Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#1Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 9:50am
Barbra Streisand is getting ready to tell her life story. Penguin Random House will release the music legend's memoir, 'My Name Is Barbra', on November 7, 2023. Pre-order the book in the US and internationally.
While this will be Streisand's first memoir, she previously released 'My Passion For Design' in 2010.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Barbra-Streisand-Will-Release-First-Memoir-this-Fall-20230207
#2Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 9:52am
This has been years in the making!
I am beyond excited. It's also going to be a doorstopper if the 1040 page count on the Amazon listing is correct! 2023 is a great year for memiors...first Chita's and now Babs!
"Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok. Have you guys heard about fidget spinners!?" ~Patti LuPone
Updated On: 2/7/23 at 09:52 AM
#3Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 10:37am
This is absolutely one I’ll be getting the audiobook for!
Claudia Draper
Featured Actor Joined: 6/14/11
#4Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 10:51am
Will BARBRA read her memoir? Will we get a book signing?
#5Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 10:53am
I can’t imagine she wouldn’t read it. And it would be the book signing of ALL book signings if that happened.
BETTY22
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
#6Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 12:03pm
YES please.
I'm praying Barbra tells all...the unvarnished truth about her remarkable life.
#7Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 12:06pm
I expect the book to have a vaseline covered view of her life but I’m still 1000% here for it.
#8Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 12:15pm
Claudia Draper said: "Will we get a book signing?"
I stood in a very long line for a very long time to have Ginger Rogers sign her autobiography. But for Streisand, I would be willing to camp out on the street overnight.
Non sibi sed patriae
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#9Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 12:31pm
Jordan Catalano said: "I expect the book to have a vaseline covered view of her life but I’m still 1000% here for it."
In the past few years she’s since been overtly frank about herself and her life so the timing of this memoir is perfect as she started writing this heading into her 80s. Had she written this 30-40 years ago (when she was 40-50 years old), it would be a totally different memoir.
#10Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 12:50pm
^ That’s very fair. No matter what it is, it’ll be iconic, though.
#11Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 1:46pm
I feel like she is also someone who cares about her image,and how she is perceived...especially remember in the mid 2000's she wore that sailor suit outfit everywhere? Like buy more clothes, Barbra
"Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok. Have you guys heard about fidget spinners!?" ~Patti LuPone
#12Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 2:55pm
I hope she breaks it up into multiple books (like Julie Andrew’s has) so she can go into detail about each section of her life and career.
I am big. It’s the REVIVALS that got small.
Ke3
Broadway Star Joined: 6/25/20
#14Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 3:43pm
fashionguru_23 said: "I feel like she is also someone who cares about her image,and how she isperceived...especially remember in the mid 2000's she wore that sailor suit outfit everywhere? Like buy more clothes, Barbra"
the 2000s sailor suit era was a callback to her debut when she used to wear variations on that sailor suit everywhere. returning to that iconography coincided with a general embrace of her status as an elder statesman.
#15Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 4:08pm
So. I have pre-ordered "My Name Is Barbra". Now to be patient until November. tick tick tick
Non sibi sed patriae
#16Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 5:24pm
Her life has been a reflection of America from the sixties to now, and I love her. However, I would hate to be her editor!
#17Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 10:36pm
Jordan Catalano said: "The listing for the book says it’s 1,040 pages long. I think that’s long enough lol"
You think she couldn’t go on and on about her life up to Funny Girl in that amount of pages? 😉
I am big. It’s the REVIVALS that got small.
bwayboy22
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/12
#18Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/7/23 at 11:35pm
GiantsInTheSky2 said: "I hope she breaks it up into multiple books (like Julie Andrew’s has) so she can go into detail about each section of her life and career."
My understanding as of a few years ago was that this went from her childhood through her “The Artist as Citizen” speech she gave at Harvard in 1995.
When I had heard that the book was approx 850 pages, so hopefully with 200 additional pages she decided to go a bit further, otherwise she may have added to earlier parts.
#19Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/8/23 at 12:03am
Keep in mind the cover photo on Amazon and other sites IS NOT the photo which will be used. According to someone on her team, they tweeted the final cover art has not been chosen.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#20Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/8/23 at 9:45am
This is the cover art work released by Streisand’s media handlers to the press and used on all social media announcements and on her official website:
#21Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/8/23 at 10:35am
BrodyFosse123 said: "This is the cover art work released by Streisand’s media handlers to the press and used on all social media announcements and on her official website:"
What. A. Gorgeous. Photo.
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#22Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/8/23 at 11:38am
I would find it hard to believe that Barbra, the perfectionist, and after having worked on this book for decades, would release a placeholder cover?
#23Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/8/23 at 12:57pm
Tracy from Team Barbra confirmed yesterday that the cover art for the book hasn't been determined yet.
Barbra said in early 2019 that she had wanted to do 2 volumes. First volume would be her early career, and the second volume would pick up where the first volume left off. But, the publisher didn't want that.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#24Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/8/23 at 2:05pm
I worked with a cousin of That Streisand Woman and she shared lots of stories about the family. It'll be interesting to read the book and learn whether their versions line up.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#25Streisand Will Release First Memoir this Fall
Posted: 2/8/23 at 2:17pm
nealb1 said: "Barbra said in early 2019 that she had wanted to do 2 volumes. First volume would be her early career, and the second volume would pick up where the first volume left off. But, the publisher didn't want that."
I think the problem with 2 volumes is you have to hope everyone will buy 2 books. Might as well release one large book...but that's just my opinion.
Although, if Andrew Lloyd Webber coud release his second volume, I'd be happy. I don't want to read about the hits, Andy. I want the flops!
"Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok. Have you guys heard about fidget spinners!?" ~Patti LuPone
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