Her candidness didnt feel canned, and by the time fans left, merch stands were running on empty.
Here are the five best moments from Streisands Barbra: The Music…
Politics as (un)usual
Its funny.
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The crowd went wild.
She also made it clear mid-song that shed be bummed to see our current president go.
Dont get me wrong, I love Obama!
Uber-crooner Seth McFarlane added gorgeous harmonies alongside Streisand on theWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factoryclassic Pure Imagination.
He addressed the crowd: Make some noise right now for Barbra!
before offering up a few falsetto bars of The Way We Were.
(If youre wondering, Foxx gives the Mother Superior a real run for her money.
Babs agreed, calling the singer: Deep.
1 on the charts, but she didnt hold back on the classics.
She opened with The Way We Were Save the best for first, right?
and later in the show, told fans about the memoir shes working on.
Im a person who likes to look forward and not back, she said.
So I figured I better do it now before my memory becomes misty and more watercolor.
from the 1983 filmYentl.
Babs answered, It is.
McCarthy continued, And that all the employees have to wear cashmere?
before Babs burst out laughing.
Color commentary
But it was her frank descriptions of album covers that made fans roar.
If youre wondering what I was wearing during that shoot… At one point, she showed two pictures ofThe Way We Werecover and mocked the photoshopped version.
See my nose there?
she asked, pointing at the cover that eventually ran.
If I wanted a nose job, Id go to a doctor not a retoucher.
Weve been through a lot together, me and that bump.
The record company promised to fix it.
Streisands tour continuesthrough the end of August beforeEncoredebuts Aug. 26.
