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Culture The overlooked musical that prepared Barbra Streisand for ‘Funny Girl’
Streisand's Broadway debut as a frumpy secretary in 'I Can Get It For You Wholesale' set the stage (literally) for her breakout performance as Fanny Brice
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Culture ‘Isn’t it rich’ — Sondheim, Buñuel, and the discreet charm of the bourgeois audience they couldn’t live without
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