fanny Brice. She was a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the ...

Brice is an awkward young Jewish girl who “isn’t pretty.” With a mix of humor, talent and chutzpah, she defies the odds to ...

Melissa Manchester, left, as Mrs. Brice and Hannah Shankman, right, as Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl.” The national tour runs though April 6 at Proctors. Hannah Shankman, left, as the titular ...