 You know, touring, it really is the first chance for people to get to see it live on stage. Stephen Mark Lucas plays suave gambler Nikki Arnstein, a role made famous on screen by Omar Sharif in a musical about the life of Broadway legend Fanny Brice. She really was one of the first, if not the first, female comedy stars. And so the show tracks her rise to stardom from her humble beginnings in Brooklyn and becoming a star on Broadway in the Ziegfeld Follies and then even beyond.