Song List
ACT 1
Funny Girl Broadway (overture)
Starting Here, Starting Now
Down With Love
The Way We Were
Ma Premiere Chanson
Evergreen (with Il Divo)
IL DIVO
SET
(a) Unchained Melody
(b) Unbreak My Heart
(c) My Way
Barbra
Returns
Come Rain Or
Come Shine
Funny Girl
The Music That Makes Me Dance
My Man
People
People BOWS
ACT 2
Music Of The Night
Carefully Taught/Children Will Listen
Unusual Way
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
Q+A Ask Barbra
Bush Sketch
Happy Days
Are Here Again
Have I Stayed Too Long At The Fair?
A Cockeyed Optimist
Somewhere (with Il Divo)
My Shining Hour
My Shining Hour Bows
Encores:
Don't Rain On My Parade (Broadway version reprise)
People Bows
Smile
Fan Photos from Cathy (Thanks Cathy!)
Fan Reviews
Well It's
1:22 am and going to bed but the word that I am going to use is
GENIUS
. Barbra Streisand WOOED the Atlanta croud tonight
and they gave her Nothing BUT PURE LOVE BACK....She has put together an
AMAZING SHOW.
On the Intro to PEOPLE she sitting down and holding on to the handrail and
when she tried to get up the handrail came apart.....But she went with it
and joked and with on with PEOPLE......
There are so many AMAZING parts in the show that I cant relieve it all but
one thing that I MUST SAY IS THAT The INTRO and The song Cockeyed Optimist
WAS SIMPLY AMAZING.............PEOPLE IF YOU HAVE TO BREAK INTO YOUR PIGGY
BANK AND SEE THIS SHOW.......OH one more thing.....I was sitting in the
FRONT ROW on her left side.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY...... John Travolta and Kelly Preston was seating in
second row center.
It has been
40 years since Barbra has performed in Atlanta, Georgia and the audience
was more than ready to greet her again! Before the show the audience
members around me were instant Barbra fans. Three men on my left had
bought tickets the day before the concert and were ecstatic about seeing
Barbra live. The couple to my right actually got tickets from Marty. It
turns out that the man's brother had worked for Barbra as her investment
consultant and had left her two years ago to open his own business. (I
wish I could remember his name).
All around me the excitement in the air was amazing! After the Funny Girl
overture, she finally appeared on stage and the audience went wild. My
friend Hart, from Ft. Lauderdale commented that the opening ovation was
the longest of the 6 shows he has seen so far. After Starting Here,
Starting Now she spoke about her love affair with "southern hospitality"
and the people from Atlanta. You could feel her general warmth for this
city. To go into detail on every song would be hard to do. For me, the
construction of the show was BRILLIANT from beginning to end. She took me
on the journey and at the end I was blown away by her perfectionism and
pure GENIUS!
My friend Robin was here with me from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She's been
to 8 shows so far and she said that this show has definitely been one of
the top shows. The audience just GOT HER and totally loved her to pieces
and you could really feel it.
For me, one of the many highlights of the show was "Cockeyed Optimist".
The intro was so moving when she quoted William Saroyan and her unique
rendition of the song was simply AMAZING.
Hart actually sat next to the mayor of Atlanta in the front row. He also
said that the crowd was amazing and they gave her the longest standing
ovations compared to the other cities he's been to.
In closing, being in the front row was truly an amazing experience (I was
8 seats away from John Travolta and Kelly Preston!). I was on her "classic
left profile side" and she looked as gorgeous as she did 20 years ago.
(Robin wants to add that she was on her right side and she looked equally
gorgeous on that side too!)
Barbra's construction of the show with Il Divo
TOTALLY WORKS.
If you are the least bit skeptical about seeing this show because of Il
Divo, don't be.
Trust Barbra's genius!
Must go to bed but will say more tomorrow.....
It was " THE NIGHT OF MY LIFE"
Edmund La Fosse
I am still
in the clouds, way up high among the heavens! I drove back from Atlanta
last night to Birmingham, AL with my former partner and now very good
friend.
I saw Barbra in "The Concert" in 1994. I thought at that time nothing
could top that. I was wrong! Last night in Atlanta I experienced the
greatest performance of my life time!!! Her voice was so strong, so
beautiful! Her "Happy Days" song sounded better than I ever heard it
before! Barbra got so many standing ovations, too! More standing ovations
than I recall from 1994. The crowd just melted. I couldn't get over the
power she held in the palm of her hands. Barbra was so totally wonderful
to her audience! She was so relaxed, I couldn't get over it! My friend who
had never seen Barbra live was in aw h. He said. "her voice was so
powerful"! Her encore were to die for. When she came back and did "Don't
Rain On My Parade" most of the audience including me, was on our feet
dancing and screaming. It was at that moment like a rock concert. She came
back again and said something like her voice was a little tired but we had
been such a great audience she wanted to try to sing one more song. Barbra
sang "Smile". God this woman is the greatest star of all time!!!!
I bought $220.00 worth of merchandise! I also had my picture taken. What
an incredible day Nov, 2nd, 2006 was in my life! How could anything ever
top this! Thank you Barbra. I truly love and adore you!
Marcus
I came alone
because my partner is basically bed ridden at this point because of a
kidney-metabolic illness called renal tubular acidosis. Anyway, we went to
2000 in NY but this time I was alone. Nothing to think about but the
concert, which actually was very nice. Got to my row 5 center seat and
marveled at the view. Barbra looked and sounded glorious. The crowd was
quite amazing. They absolutely loved her and demonstrated that throughout
the concert. Real adulation. The political part was fine (I agree with her
politics but did not want it shoved down my throat). Actually, she was
very vocal about all of us finding happiness and love and being our best.
She is a remarkably wise and inspiring soul. She was so funny in her
questions and answers- the funniest being her crack about she could lay
down right now on the piano and go to sleep, when someone asked her if it
was difficult to unwind after the show. Her voice was strong and supple.
She sounded just like Barbra does on record. Il Devo was not at all
horrible. Actually, very surprisingly, they added a nice touch. I think
they were an excellent choice and Barbra utilized them perfectly. I LOVED
this show, as we all do. No fan should miss it. It was probably the number
one entertainment event of my life, and that is saying a lot because I
love to go to concerts and Broadway shows and have seen so many. This show
was brilliant. |