Barbra Streisand News

For the first time ever in the history of Amazon, a mother and her son have number one albums during the week of their release.

With Barbra returning soon to the big screen, we asked which of her previous movies is your favorite. Check out the results below!

It's time for episode fifteen of BWW's exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow! In this week's episode, Randy covers last week's biggest headlines at the CTS Newsdesk, including Barbra Streisand's Broooklyn concerts, Audra McDondald and Will Swenson's marriage, Sarah Brightman in space and more. Click below to watch episode 15!

Il Volo will play the State Theatre tonight, Monday, October 15 at 8 p.m.

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns for its fourth season at the Triad Theater (158 West 72 Street) with its new edition Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, Monday, October 22 at 7pm.

This Fall, stage and screen legend Barbra Streisand brings her concert tour across the United States. Titled 'Back to Brooklyn,' the tour stops tonight in Streisand's hometown, Brooklyn, New York, where she will perform at the Barclays Center.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre - the acclaimed gay comedy/variety show will continue their fourth season on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at The Duplex in New York's West Village.

Alexis Marnel and Artists Collective for Social Change present the New York Off-Broadway premiere of Rock WILK's BROKE WIDE OPEN, a theatrical love letter to his hometown, New York City, and the story of his adoption, his fostering, and his complex search for his biological mother. Directed by Stephen Bishop Seely ("8 Million Protagonists") preview performances of BROKE WIDE OPEN begin October 6th prior to an official press opening of tonight, October 11th at The 45th Street Theatre (354 West 45th Street) in Manhattan.

One for My Baby, set to a score of some three dozen Harold Arlen classics and billed as "a song-and-dance celebration ofbig-city nightlife at the end of World War II," will have a private, industry-only workshop at the New 42nd Street Studios, 229 West 42 Street, tonight, October 11 and October 12.

Barbra Streisand, who this week return to Brooklyn to play at the Barclays Center, is sharing 11 previously unreleased songs, spanning a cross-section of her career from 1963 to the present. The collection, titled RELEASE ME, is now available on vinyl and on CD.

Anything Barbra Streisand-related is well worth attending (are you kidding?!), and on Friday, October 5, there was an invited dress rehearsal on the Temple University campus in the Liacouras Center as Barbra Streisand: BACK TO BROOKLYN got its feet wet for the first time in front of about a thousand people.

According to Variety, Beyonce Knowles has left Clint Eastwood's remake of A Star Is Born, which is still on the search for a male lead. Sources told Variety that because the film had no start date, this made the scheduling difficult for the already busy singer.

Simply to recite a list of the recently deceased Marvin Hamlisch's awards--three Oscars in 1973 for The Way We Were and The Sting; a Tony and Pulitzer Prize for A Chorus Line; three Emmys, two Golden Globes, four ASCAP awards, and a Grammy is enough the inspire awe. But as host Bruce Kimmel reminds us during the fabulous 26th Kritzerland Show at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal in NoHo on October 7, he had his share of flops too like The Goodbye Girl, or Jean Seberg. But even a flop show can have some beautiful songs in it, and Kimmel includes a number of these among the twenty selections offered.

As TV Guide reported earlier today, music sensation Josh Groban is set to return to THE OFFICE in the role he originated last year of Andy's (Ed Helms) younger brother, Walter Jr.

New BroadwayWorld.com Poll - What's your favorite Barbra Streisand movie?

Arden best known for starring on Broadway in Bob Dylan and Twyla Tharp's musical The Times They Are A-Changin.' Additional Broadway credits include the Roundabout Theatre Company's presentation of the Deaf West Theatre sign-language production of Big River. Other credits include Ace, Swimming in the Shallows, Bare, Harold & Maude and It's Only Life Off-Broadway. Arden also joined Barbra Streisand during her world concert tour and appeared in the City Center Encores! staging of Juno.

Alexis Marnel and Artists Collective for Social Change present the New York Off-Broadway premiere of Rock WILK's BROKE WIDE OPEN, a theatrical love letter to his hometown, New York City, and the story of his adoption, his fostering, and his complex search for his biological mother. Directed by Stephen Bishop Seely ('8 Million Protagonists') preview performances of BROKE WIDE OPEN begin tonight, October 4th prior to an official press opening of Thursday, October 11th at The 45th Street Theatre (354 West 45th Street) in Manhattan.

Celebrating the American Spirit, performed by Essential Voices USA (EVUSA) and conducted by Judith Clurman along with guest artists, Broadway stars Kelli O'Hara and Ron Raines and composer-arranger Larry Hochman, represents an American songbook for the 21st century.

The first trailer for the Paramount Pictures comedy THE GUILT TRIP starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogan has been released. The film is set to hit theaters on December 25. Get a first look below!

ANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, went into rehearsal today in New York City with its full company. The production begins previews October 3, 2012 and opens November 8, 2012 at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street). Meet the full cast below!