It may be one of the great ironies of the musical theatre that vaudevillian and radio comedienne Fanny Brice was eventually eclipsed by the singer-actress who first played her on stage. Though there are some film and audio recordings of Brice's performances, the collective memory of Streisand as Brice—thanks to the film version of this show and Streisand's recordings of Brice songs "Second Hand Rose," "I'd Rather Be Blue" and "My Man"—is far more dominant than knowledge of Brice's performances themselves. That theater companies have avoided producing Funny Girl for the inevitable comparisons to Streisand is obvious. Fanny Brice herself might be reluctant to play Fanny Brice for fear of comparisons to Streisand.