2006 Tour New York Madison Square Garden

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Streisand: 2006 North American Concert Tour

New York, New York
Madison Square Garden

October 9th
October 11th
NEW YORK SET LIST (OCT. 9 & 11)

ACT ONE
  • Funny Girl Broadway Overture 
  • Starting Here, Starting Now
  • Down With Love
  • The Way We Were
  • Come Rain or Come Shine
  • Ma Premiere Chanson
  • Evergreen (with Il Divo)

Il Divo:
  • Unchained Melody
  • Unbreak My Heart
  • My Way 

  • Don't Rain on My Parade
  • Funny Girl
  • The Music That Makes Me Dance
  • My Man
  • People 


ACT TWO

  • Entr'acte 
  • Passera (Il Divo)
  • Music of the Night (Barbra & Il Divo)
  • When The Sun Comes Out
  • Carefully Taught / Children Will Listen
  • Unusual Way
  • What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
  • Q&A “Snippet” – Stoney End
  • Happy Days Are Here Again (with George Bush impersonator, Steve Bridges on 10/9; Barbra sang it solo on 10/11)
  • Have I Stayed Too Long at the Fair?
  • A Cockeyed Optimist 
  • Somewhere (with Il Divo)
  • My Shining Hour

ENCORE: 
  • Don't Rain on My Parade (Reprise)
  • Smile
Barbra wearing her second First Act outfit in New York. Photo by: John Barrett

“A poignant moment for those who have followed Ms. Streisand’s career from the beginning was her rendition of (‘Have I Stayed) Too Long at the Fair?’ a Billy Barnes ballad that she recorded in 1964. Way back then, it was the reflection of an insecure ingénue feeling her first intimations of ennui after too much partying.

Sung four decades later, with just as much passion but an entirely different outlook, Ms. Streisand made it a rhetorical question about her own future. Has she stayed too long at the fair? Despite all the evening’s missteps, the answer is a resounding no.”

.... New York Times review by Stephen Holden
Streisand and “George Bush” in New York, Madison Square Garden, 2006. Photo by: John Barrett
Photos by Kevin Mazur of Streisand at backstage at Madison Square Garden, 2006.
10/9/2006 CONCERT NOTES

The information about Streisand's first night in New York was provided by fans who attended the show and emailed Barbra Archives about it (Their names follow the tidbits in parentheses).  Thank you!
  • Celebrities seen at the Streisand Oct. 9th NYC concert: Rosie O’Donnell, Tony Bennett, Gene Simmons of KISS, Marvin Hamlisch, Oprah w/ Gale, Carole King, Audra McDonald, Diana Krall, Malcolm Gets, Michael Kors, Former NY Mayor David Dinkins, Mike Wallace, Bette Midler, Barry Diller, Robert DeNiro, Rob Reiner, Jason Gould. (richlo)
  • Barbra's greeting to the opening night audience: “I still think of myself as a New Yorker” and “Go Mets!”
  • Her outfits were great ... two that were seen in Philadelphia and she added a beautiful pants suit after the IL Divo break during Act 1. (Robert Alan Espino)
  • Right after the George Bush sketch... Barbra, trying to refocus the audience through a surprising smattering of “Sing Barbra!” ... a guy from stage right kept yelling something out (couldn't quite hear what)... and even DURING the sketch Barbra stopped and turned and said, “be polite now” ... well, she had it and the Brooklyn came out. “SHUT THE FUCK UP!” she yelled out at this guy!! (John Meyers)
  • Somehow I think I'll be waking up to a New York Post headline about one particular moment in the show. There was a political skit that included a George Bush impersonator. When a heckler got out of hand and the word “traitor” was shouted, Babs shocked the Garden crowd when she said, “Shut the f#$% up.” What a moment. She invited people to express their opinions by voting and noted how great it was to live in a country where we're free to poke fun at the government. (Nancy)


Streisand concert ticket to October 9th MSG show.
New York Times full page ad for Streisand's 2006 concerts at Madison Square Garden.
10/11/2006 CONCERT NOTES

  • Last night, at Madison Square Garden, a full house braved the rain, etc. and Barbra made it all worth our while! Her voice was best described by the woman sitting next to me, “She opens her mouth and flowers come out.” She was calm, relaxed, in shape and in control. (Joseph)
  • Celebrities I spotted: Rosie O'Donnell (front row of course), Jason Gould, Katie Couric, Stephen Sondheim, Fran Drescher, Bill & Hilary Clinton. (Jack Schiereck)
  • There also: Rob Marshall, Ann Hampton Callaway, Bebe Newirth, Hugh Jackman, Sarah Jessica Parker... (Raul) 
  • Right off the bat she addressed the [previous night's] heckling and the resulting publicity by saying that New York audiences were always the greatest, and certainly “the most vocal.” Then she added, “You can take the girl out of Brooklyn, but you can’t take Brooklyn out of the girl.” The crowd went wild. (Duncan Hartman)
  • They worked a lot on the [Bush] skit. Not only did they change the ending – George now gets a call from Laura and has to go BEFORE the ill-advised “Happy Days” duet – but both Barbra and Steve Bridges obviously spent some time punching up the jokes and working on the tone and tempo of the line readings. The whole thing was much broader tonight – more like a Saturday Night Live sketch – and it made a huge difference. Much funnier and much better received by the audience. She also added a moment after Steve left where she thanked him and showed pictures of him with the [real] President. She gave the President credit for having a good sense of humor and then she sang “Happy Days” by herself. It occurs to me that this is only the fourth concert of the tour and that she is still tinkering with it. She obviously took the more consistent criticisms to heart and made the changes that were artistically necessary without sacrificing the political thrust of the evening. (Duncan Hartman)
  • She sang “Stoney End” ... sort of. One of the requests that she collected from the audience asked her to sing at least a little of it. She confessed that the orchestra had the charts and they had even rehearsed it, but she felt a little “mature” to sing it and on top of that, she had never really understood the words. She pointed out some of them, like “I was raised on the good book Jesus ….. OY!” But then she proceeded to sing the whole first verse and chorus with a set of alternate words. (Duncan Hartman)
  • For “Smile,” Barbra linked the theme of the song to the Wednesday airplane accident/tragedy in NYC, so she didn't bring out Sammy or talk about people who've lost their pets. (Mark Wood)
The all male opera group, Il Divo, on stage October 11, 2006.
Streisand brought her dog Sammie on stage October 9, 2006.
End / 2006 North American Concert Tour – New York
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