It’s the end of an era.
That’s the sentiment expressed by millions of fans who are devastated that Barbra Streisand is ending her singing career and bidding farewell. On September 27th and 28th, the Funny Girl says goodbye to fans at Madison Square Garden in the city she most closely associated with her career — New York. This marks the last time that Barbra-lovers experience the legend in full force, and Hollywood.com gives you a front-row ticket to the extravaganza.
Our veteran entertainment reporter, Sandy Kenyon, takes to the red carpet to meet and greet the celebrities, politicians and VIPs at the historic shows — and gives you an exclusive peek at Babs’ big bash.
Hear Sandy Kenyon’s Red Carpet Coverage!
Read Sandy Kenyon’s Red Carpet Coverage!
Barbra’s Legendary Career:
1942 – Born April 24th in Brooklyn, NY
1960 – Hit the stage with The Insect Comedy
1961 – Made the first of many appearances on The Tonight Show
1962 – Became a Broadway baby and earned a Tony nomination for I Can Get It For You Wholesale
1962 – Released first album, Pins and Needles, and was immediately put under contract at Columbia Records
1963 – Received Grammys for ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best Vocal Performance-Female’ for The Barbra Streisand Album
1963 – Married actor Elliot Gould
1964 – Received Grammy for ‘Best Vocal Performance-Female’ for People
1964 – Breakthrough stage role in Funny Girl brought second Tony nomination
1964 – Received an Emmy for ‘Outstanding Individual Achievement in Entertainment’ for My Name is Barbra
1965 — Received Grammy for ‘Best Vocal Performance-Female’ for My Name is Barbra
1966 – Gave birth to Jason Emmanuel Gould
1968 – Made film debut in screen version of Funny Girl – tied for ‘Best Actress’ Oscar with Katherine Hepburn and received Golden Globe for ‘Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical’
1969 – Starred in the extravagant film version of Hello, Dolly!, directed by Gene Kelly 1969 – Received Golden Globe for ‘World Film Favorite – Female’
1970 – Received Golden Globe for ‘World Film Favorite – Female’ and Special Tony for ‘Best Actress of the Decade’
1971 – Divorced Elliot Gould
1972 – Started her own production company, Barwood Films
[PAGEBREAK]
1972 – Co-starred in What’s Up Doc with real-life love Ryan O’Neal
1973 – Starred with Robert Redford and sang the theme song in the blockbuster The Way We Were
1974 – Returned as Fanny Brice in Funny Lady, the sequel to Funny Girl
1974 – Received Golden Globe for ‘World Film Favorite – Female’
1975 – Received People’s Choice Award for ‘Favorite Motion Picture Actress’ and tied with Olivia Newton-John for People’s Choice Award for ‘Favorite Female Musical Performer’
1976 – Served dual role as executive producer and star of A Star Is Born and received Golden Globes for ‘Best Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy’ and ‘Best Actress – Musical/Comedy’
1979 – Produced, sang the theme song, and co-starred with real-life love Ryan O’Neal in The Main Event
1980 – Received Grammy for Guilty
1983 – Produced and starred in Yentl, which also marked her feature directorial and screenwriting debut
1984 – Received Golden Globes for Yentl for ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Picture – Musical or Comedy’
1985 – Recorded The Broadway Album as a tribute to the theatre and earned a Grammy for ‘Best Pop Vocal Perfomance – Female’
1988 – Starred in film adaptation of Broadway’s Nuts
1988 – Received NATO/ShoWest Star of the Decade Award
1991 – Produced and starred in The Prince of Tides, which earned eight Oscar nominations including Best Picture
1992 – Received Grammy Legend Award
1993 – Created the Streisand Center for Conservancy Studies when she donated her 24-acre, multi-million-dollar home to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
1993 – Returned to the stage and earned $12 million for two Las Vegas concerts
1993 – Released another theatre tribute album Back to Broadway
1994 – Ventured on a legendary multi-city concert tour (her first live NYC performance since 1967) which was taped for HBO and CBS and called Barbra Streisand, The Concert and earned two Emmys.
1995 – Served as Executive producer on the Emmy-winning TV-movie Serving in Silence: The Margaret Cammermeyer Story
1996 – Produced and starred in The Mirror Has Two Faces, which confirmed her real-life reputation as a hopelessly vain control-freak
1998 – Married actor James Brolin
2000 – Received Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
