In 2009, in celebration of her new album Love Is the Answer, Barbra Streisand announced she would perform one special concert at the Village Vanguard in New York City, New York. Streisand was backed by a quartet consisting of Tamir Hendelman (piano), Jeff Carney (bass), Brian Koonin (guitar) and Ray Marchica (drums). The audience included special guests and celebrity friends of Streisand such as Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Barry Diller and Diane von Fürstenberg, Rosie O'Donnell, Sandy Gallin, Frank Rich, Donna Karan, Lea Michele, and Nicole Kidman, as well as 100 competition winners.
Acting
Streisand's banter—nervous, self-aware, utterly magnetic.
Production
Cramped Vanguard space makes every note feel stolen.
Direction
Lochmus captures celebrity audience reactions like wildlife footage.
Director
Scott Floyd Lochmus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Streisand hadn't played a club this small since 1961—48 years of arena ego, erased in 90 minutes.
The Vanguard audience reads like a 2009 time capsule of influential liberal New York power players at peak Obama-era confidence.
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