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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
Concertgoer
pelts Babs with beverage
Barbra
Streisand's politics didn't find a wholly agreeable crowd during her
Monday concert at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise.
As Babs
traded political barbs with a George W. Bush imitator, a fan of the
songstress who apparently disagreed with her politics pelted her with a
beverage. And as her anti-GOP riff ended, another man in the crowd found
himself being escorted out of the center as he shouted at Streisand.
Streisand
shrugged both incidents off, saying some people would do better to buy her
records than come to her shows. A similar scenario unfolded during
Streisand's concert earlier this month at Madison Square Garden in New
York, during which the singer used the F-word in shouting down a heckler.
Babs Brings Down The House
Barbara
Streisand: The name itself speaks volumes, conjuring up different images
to everyone who knows the name. Director, songwriter and singer, Streisand
is a woman with many talents. And after a 12-year hiatus from touring,
she's back on the road.
Intimacy was the name of the game Sunday at the TD Banknorth Garden. The
audience became Streisand's close friends for three hours as she shared
some of her innermost thoughts, hearing her fears, feeling her love for
her son and being struck by the lack of subtlety in her liberal politics.
The songs she performed included stand-by favorites, especially those from
Funny Girl (in which she starred in both the Broadway and film versions):
"Don't Rain On My Parade" and "People." There were also some Broadway
standards, including "Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera.
Streisand's politics have made big news on the entertainment front
recently, and her current tour is no exception. In one bit, she conversed
with a performer playing President Bush. As one can imagine, the jokes and
rapid banter rushed back and forth, mostly focusing on what Streisand
perceives as Bush's ineptitude. At a recent New York City gig, this drew
negative political attention as a heckler confronted Streisand, who
responded with a string of expletives. Yet on Sunday night, the bit
remained and was received with much applause from the Massachusetts
audience.
The only expletives heard at this performance came for other reasons. As
part of her set, Streisand decided to play the first piece she ever wrote
on piano. She needed to concentrate deeply; playing the piano is not a
skill she uses every day. With furrowed brow, she tried hard and within
the first few measures hit a wrong note, crying out "Oh, shit!" The
mistake was made after whistles and screaming by the audience, undoubtedly
shaking her concentration.
A touching section of the performance was dedicated to her son Jason. As
background music, she played a piece he composed for her, which was
followed by a Broadway medley dedicated to children. The selection
featured South Pacific's "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" and Into The
Woods' "Children Will Listen," among others.
Streisand's singing and appearance were both striking because she has
changed very little since her younger years. She looks a bit more mature
and less innocent, but her voice is unchanged, hitting every note and
changing dynamics and tempo on the right marks Sunday.
The enthusiastic audience gave Streisand a standing ovation for nearly
every number, and often in the middle of songs as well. When she left for
the final time, the orchestra was still on stage, and soon the entire
5000-person audience was screaming "Barbara! Barbara!"-but to no avail-she
was gone. The night had ended.
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