The Concert San Jose 1994 Tour

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The Concert — San Jose, CA (1994)

1994 Concert Tour

San Jose, Calif.
San Jose Arena

June 7, 9, 1994
Barbra Streisand—despite a bout with laryngitis that forced her to reschedule some California shows—still turned in an amazing opening night performance when The Concert premiered in San Jose on June 7, 1994. 

Donald Farrell, a fan who attended the first show, recalled that “Barbra coughed several times during the speaking parts of the first show. She said she had a tickle from her illness. But she didn’t cough during her songs. She sipped a lot of tea.”

On her first night in San Jose Barbra dropped “Ordinary Miracles” from the show. She repeated the Top Ten list but changed #1 on June 9th: “They were having a shoe sale at Nordstrom’s.” She also told the San Jose audience at the final show, “I will have fond memories of San Jose and I found my way.”

“.... her voice was in command – of the show, the cavernous Arena. It was supple yet infused with an almost aching grandness. It was warmly human, endowed with an elasticity of range and feeling that were astonishing.”

.... Knight-Ridder review by Harry Sumrall
San Jose 1994 Set List

Act I
  • Overture
  • As If We Never Said Goodbye
  • I'm Still Here/Everybody Says Don't/Don't Rain On My Parade (Medley)
  • Can't Help Lovin' That Man
  • I'll Know (with Marlon Brando)
  • People
  • Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
  • Will He Like Me?
  • He Touched Me
  • Evergreen
  • The Man That Got Away
  • On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
Act II
  • Entr'acte
  • The Way We Were
  • You Don't Bring Me Flowers
  • Lazy Afternoon
  • Not While I'm Around
  • Ordinary Miracles *
  • Yentl Medley
  • Happy Days Are Here Again
  • My Man
  • For All We Know
  • Somewhere
* June 9th only
The Concert Tour Credits

  • Production Conceived and Directed by: Barbra Streisand
  • Executive Producer: Martin Erlichman
  • Written by: Alan & Marilyn Bergman
  • Musical Direction and Arrangements by: Marvin Hamlisch
  • Production Designer: Marc Brickman & David George
  • Lighting Designer: Peter Morse
  • Tour Director & Production Supervisor: Patrick Stansfield
  • Production Manager: George Packer
  • Technical Director: Michael Weiss
  • Sound Designer: Bruce Jackson
  • Sound Mixer: Chris Carlton
  • All Film Clips Edited by: Tom McQuade
  • ‘Happy Days’ Montage Edited by: Kelly Hommon
  • Voice-Over Narration:
    • First Doctor: Steven Susskind
    • Second Doctor: Judith Gordon
    • Third Doctor: Phil Austin
  • A&R: Jay Landers
  • Assistant to Ms. Streisand: Kim Skalecki
  • Personal Assistant to Ms. Streisand: Renata Buser
  • Hairstylist for Ms. Streisand: Soonie Paik
  • Clothes by: BSDK [Barbra Streisand, Donna Karan]
  • Ticket Coordinator: Shelly Lazar
  • Video Company & Jumbotron: BCC Video
  • Scenic Fabrication: George & Goldberg Associates
  • Music Preparation: Joann Kane Music Service
Notes about the San Jose concerts:
  • Celebs spotted at Barbra’s San Jose shows: Richard Baskin, Andre Agassi and Brooke Shields, Lesley Ann Warren
  • Streisand and Sony Music’s $50,000 donation went to Spurgeon Intermediate School in Santa Ana for musical education.
  • Streisand continued reciting her “Top Ten” lists at these shows.

The Concert (1994 Tour)

Below are links to Barbra's 1994 concerts.  Click the city/cities you'd like to read more about .....


London – Wembley Arena

April 20, 1994 

April 25, 1994

April 27, 1994

April 29, 1994


Landover, MD – US Air Arena

May 10, 1994

May 12, 1994


Auburn Hills, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills

May 15, 1994

May 17, 1994

May 19, 1994


Anaheim, CA – Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

June 2, 1994 

June 4, 1994


San Jose, CA – San Jose Arena

June 7, 1994 

June 9, 1994


  New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

June 20, 1994

June 23, 1994

June 26, 1994

June 28, 1994

June 30, 1994

July 10, 1994

July 12, 1994


Anaheim, CA – Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

July 18, 1994

July 20, 1994

July 22, 1994

July 24, 1994

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1994 Streisand San Jose Arena ticket stub.
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