Chicago 1966 Concert Tour

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An Evening With Barbra Streisand (1966)

1966 Concert Tour

Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois

August 9, 1966
Wide shot of Streisand's stage set up inside Soldier Field in Chicago, 1966.

1966 TOUR CREDITS

The Alan King—Walter A. Hyman Company present

AN EVENING WITH BARBRA STREISAND

Music arranged and conducted by PETER MATZ

Technical staging and lighting by RALPH ALSWANG

Sound by MYLES ROSENTHAL

Personal Management by MARTIN ERLICHMAN

Public Relations by SOLTERS, O'ROURKE & SABINSON

LINKS TO 1966 CONCERT PAGES:


Newspaper ad for Streisand's 1966 concert in Chicago.
Barbra Streisand's final concert of 1966 was at Chicago's Soldier Field. The Chicago Tribune reported, “One-third of Soldiers field will be covered by Barbra’s performing arena, with about one-third of the stadium's seats available. The main stage area is 125 feet wide and 40 feet deep with long runways extending out from the stage.”

When asked what it was like to receive applause from 30,000 people, Streisand replied, “You'd be surprised, but the larger the number the more mellow the applause becomes. It isn't thunderous. It won't knock you off the stage. It's like a huge wave . . . mellow.”

She explained further: “You just don't think of it as 30,000 people,” she said. “The more you try to ‘reach’ people, the less you succeed. You give the material what it needs and the audience responds to that, not to your trying to ‘reach’ them on any other level.”

For the Chicago concert, Barbra wore a beautiful silk, glass-beaded gown by Galanos. In the second act, Streisand donned a flowy, red-orange-and-purple creation by Donald Brooks.

“The evening was all Barbra, something like 20 songs, including the title song from Leonard Bernstein's ‘I Hate Music’ whose lyrics about stuffy concert halls and music patrons could have something to do with the outdoor farewell, although the closing ‘My Name is Barbra’ was doubtless the reason she chose it. 

… We heard, for example, a pair of songs from her still to be released record ‘Je m'appelle Barbra’ and learned that a career as French chanteuse would probably be a possibility. And Sadie, the white poodle from television, joined the singer on the ramp extending front and center for ‘Second-Hand Rose from Second Avenue’ [Nu?].”

... Chicago Tribune review, August 10, 1966, by Thomas Willis

Barbra's first act gown in Chicago.
Big newspaper clipping featuring photos of Streisand in concert in Chicago.
Color photo of Streisand in second act gown.
Links below to Barbra's 4-city tour in 1966 ....

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