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Babs still great after all these years
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United Center (Chicago, IL)
Concert Date: November 7th, 2006
Reviewer: admin
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8.85
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Babs embodies musical royalty
Streisand's voice, persona still rich
By DAVE TIANEN
Posted: Nov. 8, 2006
Once or twice a generation, there comes a personality that just fills the
room. Sinatra was like that. So was Elvis, and so is Barbra Streisand.
Barbra Streisand performs in Toronto last month. Her North American tour
stopped in Chicago this week, with shows Tuesday and tonight at the United
Center.
Streisand's personality had a large room to play in Tuesday night, but the
veteran superstar seemed up to the assignment. Streisand's The Tour played
the first night of two nights at Chicago's United Center (she performs
again tonight). As a forum for one of pop's true grande dames, The Tour
works well; as a musical summation of a major career, perhaps less so.
There's a certain duality to Streisand's on-stage persona. There's the
wisecracking Jewish girl from Flatbush and then there's Empress Babs, the
diva's diva. As one might expect, at 64, the Pop Empress side of Streisand
has largely taken reign. Toward the end of the show, Streisand was wearing
a black flowing dress with gold trim that made a queenly presence even
more regal.
Everything about the show breathed Big Event. Out in the lobby programs
were selling at $40 a pop. The massive rectangular stage was open in the
interior, where a full orchestra was on station to support the main
attraction.
One of the paradoxes of the Streisand persona is that she's this powerful,
even outspoken presence who is visibly insecure.
Suspended from the ceiling and dotting the front and sides of the stage
were monitors feeding the star not just her lyrics but even her
between-song banter. The Tour seems disinclined to take a chance on
spontaneity..
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