Barbra Streisand - Live at the MGM, Coming to DVD

A reminder that this DVD will be released on March 30th (US) and March 29th (UK). Australia in April.

25 February 2004

Due to delays, the DVD will now be released in the UK (and presumably Europe) on March 29th.

11 February 2004

Barbra Streisand - The Concert Live at the MGM Grand - Dec. 31, 1993/Jan. 1, 1994

Release Date - 29th March 2004 (UK #202344 9) / 30th March 2004 (US #056381)


The Concert captures Barbra's triumphant return to the concert stage after
a 27 year absence.

The DVD features a special appearance by Mike Myers as Linda Richman (The
Coffee Talk Host from Saturday Night Live) and a medley of Disney songs
performed only once in her career.

As a bonus, the DVD will feature scenes from Barbra's groundbreaking CBS TV
Specials "My Name Is Barbra" and "Color Me Barbra" as well as a new 5.1

mix.
Despite reports, the Disney Medley WILL be included.

Revised track listing below:

Act I
1.    Overture
2.    As If We Never Said Goodbye
3.    I'm Still Here/Everybody Says Don't/Don't Rain On My Parade (Medley)
4.    Can't Help Lovin' That Man
5.    I'll Know (with Marlon Brando)
6.    People
7.    Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
8.    Will He Like Me?
9.    He Touched Me
10.   I'm In The Mood For Love/Speak Low/Guilty (Medley)
11.   What Is This Thing Called Love?
12.   The Man That Got Away
13.   On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)

Act II
14.    Entr'acte
15.    The Way We Were
16.    You Don't Bring Me Flowers
17.    Special Appearance with Linda Richman (Mike Myers)
18.    Once Upon A Dream/When You Wish Upon A Star/Someday My Prince Will
Come (Medley)
19.    Not While I'm Around
20.    Ordinary Miracles
21.    Evergreen
22.    Happy Days Are Here Again
23.    My Man
24.    For All We Know

Bonus Videos
1.    When The Sun Comes Out (from My Name Is Barbra - 1965)
2.    It Had To Be You  (from Color Me Barbra - 1966)

Barbra Streisand' returned to the concert stage after a 27 year absence on
December 31, 1993 with a show that was hailed as the live performance event
of a lifetime! Now, this concert is being released for the first time. It
features a new 5.1 mix by Grammy winner Bill Schnee. As a special bonus the
DVD has two rare tracks from Barbra's groundbreaking CBS specials from the
1960s. These two songs, 'When The Sun Comes Out' from My Name Is Barbra and
'It Had To Be You' from Color Me Barbra are being released for the first
time on DVD. They have been out of print in any form since the mid 1980s.

Rather than simply a 'greatest hits' show, the production was designed
along the autobiographical lines of a one-woman Broadway show. She employed
music and stories to reflect on such matters as childhood dreams,
relationships, family ties and social responsibilities.

Now the richness of this special event can be shared by all with the
release of the DVD Barbra - The Concert. This superb digital 96-track
recording puts you front row center, where it happened, as it happened. The
video was recorded at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as Barbra began her first
concert tour in 27 years. The video was produced by Gary Smith and Dwight
Hemion.

From Barbra's first phrase...I don't know why I'm frightened, in the
opening number, performed on a set resembling an elegant tri-level tea room
in a colonial mansion and backed by a 64 piece orchestra. To the final note
of the anthem 'Somewhere', Barbra completes an artistic tour de force.
Highlights include a customized version of the song 'As If We Never Had To
Say Goodbye' that served as a statement of reaquaintance to her fans. The
video features a medley of Disney songs that was only performed at these
two shows and a special appearance my Mike Meyers as Linda Richman.

Drawing on her experience in movies and music, Barbra injected the
production with a director's sense of atmosphere and occasion, an actress'
feel for character and intimacy and a singer's vocal beauty and command.

 

(c) Craig Hall 2004

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