♪ You'll never know just how much ♪ ♪ I miss you ♪ ♪ I speak your name in my every prayer ♪ ♪ If there is some other way ♪ ♪ to prove that I love you ♪ ♪ I swear I don't know how ♪ ♪ You'll never know if you don't know ♪ ♪ now ♪ [APPLAUSE] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Barbra!

Please!

Oh, my God.

Ok. [MUSIC PLAYING] MAN: We love you!

Ha ha ha ha.

Ooh.

Ha ha.

♪ I don't know why I'm frightened ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] ♪ I know my way around here ♪ ♪ The Brooklyn docks ♪ ♪ The Nova lox ♪ ♪ The sound here ♪ ♪ Yes, a world with hot knishes ♪ ♪ is incredibly delicious ♪ ♪ and I need a moment ♪ so talk amongst yourselves.

I'm getting verklempt.

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] ♪ The whispered conversations ♪ ♪ of neighbors down the hallways ♪ ♪ The atmosphere is shrill in here ♪ ♪ as always ♪ ♪ Hear the early-morning mumbling ♪ ♪ as the garbage trucks go rumbling ♪ ♪ Why, everything's as if ♪ ♪ I never said good-bye ♪ ♪ Somehow I have always known ♪ ♪ the past is never past ♪ ♪ Now I've waited long enough ♪ ♪ I've come home at last ♪ ♪ I stand in the crosswalk ♪ ♪ But I had brought you dinner ♪ ♪ Those days gone by when I was so much thinner ♪ ♪ and I cannot overstate it ♪ ♪ I'm so glad I graduated ♪ ♪ from good old Erasmus ♪ ♪ in any crowd, we stand out ♪ ♪ we're Brooklyn's sons and daughters ♪ ♪ If you ask me, it just might be ♪ ♪ the waters ♪ ♪ they will never call us hum-drum ♪ ♪ 'cause we're proud of where we've come from ♪ ♪ and everything's as if I never said good-bye ♪ ♪ Yes, everything's as if ♪ ♪ I never said good-bye ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Whoo!

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Hello, Brooklyn.

Oh, my gosh.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] You know, the last time that I sang solo here was on somebody's stoop on Pulaski Street.

I was 8, yes.

And being here makes me remember so many things-- The apartments I lived in.

one was a project.

The yeshiva I went to in Brooklyn, in Williamsburg, which I hear is very chic now, right?

Is that right?

Working at Choy's Chinese restaurant, where I did takeout orders.

A funny thing I remember was I was so used to the hot, steamy streets in Brooklyn, the summers there, you know, that when I was sent to a health camp in the Catskills, I got sick.

Why?

Because I was allergic to the fresh air.

[LAUGHTER] When I came home, though, it was great, because I could go to the movies, you know.

the Loew's Kings had air-conditioning.

Air-conditioning was something very special, if you remember.

And that's where my obsession with movies began, and I realized there was a world beyond Brooklyn, you know.

I love people from Brooklyn because they're real.

They're down to earth, you know.

They tell it like it is.

That's because we have no manners, but... [LAUGHTER] Anyway, I eventually left Brooklyn to pursue my dreams, but in a sense, Brooklyn never quite left me.

and I think that's true for all of us, you know.

Where you come from makes you who you are today.

So I'm so glad that I was born and raised here.

Now... [APPLAUSE] Thank you.

Thank you.

Many of the people closest to me come from Brooklyn-- My longtime manager, Marty Erlichman.

He's been with me... 50 years.

Oh, my God.

Now, before you start doing the math, you should know that Marty first discovered me when I was in the neonatal unit at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital.

Yes, he heard me crying and thought I had a good set of pipes, you know.

My dear friends Alan and Marilyn Bergman, also born in the same hospital.

and I'm going to sing two of their early hits, which they wrote when they were just kids.

It's fun sitting on sequins, isn't it?

[LAUGHTER] ♪ Let's take it ♪ ♪ nice and easy ♪ ♪ it's gonna be so easy ♪ ♪ for us to fall in love ♪ Hmm... ♪ Hey, baby ♪ ♪ what's your hurry?

♪ ♪ relax ♪ ♪ don't you worry ♪ ♪ we're gonna fall in love ♪ ♪ The problem now, of course, is ♪ ♪ to simply hold your horses ♪ ♪ to rush would be a crime ♪ ♪ 'cause ♪ ♪ nice and easy does it every time ♪ ♪ I love your eyes ♪ ♪ your lips, mmm ♪ ♪ that, oh, so fabulous smile ♪ ♪ you laugh ♪ ♪ and spring goes poof ♪ ♪ right out of style ♪ ♪ and, oh, the thrill I feel each time ♪ ♪ My fingers gently trace ♪ ♪ that face ♪ ♪ that face ♪ ♪ that face ♪ ♪ oh, what a face ♪ ♪ that face ♪ ♪ It lights up the room ♪ ♪ Intoxicates ♪ ♪ like, ooh, a heady perfume ♪ ♪ no painter or photographer ♪ ♪ could catch it ♪ ♪ no rainbow or no sunset ever match it ♪ ♪ beneath the moon, the stars ♪ ♪ and under the sun ♪ ♪ asleep or awake ♪ ♪ it's second to none ♪ ♪ what view completes my universe ♪ ♪ transcending time and space?

♪ ♪ that face ♪ ♪ that face ♪ ♪ that face ♪ ♪ so let's start getting cozy ♪ ♪ the future is looking rosy ♪ ♪ those bells are gonna chime ♪ ♪ 'cause nice and easy does it ♪ ♪ light and breezy does it ♪ ♪ nice and easy does it ♪ ♪ every time ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] And here's another song by the Bergmans that they wrote for the movie "Yentl," with Michel Legrand, which is about the mystery of appearances, and it comes at a moment when Yentl, who's pretending to be a man, is experiencing physical attraction as a woman for the first time.

[SIGHS DEEPLY] ♪ There's no chill ♪ ♪ and yet I shiver ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ There's no flame, and yet I burn ♪ ♪ I'm not sure what I'm afraid of ♪ ♪ and yet I'm trembling ♪ ♪ There's no storm, yet I hear thunder ♪ ♪ and I'm breathless, why, I wonder ♪ ♪ Weak one moment, then the next I'm fine ♪ ♪ I feel as if I'm falling every time I close my eyes ♪ ♪ and flowing through my body is a river of surprise ♪ ♪ Feelings are awakening I hardly recognize ♪ ♪ as mine ♪ ♪ What are all these new sensations?

♪ ♪ What's the secret they reveal?

♪ ♪ I'm not sure I understand ♪ ♪ but I like the way I feel ♪ ♪ Oh, why is it that every time I close my eyes, he's there?

♪ ♪ The water shining on his skin, the sunlight in his hair ♪ ♪ and all the while I'm thinking things ♪ ♪ that I can never share ♪ ♪ with him ♪ ♪ I'm a bundle of confusion ♪ ♪ yet it has a strange appeal ♪ ♪ Did it all begin with him ♪ ♪ and the way he makes me feel?

♪ ♪ I like the way he makes me feel ♪ ♪ I like the way he makes me feel ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

This is a beautiful song by Rodgers and Hart that I like a lot.

♪ I'm wild again ♪ ♪ Beguiled again ♪ ♪ A simpering, whimpering little child again ♪ ♪ Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered am I ♪ ♪ Ooh, could not sleep ♪ ♪ would not sleep ♪ ♪ till love came and told me I should not sleep ♪ ♪ Bothered and bewildered ♪ ♪ am I ♪ ♪ I lost my heart, so what of it?

♪ ♪ He was cold, I agree ♪ ♪ he can laugh, and I love it ♪ ♪ although the laugh's on me ♪ ♪ I'll sing to him ♪ ♪ each spring to him ♪ ♪ and long for the day when I'll cling to him ♪ ♪ I am bewitched ♪ ♪ bothered ♪ ♪ so bewildered ♪ ♪ am I ♪ ♪ am I ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] I first recorded this next song in 1970, but I didn't release it until this week.

It's by Jimmy Webb, and it asks, hmm, an age-old question.

[PIANO PLAYING] ♪ This time we almost made the pieces fit ♪ ♪ didn't we?

♪ ♪ This time we almost made some sense of it ♪ ♪ Aha, didn't we?

♪ ♪ This time, I had the answer ♪ ♪ right here in my hand ♪ ♪ then I had touched it ♪ ♪ and it had turned to sand ♪ ♪ This time, we almost sang our song in tune ♪ ♪ Didn't we, love?

♪ ♪ This time, we almost made it ♪ ♪ made it to the moon ♪ ♪ Oh ho ho, didn't we, love?

♪ ♪ This time ♪ ♪ we almost made our poem rhyme ♪ ♪ This time, we almost made that long, hard climb ♪ ♪ didn't we almost make it?

♪ ♪ Didn't we almost make it?

♪ ♪ Didn't we almost make it ♪ ♪ this time?

♪ ♪ this time?

♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

So now I'd like to introduce you to 3 very charming young men with great voices.

They're from Italy.

I saw them on a TV special and invited them to join my tour.

Notice my tenors are getting younger and younger.

So please welcome Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble--Il Volo!

[DRUM BEATING] ♪ Do do do do do do do ♪ Barbra Streisand!

♪ Do do do do do do ♪ Barbra Streisand!

Enough.

Barbra Streisand!

[SPEAKING ITALIAN] We speak English.

And definitely we know your name, yes.

Oh, but I wanted to show off my Italian.

So, how old are you guys?

I am 17.

I am 18.

19.

You know, you could add all your ages together, and it wouldn't add up to mine.

That is not funny.

[LAUGHTER] Now we are going to sing together, ok?

They've recorded this song, and so have I.

So I thought we could do it together, all right?

[MUSIC PLAYING] You're a good group.

You're a good group.

♪ Smile, though your heart is aching ♪ ♪ Smile, even though it's breaking ♪ ♪ When there are clouds in the sky, you get by ♪ ♪ if you smile through your fear and sorrow ♪ ♪ Smile, and maybe tomorrow ♪ ♪ you'll see the sun come shining through ♪ ♪ for you ♪ ♪ Light up your face with gladness ♪ ♪ Hide every little trace of sadness ♪ ♪ Although a tear may be ever so near ♪ ♪ that's the time you must keep on trying ♪ ♪ Smile, what's the use of crying?

♪ ♪ You'll find that life ♪ ♪ life is still worthwhile ♪ ♪ if you just smile ♪ ♪ though your heart is aching ♪ ♪ Smile ♪ ♪ even though it's breaking ♪ ♪ When there are clouds in the sky ♪ ♪ you'll get by ♪ ♪ if you smile ♪ ♪ Through your fear and sorrow ♪ ♪ Smile ♪ ♪ and maybe tomorrow ♪ ♪ you'll find that life is still worthwhile ♪ ♪ if you just smile ♪ ♪ Smile ♪ Show-off.

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] ♪ You'll find that life is still worthwhile ♪ ♪ if you'll just smile... ♪ ♪ Smile ♪ ♪ sm-i-le ♪ ♪ sm-i-le ♪ Nice.

[HUMMING] ♪ Just smile ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

That was good.

Fantastico.

Stupendo.

Bellissima.

Bellissima.

Jessica.

Venti latte.

Scusa?

I'm going to get one.

Do you want some Brooklyn pizza?

Pizza's famous in Brooklyn.

I'm gonna get the pizza backstage.

Thank you, Brooklyn!

Take a bow, boys.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!

Thank you, group.

I'm back.

Your pizza.

Because you did such a good job.

Ok?

Thank you!

Thank you.

Um...Brooklyn.

[CHEERING] My lucky number, 24.

Um...

The last time I toured was about 2006, I think, here.

And I did a little question-and-answer thing, and it was so much fun, because I got to know what you really were thinking.

It taught me a lot about my career.

So, when you walked in tonight, there was a table that said "Ask Barbra" if you wanted to ask me something.

[CHEERING] MAN: We love you, Barbra!

Oh, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

So here are some cards we collected with your questions, and I'll do the best to answer them.

WOMAN: How do you make your hair look so good?

Oh, well, I have a wonderful hairdresser in California.

See, I heard you.

Ha ha ha.

She liked my hair.

So let's see what's on your mind, ok?

Samantha Ray, New York City.

"Do you ever get sick of people?"

I assume you mean the song.

[LAUGHTER] You don't want me to get started on the people I'm sick of, you know.

No.

Let's see what else we've got.

"Are you aware of many artists today that lip-sync?"

Well, I have heard that.

I'm kind of shocked by it.

I mean, I could never do it, because I'm very bad at it.

So I must apologize to you.

I have to sing live.

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] Let's see.

"After over half a century in show business..." I--I already hate this question.

My God.

"Is there any mountain you still want to climb?"

At this point, I don't even want to climb stairs, but...ha ha ha.

I come on in an elevator.

You know what I mean?

You notice?

Ok. Last one.

A Joseph Mazulo.

"When rehearsing for a tour, do you ever consider doing the vintage songs or big radio hits?"

As a matter of fact, we do a-- We have a thing we rehearse called snippets, because people want to hear some of these old songs that I don't particularly, you know, feel like performing.

But because... Ok.

There's--a friend of mine is here tonight.

His name is Sam, Sam Silva.

He's 6 years old.

Are you going to be 7, Sam, or what?

He has a birthday October 17th, if I remember correctly, Sam.

And so I'm gonna do this for him.

Ok, Sam?

[MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ You made the coat and vest fit the best ♪ ♪ You made the lining nice and strong ♪ ♪ But, Sam, you made the pants too long ♪ ♪ You made the peak lapel look so swell ♪ ♪ So who am I to say you're wrong?

♪ ♪ But, Sam ♪ ♪ You made the pants too long ♪ ♪ They got a belt, and they got suspenders ♪ ♪ So what can they lose?

♪ ♪ But what good are belts and what good suspenders ♪ ♪ when the pants are hanging over the shoes?

♪ ♪ You feel the winter breeze up and down the knees ♪ ♪ The belt is where the tie belongs ♪ ♪ Because Sam, Sam, Sam ♪ ♪ You made the pants ♪ ♪ too ♪ ♪ long ♪ You know what I'm saying, Sam?

SAM: Yeah!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] In the seventies, I had a wonderful experience recording with the great Donna Summer... [APPLAUSE] Who had an incredible voice, right?

I only wish that she were here to sing this with me.

[MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ It's raining ♪ ♪ it is pouring ♪ ♪ my love life is boring me to tears ♪ ♪ after all these years ♪ This is a song for all of you girls out there that are having difficulty with your relationships, and you've had it up to here, you know, and you just want to tell the guy, "Get the hell out."

[MUSIC TEMPO INCREASES] ♪ If you've had enough, don't put up with his stuff ♪ ♪ don't you do it ♪ ♪ Now, if you've had your fill, get the check, pay the bill ♪ ♪ you can do it ♪ ♪ Tell him to just get out ♪ ♪ Nothing left to talk about ♪ ♪ Pack his raincoat, show him out ♪ ♪ Just look him in the eye and simply shout ♪ ♪ Enough is enough is enough ♪ ♪ I can't go on ♪ ♪ I can't go on no more, no ♪ ♪ Enough is enough is enough ♪ ♪ I want him out, I want him out that door ♪ ♪ No, enough is enough is enough ♪ ♪ I've had it ♪ ♪ Enough is enough is enough ♪ ♪ We've had it ♪ ♪ Enough is enough is enough ♪ ♪ is enough, it's enough!

♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

MAN: We love you, Barbra!

Thank you.

Real butter, sweet butter.

I like that.

No chemicals, you know?

So, while putting this show together, um...

It became clear to me that this evening would be a celebration of music that I love written by people that I love.

and one of those people was my dear friend Marvin Hamlisch.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [SIGHS DEEPLY] We met in 1963, when he was the rehearsal pianist for "Funny Girl."

And besides playing the piano, they sent him out for coffee for everyone, you know.

But since I didn't drink coffee, he was told to get me a chocolate donut.

and he used to come back with two chocolate donuts, and so our love affair began.

Now, Marvin went on to win, you know, Oscars, Tonys-- No, Tony--Emmys, Grammies.

He even won the Pulitzer Prize for composing the music to "A Chorus Line."

[APPLAUSE] The world knew him as a musical genius, but when I think of him, it's his...his kindness and the fact that he always could make me laugh, which is not an easy thing to do.

Marvin was truly funny.

He had the wisdom of an adult, you know, and the enthusiasm of a child.

Most of you know that we lost Marvin a couple of months ago, and the night before we heard the news, I had tried to reach him to tell him something that I was very excited about, and that was that, um, my current musical director, Bill Ross, the wonderful Bill Ross... [APPLAUSE] suggested that we use Marvin's original orchestration from the movie "The Way We Were."

And I wanted to tell Marvin that myself.

So I wrote myself a note to call him, and unfortunately, I never got to... you know, tell him that.

And the note is still... sitting on my table.

Can't seem to throw it away.

Um...anyway, if you believe in the spirit living on, which I hope is true, then maybe he's hearing me now.

WOMAN: Yes, he is!

So... [APPLAUSE] This is for you, Marvin.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Ah...I remember that, yeah.

Chimes and the...school.

♪ Ooh hoo ♪ [HUMMING] His beautiful score.

Marvin was very generous, thoughtful.

He never forgot my birthday.

[HUMMING] ♪ Memories ♪ ♪ Light the corners of my mind ♪ ♪ Misty watercolor memories ♪ Lyrics by the Bergmans, too.

♪ of the way we were ♪ ♪ Scattered pictures ♪ ♪ of the smiles we left behind ♪ ♪ Smiles we gave to one another ♪ ♪ for the way we were ♪ ♪ Can it be that it was all so simple then?

♪ ♪ or has time rewritten every line?

♪ ♪ If we have a chance to do it all again ♪ ♪ Tell me, would we?

♪ ♪ Could we?

♪ ♪ Memories ♪ ♪ may be beautiful and yet ♪ ♪ what's too painful to remember ♪ ♪ we simply choose to forget ♪ ♪ So it's the laughter ♪ ♪ we will remember ♪ ♪ whenever we remember ♪ ♪ the way we were ♪ Marvin wrote a beautiful theme to a movie called "Ice Castles."

And these are special lyrics that sum up how I feel about him.

[MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ You will always be my friend ♪ ♪ The memories never end ♪ ♪ You were always there for me ♪ ♪ Anything I needed ♪ ♪ I could count on you ♪ ♪ A friend so true ♪ ♪ Looking through the eyes of love ♪ ♪ and I do believe ♪ ♪ that even in the darkness, there is light ♪ ♪ Knowing you're beside me, I'm...I'm all right ♪ ♪ Close together through the years ♪ ♪ and even through my tears ♪ ♪ I can see you smiling now ♪ ♪ I can hear your laughter ♪ ♪ somewhere from above ♪ ♪ and there you are ♪ ♪ looking through the eyes of love ♪ ♪ so it's the laughter ♪ ♪ the laughter we'll remember ♪ ♪ whenever we remember ♪ ♪ the way we were ♪ ♪ the way you were ♪ ♪ the way you were ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Very kind.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

um...

He was one singular sensation, wasn't he?

[APPLAUSE] Jule Styne was another one of my favorite composers.

And he was a little guy with a huge talent and a big heart, you know.

I loved him.

And he wrote great songs for strong female characters in shows like "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Bells Are Ringing," "Gypsy," and of course, "Funny Girl," so...

He also wrote a lesser-known musical called "Hallelujah Baby."

And there was a song in it called "Being Good Isn't Good Enough."

In the show, a young black girl wants to be a famous singer, but because of the times and the color of her skin, she faces many obstacles, and she knows that in order to succeed, being good may not be good enough.

And since the song has a universal theme, you can find many meanings in it.

I relate to it as a performer, you know, who... well, most performers, I think, feel the same way.

You ask yourself every time you get on the stage, you know... "Will I be good enough, you know?

Can I do this?

Will I live up to the audience's expectations?"

It's true.

[APPLAUSE] It's ok.

But, I mean, it's a very real feeling, you know.

Ah... ♪ Being good ♪ ♪ isn't good enough ♪ ♪ Being good ♪ ♪ won't be good enough ♪ ♪ When I fly ♪ ♪ I must fly extra high ♪ ♪ and I'll need special wings ♪ ♪ So far to go ♪ ♪ from so far below ♪ ♪ Should I try?

♪ ♪ Am I strong enough?

♪ ♪ Is there time?

♪ ♪ Have I long enough?

♪ ♪ Got to fly ♪ ♪ and if I fall ♪ ♪ well, that's the way it's got to be ♪ ♪ There's no other way for me ♪ ♪ Being good just won't be good enough ♪ ♪ I'll be the best or nothing at all ♪ ♪ I'll try ♪ ♪ Am I strong enough?

♪ ♪ Is there time?

have I long enough?

♪ ♪ Got to fly, and if I fall ♪ ♪ Well, that's the way it's got to be ♪ ♪ There's no other way for me ♪ ♪ Being good just won't be good enough ♪ ♪ I'll be the best ♪ ♪ The best or nothing at all ♪ ♪ The best or nothing at all ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

Thank you.

Jule composed a brilliant score for-- with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim-- for what many consider to be the, uh... the greatest Broadway musical ever written, "Gypsy."

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] It tells the story of Mama Rose... who spent years trying to make her daughters famous, right?

but really...she wanted to be famous herself.

[MUSIC PLAYING] And one by one, they walk out on her... and she's left alone with her unfulfilled dreams.

♪ Why did I do it?

♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] ♪ What did it get me?

♪ ♪ Scrapbooks full of me in the background ♪ ♪ Give them love, and what does it get you?

♪ ♪ What does it get you?

♪ ♪ One quick look as each of them leaves you ♪ ♪ Thanks a lot, and out with the garbage ♪ ♪ They take bows, and you're batting zero ♪ ♪ I had a dream ♪ ♪ a wonderful dream, Papa ♪ ♪ and if it wasn't for me, then where would you be ♪ ♪ Miss Gypsy Rose Lee?

♪ ♪ Well, someone tell me, when is it my turn?

♪ ♪ Don't I get a dream for myself?

♪ ♪ Starting now, it's gonna be my turn ♪ ♪ I'm not some old book on a shelf ♪ ♪ Some people sit on their butts ♪ ♪ Have got the dream, yeah, but not the guts ♪ ♪ And that's ok for some people ♪ ♪ who don't know they're alive ♪ ♪ Some people can thrive and bloom, yeah ♪ ♪ Living life in a living room ♪ ♪ Well, that's perfect for some people ♪ ♪ of one-hundred and five ♪ ♪ But I've at least got to try ♪ ♪ When I think of other sights that I've got to see ♪ ♪ and all the places I've got to play ♪ ♪ All the things that I've got to be, yeah ♪ ♪ Come on, Papa, what do you say?

♪ ♪ I'll tell you what I'll say ♪ ♪ I'm gonna live and live now, get what I want ♪ ♪ I know how ♪ ♪ One roll for the whole shebang ♪ ♪ One throw, that bell will go clang ♪ ♪ Eye on the target and wham ♪ ♪ One shot, one gunshot ♪ ♪ and bam!

♪ ♪ Hey, look at me, world ♪ ♪ here I am ♪ ♪ I'll march my band out ♪ Whoo!

♪ I'll beat my drum ♪ ♪ and if I'm fanned out ♪ ♪ Your turn at bat, sir ♪ ♪ At least I didn't fake it ♪ ♪ Hat, sir, I guess I didn't make it ♪ ♪ Get ready for me, love, 'cause I'm a comer ♪ ♪ I've simply got to march, my heart's a drummer ♪ ♪ Nobody, no, nobody ♪ ♪ Is gonna rain on my parade ♪ you bet your ass, Mama!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

[SOUND OF SUBWAY RUMBLING] WOMAN: I don't know why she would want to come back to Brooklyn, you know.

What's here?

Her past.

SECOND WOMAN: She's a very simple person, and she made it.

She's like one of us.

She wasn't the richest girl in the world, and she didn't come from the best background.

She came from nothing.

Yeah.

I mean, her father was a schoolteacher, and her mother was really a housewife.

She told this friend of mine many times that she was gonna be a big star.

And this was when she was about 12, 13 years old.

I feel almost responsible for discovering her.

I really do.

Well, Barbra Streisand never tried to have class.

She never wanted to lose that Brooklyn, uh, background, which is part of her charm.

Very attractive- looking indeed.

At times.

At times.

No, I say most of the time I see, whenever I saw her, she was beautiful, in my eyes.

She has beautiful eyes.

I don't like when people discuss her nose.

This is the nose she was born with, it's a traditional nose, and just leave her alone on that topic.

DIFFERENT WOMAN: And she really gets into it.

You know, she goes wild, but she just forgets about the audience.

She takes to herself, and she's just there, as if she's rehearsing, maybe, in a big room by herself.

Come back to Brooklyn and give us a concert.

Right on!

[MUSIC PLAYING] To all my neighbors in Brooklyn, It might have taken me 33 years, but I did finally come back here, right?

[APPLAUSE] And you are a swell audience.

As a matter of fact... ♪ You're the top ♪ ♪ You're the silk and satin ♪ ♪ You're the top ♪ ♪ You can keep Manhattan ♪ ♪ Give me Bedford-Stuy and a cool rap by Jay-Z ♪ ♪ You're the Maharaja, a Brooklyn Dodger ♪ ♪ You're family ♪ ♪ You are the art ♪ ♪ in an old museum ♪ ♪ You're the taste ♪ ♪ of a cold egg cream, yum ♪ ♪ You're a Brooklynette on a private jet ♪ ♪ nonstop ♪ ♪ Come on, baby, there's no maybe ♪ ♪ You're the top ♪ ♪ You're the town that begat Judge Judy ♪ ♪ Lena Horne ♪ ♪ and, of course, yours truly ♪ ♪ You are Danny Kaye and Houdini and Mae West ♪ ♪ You are Cracker Jacks like the great Koufax ♪ ♪ Baby, you're the best ♪ ♪ You are the shine ♪ ♪ on Liz Taylor's rings ♪ ♪ You're the crown ♪ ♪ on my Loew's Kings ♪ ♪ You're a Brooklyn Height and an all-night coffee shop ♪ ♪ Listen, baby, there's no maybe ♪ ♪ You're the top ♪ We're wearing the same color.

♪ You're the top ♪ ♪ You're a Brooklyn trolley ♪ ♪ You're the top, now my favorite ♪ ♪ You are a hot bialy ♪ ♪ Talking Brooklynese ♪ ♪ Sayin' "dese" and "dems" and "dose" ♪ ♪ You're a Rolls-Royce dealer and Wonder Wheeler ♪ ♪ in your vintage clothes ♪ ♪ You are the top ♪ ♪ Brighton Beach boardwalker ♪ ♪ You're the top ♪ ♪ You are a real straight talker ♪ ♪ and you know it's true ♪ ♪ It's an accent you can't drop ♪ ♪ Hey there, Brooklyn, you're good-lookin' ♪ ♪ I smell Chinese food a-cookin' ♪ ♪ I'm so glad I took this bookin' ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ You are the top!

ROSS: Yeah, Barbra!

Whoo!

Bravo.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] How about these musicians?

aren't they fantastic?

[APPLAUSE] I want you to meet my wonderful award-winning conductor, arranger Bill Ross.

[APPLAUSE] Thank you, guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much.

And now I'd like to bring on someone who I've seen perform many times, and I'm always so impressed by his talent and his presence, yeah.

He's really good.

He's really good-looking, too.

That's a winning combination.

So ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Chris Botti.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ What'll I do ♪ ♪ when you are far away ♪ ♪ and I'm so blue?

♪ ♪ What'll I do?

♪ ♪ What'll I do ♪ ♪ When I am wondering who ♪ ♪ is kissing you?

♪ ♪ What'll I do?

♪ ♪ What'll I do with just a photograph ♪ ♪ to tell my troubles to?

♪ ♪ When I'm alone with only dreams of you ♪ ♪ that won't come true ♪ ♪ What'll I do?

♪ ♪ You're my funny valentine ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ Sweet comic valentine ♪ ♪ You make me smile with my heart ♪ ♪ Your looks are laughable ♪ ♪ unphotographable ♪ ♪ Yet you're my favorite work of art ♪ ♪ Is your figure less than Greek?

♪ ♪ Is your mouth a little weak ♪ ♪ when you open it to speak?

♪ ♪ Are you smart?

♪ ♪ But don't change a hair for me ♪ ♪ Not if you care for me ♪ ♪ Stay, little valentine ♪ ♪ Stay ♪ ♪ Each day ♪ ♪ is Valentine's ♪ ♪ Day ♪ ♪ What'll I do?

♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] I'm so happy that you're here, Chris.

Well, I'm thrilled that you asked me to be here.

So you're very busy, I noticed, right?

You're always on tour a lot, right?

I'm always on tour, it feels like.

Like, how many times?

how many shows a year?

I don't know.

in a year, I might do 250 shows, Something like that, yeah.

Why?

How many do you do?

Me?

Yeah.

Do you know?

Yes, I actually know.

I found out.

I've done 84, including tonight.

84 shows a year?

that's pretty great.

No.

Since 1963.

Oh, dear.

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] What can I tell you?

I like to stay home, Watch TV, eat some ice cream.

I'm speaking for everyone in Brooklyn when we say how happy we are to be a part of show number 84.

Oh, thank you.

Tonight is 84, right?

I know.

84.

So, you're on the road so much.

You must get really sick of hotels, right?

I don't know.

maybe.

I think it's the opposite.

I love hotels.

What's not to love?

For a musician, it's the great escape.

Right?

Room service, maid service, Chocolates on the pillow, heated towels, right?

Incredible bed linens.

I have all that at home.

So listen, this is obviously such a huge honor for me to be here, and I'm such a fan, and can I be so forward to request a song?

Sure.

It may not be what everyone thinks... -But probably.

-Absolutely.

What?

The song that you wrote from "A Star is Born."

You mean "Evergreen"?

No, not that one.

The other one.

That's a great song.

But "Lost Inside of You."

Oh, my gosh.

Ok.

This is lesser known, of course, but I like it.

[HUMMING] [TRUMPET PLAYING] ♪ Time has come again ♪ ♪ and love is in the wind ♪ ♪ Like some music in a dream ♪ ♪ You made them all come true ♪ ♪ When you came inside my life ♪ ♪ Now I'm lost inside of you ♪ ♪ Lost in the music and lost in your eyes ♪ ♪ I could spend all of my time ♪ ♪ Hearing songs you sing ♪ ♪ Feeling love you bring to me ♪ ♪ Darling, being close to you ♪ ♪ really being close to you ♪ ♪ made all my dreams, all my dreams ♪ ♪ made all my dreams come true ♪ ♪ When you came inside my life ♪ ♪ Now I'm lost inside of you ♪ ♪ Time has come again ♪ ♪ and love is in the wind ♪ ♪ just like music, music in a dream ♪ ♪ you made them all come true ♪ ♪ When you came inside my life ♪ ♪ Now I'm lost inside ♪ ♪ of you ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

Now we can do "Evergreen," ok?

[APPLAUSE] ♪ La da da da ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ How many people have used that at weddings?

yeah?

That's good.

♪ Love ♪ ♪ soft as an easy chair ♪ ♪ Love ♪ ♪ fresh as the morning air ♪ ♪ One love ♪ ♪ that is shared by two ♪ ♪ I have found with you ♪ ♪ Like a rose ♪ ♪ under the April snow ♪ ♪ I was always certain love would grow ♪ ♪ Love ♪ ♪ Ageless and evergreen ♪ ♪ Seldom seen by two ♪ ♪ You and I will make each night a first ♪ ♪ Every day a beginning ♪ ♪ spirits arise ♪ ♪ and their dance is unrehearsed ♪ ♪ They warm and excite us ♪ ♪ because we have the brightest love ♪ ♪ Two lights that shine as one ♪ ♪ Morning glory and the midnight sun ♪ ♪ Time we've learned to sail above ♪ ♪ Time won't change the meaning of ♪ ♪ One love ♪ ♪ Ageless and ever ♪ ♪ Evergreen ♪ ♪ Ooh, so evergreen ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Nice!

I have a fantastic surprise for you now.

It was also a surprise for me.

On my birthday this year, my friends gave me a party, and for the occasion, my son Jason... made this amazing film for me.

I think you'll understand why I was so moved when you see this film, ok?

MAN: ♪ There was a boy ♪ ♪ A very strange, enchanted boy ♪ ♪ They say he wandered very far ♪ ♪ Very far over land and sea ♪ ♪ A little shy ♪ ♪ and sad of eyes ♪ ♪ but very wise ♪ ♪ was he ♪ ♪ And then one day ♪ ♪ one magic day he passed my way ♪ ♪ and while we spoke of many things ♪ ♪ Fools and kings ♪ ♪ This he said to me ♪ ♪ The greatest thing ♪ ♪ you'll ever learn ♪ ♪ is just to love ♪ ♪ and be loved in ♪ ♪ return ♪ ♪ And then one day ♪ ♪ one magic day he passed my way ♪ ♪ and though we spoke of many things ♪ ♪ Fools and kings ♪ ♪ This he said to me ♪ ♪ The greatest thing you'll ever learn ♪ ♪ is just to love ♪ ♪ and be loved in ♪ ♪ return ♪ [APPLAUSE] The guests at my birthday party kept saying, "Who... "you know, who's singing?

who is that?"

Well, I'd like to introduce you to the filmmaker and the singer.

Please welcome my pride and joy, my son, Jason Emanuel Gould.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Have a seat, honey.

Have a seat.

How do you feel?

Shall I sit?

Yes, please.

Are you... How do you feel tonight?

I'm not that nervous, which makes me nervous.

Oh.

Ha!

I know what you mean.

I should be more nervous.

Yeah.

No, it's ok. Whatever you are is perfect.

WOMAN: Hi, Jason!

So this is-- this is your people.

This is it.

Honey, this is...

These are my people.

Yes, these are my people.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Well, if they're your people, they're my people.

That's right.

Because I'm your people.

That's right.

This is what I've been doing all these years.

You know what I mean?

When I left home to go to work and all that.

Well, I used to sit out there and be very nervous for you, actually, sometimes.

I know.

it's so true.

You know, this isn't our first time singing together, because we used to sing together all the time when he was a baby.

I would come home from work, you know, Whether it was "Funny Girl" or "Hello Dolly."

And he knew all the words to my songs, And we would-- we would sing.

Did we ever sing anything from anything that you weren't in?

[LAUGHTER] No, but... "Itsy Bitsy Spider," right?

Now, I didn't know, you know, Jason had this incredible voice until he played me a record.

Oh, it's available in the lobby, by the way.

All right.

Anyway, I was overwhelmed with his musicianship and gift.

Mom, you're embarrassing me now.

When I heard it, I said, "Oh, my gosh.

I got to sing with you."

So--and this is a way to keep him close, So I hope you enjoy him as much as I do.

[MUSIC PLAYING] And this is the record he played me, and I thought, "Oh, my God, What a lyric for a mother and son."

♪ How much do I love you?

♪ ♪ I'll tell you no lie ♪ ♪ How deep is the ocean?

♪ ♪ How high is the sky?

♪ ♪ How many times a day ♪ ♪ do I think of you?

♪ ♪ How many roses ♪ ♪ are sprinkled with dew?

♪ ♪ How far would I travel ♪ ♪ to be where you are?

♪ My God.

♪ How far is the journey ♪ ♪ from here to a star?

♪ ♪ And if I ever lost you ♪ ♪ How much would I cry?

♪ ♪ How deep is the ocean?

♪ ♪ How high is the sky?

♪ Isn't that gorgeous?

Isn't that gorgeous?

Thank you.

♪ How much do I love you?

♪ ♪ I'll tell you no lie ♪ ♪ How deep is the ocean?

♪ ♪ How high is the sky?

♪ ♪ How many times a day ♪ ♪ do I think of you?

♪ ♪ And how many roses ♪ ♪ are sprinkled with dew?

♪ ♪ How far would I travel ♪ you came very far.

♪ to be where you are?

♪ ♪ How far is the journey ♪ ♪ from here to a star?

♪ ♪ and if I ever lost you ♪ ♪ How much would I cry?

♪ ♪ How deep is the ocean?

♪ ♪ How high is the sky?

♪ ♪ How high is the sky?

♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you, darling.

You need anything?

No.

Ok. A sweater?

Great, honey.

Thank you.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

I am so proud of him.

Oh, my God.

WOMAN: Whoo!

Go, Barbra!

[MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ People ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ People who need people ♪ ♪ are the luckiest people ♪ ♪ in the world ♪ ♪ We're children ♪ ♪ needing other children ♪ ♪ and yet letting our grownup pride ♪ ♪ hide all the need inside ♪ ♪ Acting...what?

♪ ♪ more like children ♪ ♪ than children ♪ ♪ Lovers ♪ ♪ are very special people ♪ ♪ they're the luckiest people ♪ ♪ in the world ♪ ♪ with one person ♪ ♪ one very special person ♪ ♪ a feeling deep in your soul ♪ ♪ says you were half, now you're whole ♪ ♪ No more hunger and thirst ♪ ♪ First be a person who needs people ♪ ♪ people who need people ♪ ♪ are the luckiest people ♪ ♪ in the world ♪ ♪ with one person ♪ ♪ one very special person ♪ ♪ a feeling deep in your soul ♪ ♪ Says you were half, now you're whole ♪ ♪ no more hunger and thirst ♪ ♪ first be a person who needs people ♪ ♪ People who need people ♪ ♪ are the luckiest people ♪ ♪ in the world ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You're nice.

Thank you.

You know, that is my first record version That we put out in 1964, that arrangement, by my--the arrangement was by Peter Matz, who was a dear friend, too.

Tonight I've spent a lot of time talking about matters of the heart.

Um, as I've grown older, as we all grow older, hopefully wiser, we move into a different stage of life.

But the important thing, I think, is to keep moving, you know, physically, mentally, spiritually.

And we have to toast every minute and make it count, appreciate the now, you know, the fullness, aliveness, of--of each moment.

It's true.

And at this moment, my heart is filled with gratitude to all of you for being here.

[APPLAUSE] We've come a long way together, right?

And gratitude, for that song of mine and for life itself.

♪ No complaints and no regrets ♪ ♪ I still believe in chasing dreams and placing bets ♪ ♪ for I have learned that all you give ♪ ♪ is all you get ♪ ♪ so give it all you've got ♪ ♪ I had my share ♪ ♪ I drank my fill ♪ ♪ and even though I'm satisfied ♪ ♪ I'm hungry still ♪ ♪ to see what's down another road ♪ ♪ beyond the hill ♪ ♪ and do it all again ♪ ♪ So here's to life ♪ ♪ and all the joy it brings ♪ ♪ Yes, cheers to life ♪ ♪ and dreamers and their dreams ♪ ♪ It's funny ♪ ♪ how the time just flies ♪ ♪ how love can go from warm hellos to sad good-byes ♪ ♪ and leave you with the memories you memorize ♪ ♪ to keep your winters warm ♪ ♪ but there's no yes in yesterday ♪ ♪ And who knows what tomorrow brings ♪ ♪ or takes away ♪ ♪ as long as I'm still in the game ♪ ♪ I want to play ♪ ♪ for laughs, for life, for love ♪ ♪ So here's to life ♪ ♪ and all the joy it brings ♪ ♪ Yes, here's to life ♪ ♪ and dreamers and their dreams ♪ ♪ may all your storms be weathered ♪ ♪ and all that's good get better ♪ ♪ Here's to life ♪ ♪ Here's to love ♪ ♪ Here's to you ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ Ba ba ba ba ba-ba ba ♪ ♪ May all your storms be weathered ♪ ♪ and all that's good get better ♪ ♪ Here's to life ♪ ♪ Here's to love ♪ and especially... ♪ Here's to you ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] L'chaim.

To your health.

MAN: Love you, Barbra!

Thank you.

[TRUMPET PLAYING] This next song, with music by Leonard Bernstein and actually lyrics by Richard Wilbur... is a reminder of what's really important in life.

There's a Greek proverb that says a society grows when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.

And I find that very moving because it's not about instant gratification, you know.

It's about concern for generations to come.

[APPLAUSE] Yeah.

And we have been gifted with this amazing planet, and I think we are Mother Nature's guardians, and it's our responsibility to keep her healthy for our children's children's children.

[APPLAUSE] So maybe we have to learn to go back to what is simple, you know.

It's time to plant the trees whose shade we know we will never see, because if we don't do it, who will?

And if not now, when?

♪ You've been a fool, and so have I ♪ ♪ But come, I'll be your wife ♪ ♪ and let us try before we die ♪ ♪ to make some sense of life ♪ ♪ we're neither pure nor wise nor good ♪ ♪ we'll do the best we know ♪ ♪ we'll build our house and chop our wood ♪ ♪ and make our garden grow ♪ ♪ and make our garden grow ♪ MAN: ♪ I thought the world was sugar cake ♪ ♪ for so our master said ♪ ♪ but now I'll teach my hands to bake ♪ ♪ our loaf of daily bread ♪ ♪ We're neither pure nor wise nor good ♪ ♪ We'll do the best we know ♪ IL VOLO: ♪ We'll build our house and chop our wood ♪ ♪ and make our garden grow ♪ ♪ and make our garden grow ♪ ♪ Let dreamers dream what worlds they please ♪ ♪ Those Edens can't be found ♪ ♪ The sweetest flowers, the fairest trees ♪ ♪ are grown in solid ground ♪ ♪ we're neither pure nor wise nor good ♪ ♪ We'll do the best we know ♪ ♪ We'll build a house and chop the wood ♪ ♪ and make our garden grow ♪ ♪ and make our garden ♪ ♪ grow ♪ ♪ Oh oh oh oh-ho ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Please help me thank my special guests--Il Volo...

Thank you.

The wonderful Chris Botti... My beautiful son Jason...

Thank you.

This is the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] You sound great, kids.

[MAN SINGING] Big finish.

♪ Da da-da da da da ♪ ♪ Da da da ♪ ♪ Somehow ♪ ♪ Someday ♪ ♪ Somewhere ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] MAN: We loved it!

MAN: More!

You want more?

More?

[LOUDER APPLAUSE] Thank you.

Thank you.

My gosh.

All right.

I get the message.

Ha ha ha ha.

"More!

More!"

All right.

Ok. Let's see.

All right.

Talk amongst yourselves.

Don't mind me.

[LAUGHTER] So, what I was gonna tell you was... [WOMAN SHOUTS] Thank you, honey.

in 1967-- Some of you remember, may have been even there-- I did a concert in Central Park, and-- [APPLAUSE] that show gave me such stage fright because I forgot the words to one of my songs, and it, um... it so frightened me that I didn't return to the concert stage, as some of you know, for 27 years.

New Year's Eve, 1994.

Welcome back!

Thank you.

But I wanted to challenge myself, you know, to see if I could do it, face the fear, and when that tour was done, I said to myself, that's it, you know, no more.

But then I found from time to time that I was drawn back to the concert stage because you guys really make it very gratifying for me.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] You really do.

Thank you!

Thanks.

MAN: You're the best!

What?

Don't get hoarse.

[LAUGHTER] Anyway, if I've learned anything, it's to never say never, because it ain't over till the fat lady sings, and I ain't that fat.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] MAN: You're gorgeous!

Thank you.

MAN: You're still hot, Barbra!

Ooh, that was a good one.

I liked that one.

That was very good.

Ah.

Anyway, life goes by so fast, doesn't it?

You know, one minute you're a child, the next you're a teenager, the next you're a parent, and then you're looking back on all of it.

And it really makes me wonder.

♪ Where has the time gone to?

♪ ♪ Haven't done half the things we want to ♪ ♪ Ah, well ♪ ♪ We'll catch up some other time ♪ ♪ This day was just a token ♪ ♪ Too many words are still unspoken ♪ ♪ Ah, well ♪ ♪ We'll catch up some other time ♪ ♪ just when the fun is starting ♪ ♪ comes the time for parting ♪ ♪ Let's just be glad for what we've had ♪ ♪ and what's to come ♪ ♪ There's so much more embracing ♪ ♪ still to be done, but time is racing ♪ ♪ Ah, well ♪ ♪ We'll catch up some other time ♪ Tamir Hendelman on piano.

[APPLAUSE] ♪ Just when the fun is starting ♪ ♪ comes the time for parting ♪ ♪ but let's be glad for what we've had ♪ ♪ and what's to come ♪ ♪ There's so much more embracing ♪ ♪ still to be done, but time is racing ♪ ♪ Ah, well ♪ ♪ We'll catch up some other time ♪ ♪ Ah, well ♪ ♪ some other time ♪ ♪ some other time ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

Thank you.

Ha ha ha ha.

Since most of you came from New York, probably, right?

[CHEERING] Yeah?

Where'd you come from?

Oregon?

Morgan?

Florida!

You came from Florida.

Ok. Where did you come from?

Fantastic.

Wow.

You've come so far.

So for you... ♪ Happy days are here again ♪ ♪ The skies above are clear again ♪ ♪ So let's sing a song of cheer again ♪ ♪ Happy days are here again ♪ Ok. You could sing along with me.

♪ All together, shout it now ♪ ♪ There is no one who can doubt it now ♪ ♪ So let's tell the world about it now ♪ ♪ Happy days are here-- ♪ Oh, you sound good.

♪ Your cares and troubles are gone ♪ ♪ There will be no more from now on ♪ Very good.

♪ From now on, ♪ let's pray ♪ ♪ Happy days are here again ♪ ♪ The skies above us so clear again ♪ ♪ So let's sing a song of cheer again ♪ ♪ Happy times ♪ ♪ Happy nights ♪ ♪ Happy days ♪ ♪ are ♪ ♪ here ♪ ♪ again ♪ They're coming.

They're coming.

They're coming.

Stay with it.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Thank you.

Good night.

Way up there!

Whoo!

Thank you.

So...

So... After that, you don't need me, hon.

So you can do one by yourself, ok?

Really?

You trust me out here?

I totally trust you, ok?

Ok.

I'm gonna go somewhere in the back here... Ok?

All right.

Don't go too far.

Ha ha.

Not too far away.

[MUSIC STARTS] ♪ Are we really happy here ♪ ♪ With this lonely game we play?

♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ Looking for words ♪ ♪ to say ♪ ♪ searching but not finding ♪ ♪ understanding anywhere ♪ ♪ we're lost ♪ ♪ in a masquerade ♪ ♪ we're both afraid to say ♪ ♪ we're just ♪ ♪ too far away ♪ ♪ from being close together ♪ ♪ from the start ♪ ♪ We tried to talk it over ♪ ♪ but the words got in the way ♪ ♪ We're lost ♪ ♪ inside this lonely game we play ♪ ♪ Thoughts of leaving disappear ♪ ♪ every time I see ♪ ♪ your eyes ♪ ♪ no matter how hard I try ♪ ♪ to understand the reasons ♪ ♪ that we carry on ♪ ♪ this way ♪ ♪ We're lost ♪ ♪ in a masquerade ♪ [APPLAUSE] [CROWD CHEERING] ♪ We're both afraid to say ♪ ♪ We're just too far away ♪ ♪ from being close together ♪ ♪ from the start ♪ ♪ we tried to talk it over ♪ ♪ but the words got in the way ♪ ♪ and we're lost ♪ ♪ inside this lonely game we play ♪ ♪ Thoughts of leaving disappear ♪ ♪ every time I see ♪ ♪ your eyes ♪ ♪ no matter how hard ♪ ♪ I try ♪ ♪ Mm mm mm mm mm ♪ ♪ To understand the reasons ♪ ♪ that we carry on ♪ ♪ this way ♪ ♪ we're lost ♪ ♪ in a masquerade ♪ ♪ We're lost ♪ ♪ in this masquerade ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Beautiful, sweetheart.

Very nice!

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS] MAN 1: Very good taste in as far as decoration and design go.

WOMAN 1: Intelligent.

WOMAN 2: Peculiar.

WOMAN 3: Quiet.

WOMAN 4: A phenomenon.

WOMAN 5: Not outgoing, rather introverted.

WOMAN 6: She was a Flatbush kid.

She was born, I think, in Flatbush.

MAN 2: She kept pushing ahead.

WOMAN 7: We all love her.

WOMAN 8: We all love her.

WOMAN 9: That kid struggled.

MAN 3: She used to be a humble person.

What happened to her?

WOMAN 10: I think she'll do very well in this picture.

It's very meaningful.

WOMAN 11: I don't know why she would want to come back to Brooklyn.

-What's here?

-WOMAN 12: Her past.

WOMAN 13: Barbra Streisand.

Who cares?

Well I know she went to Public School 89.

But that is not known as 89.

People usually refer to it as the Barbra Streisand School.

WOMAN: She came from a simple background.

She's a very simple person, and she made it.

-So she's not simple.

-She's like one of us.

Well, at the beginning she was simple.

Her mother was devoted.

But she didn't come from a theatrical family.

She wasn't the richest girl in the world, and she didn't come from the best background.

-She came from nothing.

-Yeah.

I mean, her father was a schoolteacher, and her mother was really a housewife.

She comes from Newkirk Avenue, where I live.

MAN: There's a lot of other actors that may have lived in Brooklyn, but I'd have never known she had lived this close right here in this area.

Oh, she lived in this building?

Oh.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER) -She used to go to Erasmus... -She used to live on the fourth floor.

-Yeah.

BOY: I just thought it was a pleasure to live in the same building that she was living.

WOMAN 1: This friend of mine said she always heard her singing.

She opened her windows just to hear her sing.

And she told this friend of mine many times that she was gonna be a big star.

And this was when she was about 12, 13 years old.

WOMAN 2: After all, she's one of our girls.

Just like many of us, years ago, we immigrated to this country, we were poor, that's where we settled.

That's where she comes from.

It's nice to know.

CASHIER: $3, please.

MAN: I should like to say that I do remember Barbra Streisand.

She had worked in a Chinese restaurant on Nostrand Avenue, Choy's.

At that time, Barbra seemed to be way above her years.

I would say she was about 14 years old then, she could pass for a woman of 18 or 19.

She used to wear very heavy makeup.

And she always seemed to be on stage.

She went to the same school my sister went.

The high school.

I know she went to Erasmus High.

PRINCIPAL: Barbra Streisand attended Erasmus Hall High School from 1955 until 1959 when she graduated from the school.

During this time Erasmus Hall was one of the largest high schools in the borough of Brooklyn in this area of Flatbush.

We are very proud that Barbra Streisand is a graduate of our school.

And we are proud of the honor that she has accorded to us by this association.

I did not have the pleasure of knowing her during that time.

FEMALE TEACHER: I seem to recall that she didn't participate in group activities.

I was her biology teacher and that was in 1957.

Barbra was one of a class of over 30.

Very bright students, good students.

And did not make any very special contribution to the class itself.

I remember Barbra Streisand was one of the many students that my partner and I used to escort out of Garfield's Cafeteria for cutting Erasmus Hall High School.

MALE TEACHER: Miss Streisand was a very strong student amongst many, many talented students.

As I recall, significantly, for some strange, obscure reason, Miss Streisand, while a student in this class, sat in third row in the second seat which is over, and obviously, right in front of me.

Unfortunately at the time she attended here she was, I feel, lost, so to speak, in the talent that surrounded her.

She was very bright, but she was not popular.

She didn't have any tutors like some of our rich girls, get the poise, they get the diction.

She didn't get that chance.

She made it all on her own.

I know a girl that went to school with her.

So that...

I feel close to her for that reason.

JERI JAFFREY: We had to swim in Erasmus in order to graduate.

And we had a swimming teacher who was 70, maybe, if not older.

And she carried a very large bamboo pole, and she swore to us that she'd fish us out of the water with the pole.

(LAUGHING) Nobody in their right mind was gonna jump in under those conditions.

And it took me five semesters to jump in the pool.

And it took Barbra five semesters to jump into the pool.

And we met when she was a senior and I was a sophomore.

Both standing on the edge of the pool, shaking.

ANITA PHILLIPS: I had no idea that she would be this world-famous star.

I didn't know that she had this tremendous voice lurking beneath the surface someplace.

I never heard her sing, I never knew she wanted to be a singer.

I knew she was studying dramatics.

But I was studying dramatics, too.

She didn't have many friends.

And she really didn't socialize.

I'm sure she dated, but I have no idea who.

To my knowledge she didn't date.

I have heard that she went out with somebody named Norm Schimmel.

NORMAN SCHIMMEL: It was something different than somebody going through the album and saying, "Yeah, she was probably in my class."

No, I knew the girl.

The thing that was the most attractive thing to me about her in high school was how natural she was.

I related it to my field which, at that point, was athletics.

And maybe one in a million make it in athletics and I guess the same thing is true as far as the arts are concerned.

And she had tremendous talent, it was natural talent.

I think she was pretty much a loner.

There were times at the end when, I guess, she was going to dramatics school that we would travel the same way, we would get on the same bus.

And still the same thing.

She was accepted, she was a student, everybody knew her, we knew who she was, but maybe not close as friends.

Unconventional.

That's the only word I can think of that typifies her.

She wore very strange clothes.

Very different, very bright.

Chewed gum incessantly.

She did not have a Brooklyn accent.

Very baggy sweaters and ucky skirts.

I liked the way she looked then.

I also believe that she truly knew exactly what she had, even at a young age, she had a magnificent voice.

ERASMUS CHOIR: ♪ ...forever and ever ♪ Forever and ever Forever and ever ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ Halle ♪ Lujah ♪ (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) I think she's all right as far as being...

Growing up in this neighborhood as far as she went.

Yeah, everybody, like... You hear everybody talking... Like if people go, "Erasmus ain't no good," everybody go, "Well, Barbra Streisand went there."

They always look up to her like that, as an example.

I am a teacher at Erasmus Hall High School for many, many years.

And Erasmus is so proud of so many of our students who have made it big.

We're extremely proud of Barbra Streisand.

Of Barbara Stanwyck, Sandy Koufax.

WOMAN 1: Bobby Fischer, Billy Cunningham.

WOMAN 2: Dorothy Kilgallen, Eli Wallach.

MAN 1: Susan Hayward.

MAN 2: Neil Diamond.

-MAN 3: Gabe Kaplan.

-Stephanie Mills just lived right here, too.

I don't think that they get the same attention that Barbra Streisand does.

I obtained a cat and I had to think of a fast name for the cat at my veterinarian.

And therefore we thought of the name, Dolly.

So my cat's name is in honor of the picture "Hello, Dolly!"

First question people ask me is, "Well, did Barbra Streisand sign your yearbook?"

They don't ask me whether I signed hers.

But I do somehow have this memory of passing her in the hall and we say, "Oh, we can't stop.

I'll see you later, we'll sign it then."

Later never came.

WOMAN: I remember seeing her at the Warner Theatre.

The movies.

She probably didn't have the price of a ticket.

And they chased her from the cashier box office.

She used to go into the ladies' room, the powder room, and sit there until she went back again.

And I once asked her if I could do anything for her, and she said she didn't need anything.

And she used to go into New York and work in these little nightclubs.

And she used to sleep in the offices (LAUGHING) of a public relations friend of mine.

She used to stay in New York 'cause that's where the action was.

A star in the making.

Looked like a nice, Jewish girl from Brooklyn.

(LAUGHS) And she came up like everybody else.

The hard way.

Also at the time she was very humble.

Today, I don't know.

I feel almost responsible for discovering her.

I really do.

I remember seeing her on TV.

I don't remember exactly how many years ago it was.

And all of a sudden I heard this voice that had such a unique quality that I went over to the television to see who it was, and I looked and I said, "Ha!"

On "The Ed Sullivan Show," I grabbed my whole family together at that point and we all went to my brother's house and nobody knew who she was, I did.

And the sound of her voice woke me up immediately.

It's true.

That happens to be the truth.

And I said to my husband, that night, I said, "This girl is going to be..." One of the great talents of the world.

She has won three different awards.

A Tony Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award.

And that's about as much as I can say for her.

My wife now will say a few words.

I think you've covered mostly everything.

Listen to her.

Forget about the music in the background.

You just listen to her voice.

I don't know.

The way she uses her vocal chords.

She gives you the same thrill that a great cantor would give his parishioners when he hits his highest note.

It seems as if you can reach out and touch it.

And she really gets into it.

You know, she goes wild, but she just forgets about the audience.

She takes to herself, and she's just as if she's rehearsing, maybe, in a big room by herself.

Every time my brother-in-law puts on his Hi-Fi, he plays Barbra Streisand's albums.

-He swoons away.

-That's right.

I do not like seeing her.

Do not enjoy seeing her act.

I don't like her, I love her.

Just not my style.

Actually Shirley Bassey is more my type.

Would you say Shirley Bassey is better that Barbra Streisand?

Shirley Bassey has more class.

Absolutely.

Well, Barbra Streisand never tried to have class.

She never wanted to lose that Brooklyn background, which is part of her charm.

It's just like anybody out here now, they could grow up and be a star.

And they're gonna be right here from Brooklyn.

JAQUELINE HOLMES: They had her picture on the cover of the Daily News.

And all I had in my pocket was a dime.

And I took out my last dime and I bought that picture.

I was just thrilled to have it.

I'm Jaqueline Holmes.

I live on Flatbush Avenue.

I live about 10 blocks from the Loew's Kings Theatre where Barbra went as a little girl.

I'm a collector of Barbra Streisand.

I've been collecting for 10 years.

And I don't know why I collect.

I just really enjoy it.

I collect color, I collect black and white.

I go to different shops and sell my file and sell my plays and books.

How much does it cost in dollars and cents?

In a year, I would say $3,000 to $4,000 easy.

I like to catch her when her face is kind of screwed up and when she's sucking her teeth and sticking her tongue out, which she normally doesn't do on camera.

And in this one she has curlers in her hair.

And how many people have Barb with curlers in her hair.

So that to me is a great thrill.

Everyone's copying her hairstyle.

Everyone's using that.

Even this young man here.

I like curly hair.

It looks good on her.

Not bad, but I think she would look nice in shorter hair.

And on occasion people say that I look her, -which I take as an insult.

(LAUGHS) -That's a lie.

No offense, Barbra.

(LAUGHING) -Very attractive-looking indeed.

-At times.

No, I say most of the time I see, whenever I saw her, she was beautiful in my eyes.

She has beautiful eyes.

She has a wonderful voice.

But she ought to get that nose job she's putting off.

-No.

-Change her nose?

Of course not.

-Oh, no.

-Her nose I don't see.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER) Who cares?

I don't like when people discuss her nose.

This is the nose she was born with, it's a traditional nose, and just leave her alone on that topic.

And I think if she did anything about her nose, it might mess up her voice, you know?

My mother likes this particular sign here that says, "We're sick of Barbra."

'Cause she is sick of Barbra.

I've been collecting Barbra for 10 years and my mother's had enough.

I haven't... You could see actors and actresses, and you could see 1,000 pictures and they always look like the same person.

But Barbra, I'm so fascinated with her face.

I can never get enough of it.

(CAMERA CLICKING) I don't know if I have a choice whether I like looking like her or not.

I mean, this is it.

My real name is Maryn Miller.

I was born in Brooklyn.

My mother found an ad that said that if you look like someone famous, come down and be photographed.

And while I was down there I met more look-alikes.

And subsequently we formed our own group.

It's a very strange experience because I get paid to look like her.

And they pay us very good money.

It's kind of like a left-handed compliment.

They'll say, "Well, you know you look like her, but you're much prettier."

So you can take that any way you want.

I don't get insulted.

It's fantasy land.

It's an image.

And these people, they think you're that person.

They get so excited.

They're really enthralled with you.

I mean, you are very special.

Did you get that?

She is gorgeous.

How about doing a little bit... MILLER: And the people born native New Yorkers are a little more sophisticated and they're a little more cool about seeing famous people because there are so many living here in the city.

I have a lot of her records.

She's the best.

♪ - People... - Who like people ♪ I like all of her songs.

♪ Are the luckiest people in the world ♪ Sing it, baby!

(MEN LAUGHING) It's been said that everyone has a double.

I was always looking for my double.

I never knew who it was and now I guess I know.

And she's pretty, too.

If people say I look like her, she's okay.

(LAUGHING) I think that a talent like Barbra comes along once in a lifetime.

And she emanates charm, talent, beauty, and she's purely a reflection of Brooklyn.

I think it's because she came from Brooklyn that made her so good.

-That's right.

-Right.

-Credit to Brooklyn.

-Credit to Brooklyn.

Brooklyn is always, always, "Oh, well, you come from Brooklyn.

"And everyone talks like this."

But it's not true.

Everybody doesn't talk that way.

And we proved it with Barbra Streisand and people like Mary Tyler Moore, who, I found out last week, comes from Brooklyn.

And other people, too.

It's really great.

I, myself, wanna be somebody someday and when I say, "I come from Brooklyn, I wanna feel good about it."

I want other people to feel good about it.

All right.

One day maybe it'd be good if she comes around to see her old neighborhood, how it's changed and stuff.

So why should she come back here?

She offers more to us by being where she is.

It's just where your roots are.

Hi, Babs, why don't you come over for dinner sometime?

We'll chat awhile.

Barbra, can I have your autograph, please?

Make more musicals.

Sing more in the movies.

And come back to Brooklyn and give us a concert.

-Where in Brooklyn?

-Right on!

In Prospect Park.

I feel that you don't wear enough makeup.

You'll love me telling you this, right?

I feel that you look too natural, you look like one of the Waltons.

Barbra, just tell me one thing.

Has anyone ever mistaken you for Maryn Miller?

Barbra, I'm proud of you.

I think you've done Erasmus real well.

-Absolutely.

-Do me a favor and sign my yearbook so people will stop pestering me.

Won't you come back, Barbra, and sing Hello, Dolly!

on the stage of the Erasmus Hall chapel?

♪ We'll see you soon ♪ Barbra, your lunch period is over.

Go back to school.

As manager of George and Sid's, Barbra Streisand is welcome here as our guest and we will be glad to give her a free plate of gefilte fish.

Brooklyn style, if she ever comes.

♪♪♪ ♪ Mmm ♪ ♪ I'll be home ♪ ♪ Wherever you may wander ♪ ♪ Wherever you may roam ♪ ♪ You'll come back ♪ ♪ And I'll be waiting here for you ♪ ♪ No one else will ever love you ♪ ♪ The way I do ♪ ♪ I'll be here to comfort you ♪ ♪ And see you through ♪ ♪ I'll be home ♪ ♪ I'll be home ♪ ♪ I'll be home ♪ ♪♪♪