Atlanta 1966 Concert Tour

Streisand / LIVE 

An Evening With Barbra Streisand (1966)

1966 Concert Tour

Atlanta Stadium
Atlanta, Georgia

August 6, 1966

1966 TOUR CREDITS

The Alan King—Walter A. Hyman Company present

AN EVENING WITH BARBRA STREISAND

Music arranged and conducted by PETER MATZ

Technical staging and lighting by RALPH ALSWANG

Sound by MYLES ROSENTHAL

Personal Management by MARTIN ERLICHMAN

Public Relations by SOLTERS, O'ROURKE & SABINSON

LINKS TO 1966 CONCERT PAGES:


Color poster for Streisand's 1966 concert in Atlanta
Barbra Streisand and husband Elliott Gould arrived in Atlanta early Saturday morning, August 6th to prepare for the third concert of her four-concert tour. 

Comic and concert producer Alan King told The Atlanta Constitution, “I'm sure that anyone who has ever been part of the audience at the Atlanta Stadium won't even recognize the stadium after we get through with it.”

King explained that the theater his staff built for the tour will be sitting on the baseball diamond. “There will be a large screen, curtains supported by cranes enclosing the area we're playing to. Plus, there will be a stage and runways coming out to the front row of the audience.”

“I've never played in a football or baseball stadium before,” Barbra told the newspaper. “I think it will be a very gratifying experience. My manager once attended a concert in Atlanta and found the audience very responsive and with an exciting atmosphere.”

King wrapped up the interview, saying “She'll be on second base working the runway towards home plate. If she balks, they'll send a runner from third.” 

The Atlanta tickets were priced at $12.50, $10.00, $7.50, $5.00, and $3.50.

The show began fifty minutes late because of rain. Barbra started the show in a raincoat with an umbrella. Eventually she removed the coat, revealing her sparkling black evening gown.

Variety reported she sold $78,000-plus in tickets to 11,273 fans in Atlanta.

“Miss Streisand captured her audience the minute she stepped on stage. While the audience was generous with its applause, Miss Streisand was equally so with her singing, mixing her program of many tunes associated with her with novelty numbers, pop songs, standards and an occasional ballad, all done in her inimitable style.”

... Variety review, August 10, 1966
Barbra Streisand in concert in Atlanta holding an umbrella because of the rain.
Links below to Barbra's 4-city tour in 1966 ....

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