When she was starring in Funny Girl on Broadway, Streisand would alter the music slightly each night: 'You can't just copy what you did from the night before.' Her new memoir is My Name is Barbra.
Throughout her career, Barbra Streisand's mother would send her bad reviews of her performances. The intention was to prevent her daughter from getting a"swelled head," but they also served as fuel for a woman who was determined to be a star — despite all the forces in her life telling her no.
"I don't know if it was like, 'I'll prove you wrong,' because she kept telling me to get a job as a secretary," Streisand says."I just somehow always saw my future." Streisand started off singing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters in the 1960s and quickly signed a record deal. Her 1963 debut,Before each night's show, she discussed with the conductor how to"play with the music rephrase it," depending on how she felt. As a result, she says, every one of her performances was different."That's what I think keeps the performance honest," she says."You can't just copy what you did from the night before. It never works.
People would say,"You should have your bump removed." My first instinct was that I liked my bump. I just had a problem with the tip of my nose, but I wasn't that any doctor would do something so tiny. I thought, way later, it might affect my voice, my nasal quality — which I liked. So why would I change it? I don't like pain.
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