Barbra Streisand: My Name Is Barbra (1965)
Directed by Dwight Hemion
Genres - Comedy, Music |
Sub-Genres - Vocal Music, Concerts, Sketch Comedy |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Originally telecast April 28, 1965, My Name is Barbra was Barbra Streisand's first television special. The taped, hour-long program is fragmented into three segments. In part one, Barbra plays a little girl making a comically painful transition to womanhood. Part two, taped at New York's Bergdorf Goodman fashion salon, permits La Streisand to try out several high-priced outfits, all the while singing such Depression-era songs as "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" The closing act is what we've all been waiting for: a virtuoso medley of songs from Barbra's Broadway hit Funny Girl, along with such showstoppers as "When the Sun Comes Out" and "Just Once." A humongous ratings success, My Name is Barbra won two Emmy awards, and paved the way for the even better full-color follow-up special Color Me Barbra.
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singer, show-tunes, diva, sketch-comedy