The convoluted plot revolves around the misadventures of the title character (whose first name sports the extra "a" dropped by Barbra Streisand from her own) and her journey from a Brooklyn fish market to fame as a Hollywood gossip columnist, and then a career culminating in an Academy Award nomination and a nervous breakdown.

Eyen was brought in to overhaul the book and replace original director Ron Link, and Grover Dale was hired to assist Tony Stevens with the choreography.

On December 1, a small notice in the local newspapers announced the show would be closing that night, prior to its official opening.

In addition to Ellen Greene in the title role, the cast included Jabara, Wayne Cilento, Anita Morris (who married assistant choreographer Grover Dale), Thommie Walsh, and André DeShields.

[citation needed] In January 2017, Feinstein's/54 Below announced it would revive the musical, with the support of Jabara's family, for two concert stagings on March 13, 2017.