Duplex Announces Barbra Streisand Film Festival

By: Jan. 25, 2005
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The Duplex Cabaret Theatre is pleased to announce plans for the
first-ever Barbra Streisand FILM FESTIVAL! On Sundays, February 6, 13 and 20
at 7pm, we'll kick off the proceedings with screenings of three film
classics:
Sunday, February 06                          Funny Girl
Sunday, February 13                          The Owl and the Pussycat
Sunday, February 20                          The Way We Were
Admission is FREE, and there is a two-drink minimum. There will also be
light refreshments available. For reservations, which are strongly
recommended, please call 212.255.5438. No one under 21 will be admitted. The
Duplex Cabaret Theatre is located on the second floor of 61 Christopher St.,
in the heart of New York's West Village.
Experience these films on the big screen, as they were meant to be
experienced, but within the comfort of the Duplex's 70-seat theatre,
equipped with bar and fellow film lovers. Bring your closest friends, loved
ones and fellow Streisand fans, or come and make news ones. Each screening
will be preceded by a brief round of Streisand trivia and song by host,
Brandon Cutrell, also host of the popular Friday night "Mostly Sondheim"
party.
Funny Girl - (1968) Barbra won an Oscar for her portrayal of Ziegfeld star
Fanny Brice, a role she created in the original Broadway production.
Further, the song "People," and Barbra's rendition of it, have become a
legendary part of American culture. Co-starring Omar Sharif, Anne Francis,
Kay Medford and Walter Pidgeon. Directed by William Wyler.
 

      The Owl and the Pussycat - (1970) this screwball, yet poignant comedy has
Streisand playing Doris, a sometimes-actress but mostly prostitute living
her tough-talking New York life day-to-day, trick-to-trick, dreams still
ridiculously intact. George Segal plays Felix, a finicky, struggling writer
who shares the same apartment building. One night he complains about Doris
and the manger kicks her out. Peeved, she barges into Felix's pad and
demands a place to sleep. So begins their curious courtship, which in
typical screwball fashion involves opposites hollering at each other and
falling in love along the way. Screenplay by Buck Henry, based on the play
by Bill Manhoff.
The Way We Were - (1973) "Gorgeous goyish guy" meets Jewish radical girl in
Sydney Pollack's glossy romance, with a brilliant screenplay by Arthur
Laurents. In 1937, frizzy-haired Red co-ed Katie Morosky (our Barbra)
briefly captures the attention of preppy jock Hubbell Gardiner (Robert
Redford) with her passionate pacifism, while the writing talent beneath his
privileged exterior entrances her. The rest is history. Bring kleenex.
You'll never look at the exterior of the Plaza hotel the same way. Also
starring James Woods and Sally Kirkland.

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