Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn

PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Friday, Feb. 23, at 9 PM
Saturday, Feb. 24, at 2 AM
Sunday, March 17, at 4:30 PM
 

For two magical nights in October 2012, hometown legend Barbra Streisand made a triumphant return to her roots and the borough where it all started. These shows marked the Academy Award-winning actress, singer, director and philanthropist’s first public performances in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York. BACK TO BROOKLYN includes nine songs that Barbra had never performed on stage, and features special guests trumpeter Chris Botti, Italian singing group Il Volo, and Streisand’s son, actor-director Jason Gould. 

Streisand’s 2012 Back To Brooklyn tour highlighted an emotional return to performing in her home borough for the first time since she was in grade school. Following the first of her Brooklyn shows, which helped inaugurate the brand new Barclays Center, The New York Times praised Streisand’s “spellbinding voice” and noted: “Like few singers of any age, she has the gift of conveying a primal human longing in a beautiful sound.”