Barbra: The Concert

This concert is divided into two parts. At the beginning of each part, fans from the US (part 1) and the UK (part 2) are interviewed. Their clothes are so 90's, it's a dive into the past. Many celebrities attended the concert. Some back stage shots are included, as well.

The orchestra was conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. The concert was interspersed with excerpts from Barbra Streisand's movies, as well as intimate details about her life.

A live album, entitled "The Concert", was released following the tour, in September 1994, through Columbia Records.

Track Listing: Act I "Overture" "As If We Never Said Goodbye" Opening Remarks "I'm Still Here/Everybody Says Don't/Don't Rain on My Parade" "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" "I'll Know" (with Marlon Brando) "People" "Lover Man" Therapist Dialogue #1 "Will He Like Me?" Therapist Dialogue #2 "He Touched Me" "Evergreen" Therapist Dialogue #3 "The Man That Got Away" "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)"

Act II "Entr'acte" "The Way We Were" "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" "Lazy Afternoon" Disney Medley: "Once Upon a Dream/When You Wish Upon a Star/Someday My Prince Will Come" "Not While I'm Around" "Ordinary Miracles" Yentl Medley: "Where Is It Written/Papa, Can You Hear Me/Will Someone Ever Look at Me That Way/A Piece of Sky" "Happy Days Are Here Again" "My Man" "For All We Know" "Somewhere"

There is a reason that Barbra Streisand is the best selling female recoding artist ever. That reason is shown in this concert. It is her first in two decades and the songs that she chose are among the best that she has ever recorded. We all know that she will never get away with never making another stage appearance again. Look at the Emmy Awards. She said that the Timeless concert was her last. Then she appeared without telling anyone (although someone at cnn did find out. It was running on those scrolls at the bottom of the screen the day of the Emmys). There is just too much public demand for her voice. She is quite possibly the greatest singer of her generation. Along with Frank Sinatra, that is.

I love this video. It shows Barbra Streisand's first full length concert in years. Watching the audience reactions, to this legendary performer, is as exciting as watching Barbra herself. The only complaint I have, is that this is different than the HBO special. The HBO special concluded in LA, and the video concludes in New York. Also, they should have showed the people in Times Square(video) watching her perform 'Somewhere' on the jumbo tron. Other than that, it was magical. Sort of like taking a trip down memory lane with Barbra.

Barbra Streisand - Love her or hate her, few would deny her talent for singing! Her first concert tour in over two decades was well worth the wait. Opening with "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from "Sunset Boulevard", she had some of the lyrics changed, now instead of the song referring to Norma Desmond's return to the movie studio, it is about Streisand herself returning to the concert stage. The performance was staged very much like a theater production with two "Acts" and Barbra offering an audio biography along the way. She performs one new song, the beautiful "Ordinary Miracles". Among the highlights are a medley from "Yentl", a mesmerizing version of "Lazy Afternoon" and the closing number "Somewhere". In truth, nearly ever song is a gem. Streisand reminds you how moving truly talented vocalists can be. Here's looking forward to her 1999 tour!

After insisting for years that she didn't enjoy live public performances, Barbra Streisand finally came out of hiding and delivered exactly what all of her fans had been dreaming of - and much more. Despite giving many live performances over the years on television shows and fund-raisers, this was actually the first real concert tour of Streisand's career. She decided it was time to finally conquer her intense stage fright and, at the same time, give something back to the fans who had been begging to see her perform live for years. The show's pricey tickets sold out instantly, and fans eagerly awaited the day of the concert. Little did anyone know that Streisand would not only meet the huge expectations that had been placed before her, but that she would greatly exceed them - the '93-'94 concerts will be forever remembered as one of the best things she has ever done.

From the slow emergence of the perfectly-selected opening song "As If We Never Said Goodbye" to full-throttle splendor of the closing selection "Somewhere," Streisand treated her audiences to a spectacular evening. She opened herself up more than she ever had before, and allowed her fans to spend time with the woman behind the superstar. The first act of the show was more like one of her sixties television specials (particularly MY NAME IS BARBRA) than a traditional concert, with insightful and humorous "therapist" monologues peppered throughout the first half. Streisand effectively reminisced about many of the events that shaped her life as an entertainer, and the song selections perfectly complemented the stage dialogue. The songs performed in this half are not the typical "greatest hits" set that most artists perform, but were selected because of what they represent in Streisand's life. It works flawlessly, with the well-known selections ("People," "Evergreen") folding into the context as easily as the lessor-known material ("I'll Know, "Will He Like Me").

The second act is performed more like a traditional concert, however Barbra still lets her guard down quite a bit when she discusses her relationships to her son and goddaughter, both of whom she dedicates songs to. The original New Year's concerts at the MGM Grand was finally released on DVD (and home video period) in March of 2004, and it features a slightly different song listing and finds Streisand sounding fantastic. The concert that was recorded for the Triple-Platinum-selling double-CD set was performed at Madison Square Garden in New York, in which the fact that she was performing in her own home-city made the show seem even more poignant. The concert that was broadcast on HBO and NBC was performed at Anaheim, Canada, which was the last stop on Streisand's tour. She was fighting laryngitis at the time, but Streisand still sounds great despite a couple of scratchy notes. This version of THE CONCERT is the one that won five Emmy awards in addition to the prestigious Peabody award.

Streisand sounds absolutely terrific in all three recordings of THE CONCERT, and she shows us once again why she is the greatest vocalist of all time. While she unarguably has a gorgeous, God-given singing voice, it is the nuance and emotion that she commandingly brings to every song she sings that really places her in a class by herself. Listening to her explore the lyric of well-written song is easily one of the most exciting things there is, and that sentiment is expressed multiple times throughout this remarkable concert.