Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 30, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba 18 Winnipeg free press tuesday october 30, 1973 for barbra Streisand the magic of show Biz is gone by Jerry Parker new York special news Day barbra Streisand is not altogether Happy in her work. Somewhere Between Brooklyn and Beverly Hills the magic went out of it. Somewhere along the Way while she was scooping up the Oscar the emmy the Tony lots of grammes and practically All the Money there is it stopped being fun. After 10 years at the top the world s highest paid female entertainer says i Don t like performing i d rather stay you can t Tell by looking. Her latest film role is in the opinion Many who have seen it her very Best. The film the Way we were from Arthur Laurents novel casts barbra non Ord 1 mom hotel Mph lips at notre Dame the fabulous family is 1 exotic Jamboree every afternoon from 4 . Banquet facilities for 300 people other musical instruments which will be aired in the . By the Columbia broadcasting system it is barbra s fifth special but her first in Tive years and it fulfils the million Deal she made with lbs 10 years ago. It is a Winner too reuniting the old team that turned out those Socko mid-1960s Strei Sand specials producers Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion director choreographer Joe into a Swan marries Prince Robert Redford As an ugly darkling Radical coed of the 1930s who turns he but does not live happily Ever after. She is touching and More Beautiful than she has Ever been before on the screen. And then there is her television special Singer presents barbra Streisand and Layton writers Mitzi Welch. Kenny and it was to discuss the special that a meeting was arranged in the office of Martin Erlich Man in the Columbia pictures building on fifth Avenue. Barbra never gives interviews in her Central Park West dump. Erlichman who has 531 St. Mary s Road entertaining in it Centennial beverage room Bounty formerly family band 12-1 4-6 . Exotic dance Holly tonight at . A Shaw festival production Manitoba theatre Centre Richard Parton Whitehead in s you never can Tell with Patricia Gage Lames Valentine Sheila Haney directed by Edward Gilbert 11. Capacity audience royally Peter Correler free press delightful Shaw production Choice to Start the Gene Telpner Tribune tickets at Ato Batons co the Bay oct. 19 to nov. 10 mtg Box office 942-6537 Sam the cameraman Breaks tradition when everyday prices Are As Low or lower then most Sale prices it s not possible to have however Sam cleaned out a couple of warehouses in the East. At distressed prices. So Gadget bags slide files screens lenses viewers cameras meters Enlargers Etc. At better than Sale values some at less than half of Sam s Best Normal prices Sam the cameraman Ltd. 485 St Mary Avenue pm. 783-7228____, modern Millie come guv these concerts sponsored and supported by Gladstone Dat Sun motors club Taffy 1133 Portage ave. Presents the happening . 5-9 . Popular beverages at reduced prices exotic dancer Shaharazod does her thing . Club Taffy cabaret Steak House Elena May dancing to Del Wagner and his Koko nuts three shows nightly 10 and 1 . Reservations pm. 775-8141 no cover no minimum hours 5 . Till 2 . Private dining facilities up to 70 persons available attention Giris Reserve now Sadie hawking Don t forget the Shaft Oyster bar been barbra s person almanac or since May 11, 1960 the second night of her first engagement at the Bon soil nightclub in Greenwich Village is also the producer of for Pete s the picture bar Bra is currently filming in her native Brooklyn. Before tie Star arrived or. Lichman and Lee Solters who has been barbra s press agent since March 22, 1962, the Date i can get it for you wholesale opened on Broad Way explained that the Spe Cial which was taped in july in London features barbra singing with her sole guest Ray Charles and More than 150 musicians. The musicians make music with everything from an sitar to a bagpipe to a symphony of electric appliances Orange juice Squeezer dishwasher Hairdryer Etc. Barbra even croons one song to a musical saw. Pearly punctual barbra slipped into the room quietly wearing Blue jeans and match ing jacket fancied up with embroidered rosebuds and Rhine Stone stick pins and a pair of dark Gray aviator style Sung lasses. Her hair frosted to a Light Auburn was pulled Back land secured with a rubber land. With no makeup she looked younger than 31 which he turned last april 24, smaller and prettier than she riot graphs. She settled on the sofa eyed the stranger with the notebook warily. She nodded Well barbra first of All Why have five years gone by Ince your last to special i be been she said and a i Don t like to work hat hard. It takes time and i did t have the time or the in Terest. It takes a lot of time to do a special you know. In the me it took me to do this Spe Cial you could do a whole this special took about a month a week of rehearsals in Lew York two weeks of rehearsals and eight Days of tap ing in London. Of course a number of weeks of prepare Ion had been necessary before that. Barbra s last special it will be remembered was filmed one summer evening when about new yorkers gathered in the Central Park sheep Meadow to hear their iome Towa superstar. Accord ing to barbra s press releases it is a record for the larges audience a performer Ever hat for a single concert. So How was it from where barbra was standing she said. Butter Rifici. But i Don t like that Kim of thing. So Many people there was one Point when peo pie started toward the stage. I made me it is no wonder when one re allies that even much Smalle audiences make barbra uncomfortable. I Don t like to feel the Audi Knees she said Don t want their scrutiny so immediately. I find it unnatural to stand out Here and expose yourself like there was a the n was very she said when i did enjoy the Chal Lenge of walking out on a Stagi As an unknown and moving people. But i Don t have those needs any More i Don t hav to prove anything anymore. Some people on it i she said on the reaction they get from the audience. I Don like that tension. I d Rathe stay a few years ago barbra a the recipient of a special Sta of the decade Tony War from the new York theatrical Community in spite of the fac that she had appeared in on two Broadway shows. There was i. Can get it of you in which bar tomorrow Centennial concert Hall 2 shows . Alsothurs., nov. 1. 2 shows and . World adventure Tours presents s p a i n travel tale film in Beautiful Colour narrated in person by Walter Sid Dodson see the great cities of , Toledo Granada la Mancha in the pyrenees Palm Groves of Elcho and Mediterranean resorts. Res. 2.00, students celebrity Boi White 4lh fir. The coming soon 1300 Portage ave. Pm. 786-6541 a in the Small part of a Verlorn garment Centre Sec Ary committed larceny in e finest show stopping Trade on. Next came funny girl in 964, a big show tailored Preci to her Talent which re a Rcd her to be on stage Vir ally every moment and in t have much going for it Len she was t. That could very Well have in the beginning and end of Brilliant stage career. I played funny girl a thousand said barbra and it is cry trying to be at the whim and mercy of every audience have to go out and try All again every performance be audiences were always Dif rent. The laughs were rela vely the same but if they Ere smaller at one perform Nee than another then i d Orry about Why they were Mailer. I d worry during the performance. I d keep thinking i can t seem to please these eople it was very but would she even so ome Back to Broadway for in right part at the right Rice barbra said immediately but then she dded i Don t want to Ever in never but most i just like the movies. Ii m doing a movie then it Owesn t bother me to have peole judge me after the work is ver and i m away from it o far she has made six films Iree of them funny girl he owl and the pussycat and up Doc great Suc esses three of them hello Lolly on a Clear Day you an see forever and up the Sandbox not great Suc esses. Failures Are not barbra s a Orite topic of conversation Why i she asked does t anyone ask me Aboul hat s up Doc or the owl and the because be was told any eng barbra Streisand touches o turn Golden. When it does of that is a curiosity. Barbra shrugged. Hello Olly and on a Clear Day would have she Aid except the schmucks a be studio kept pouring More Money into them at a time Hen big musicals were out. I a b a r e t had been release Len it would have bombed Uso Dolly and on a Clear Day not Good pictures. I up the Sandbox he said. That was my state tent about what it Means t e a woman. It s what i Wani d to a and i m glad i a Dali to even if it does t make a up the Sandbox was one of in first films seemingly in tired by the women s move ment. In it barbra played a frustrated new York housewife who relieved her boredom with Rich fantasy life. Could the real barbra Strei and see herself giving up her career for House winery she said sure but hat s a Little too Black and White. If i quit that does t mean if i wanted to sing for he Queen of England some ight i would barbra and Elliott Gould vere married in 1963, although hey had lived together several before that. They were divorced in 1971, although they separated several years be Ore that their son Jason who will be seven in de Cember lives with his Mother my divides his time Between Pimes and schools in califor a and new York As her Ca Eer dictates. For the moment Here is no other visible male n her private life. I m not looking to Ger married and m not looking not to get mar ried she said. I m not against not against work either but not exactly looking for it. I Don t want to work All the she said. A picture very two years that s plenty. Need time to Putter around my Garden and be with my Hild. Let s face she said Vith a shrug i Don t like to perform. By staying miss it on a a lot of what lots of so called adoration and Money that s what you Ive up. But i d just As perhaps 30 minutes had gone in certainly not much More when barbra very slowly and deliberately lifted her head until she was gazing at the Eiling and then lowered her bin until it came to rest a few inches above her Chest. Erlich Man quickly broke in i hate 6 break in he said but barbra does have to be at re Earsal in two the More question looking Lack on 10 years of superstar pm which of your work do by feel Good she looked Blank. She looked to or. Erlichman then at or. Looters. I Don t give interviews she said and i Don t hink much about my work. Castle Ope is portals Edinburgh a Chance to live in real baronial splendor that is the offer made to guests wishing to step Back a few centuries at a unique Scot land hotel and spend nights in bedrooms where Mary Queen of scots and the Earl of Bothwell her husband once slept. Borthwick Castle near Edin Burgh has opened its portals to Cater for vacationers and con Ference it has a genuine Tower keep built in 1430, and offers four poster Beds Din Ner by candlelight in the Grea Kali relaxation in the drawing room where Mary and both Well danced and drinks in the Dungeon. For conference use the Cas tie is put at the sole disposal o clients and there is a Specia lecture Hall with full audio visual aids. The Castle is Cen trally heated and most bed rooms have bathrooms e suite. Work is work when it s done it s done. But i liked funny girl. I like up the Sandbox. I liked the first to specials. I like this she Rose made a polite Good Bye and moved toward the door. And she said one More thing i think you should Call the article she d rather stay Home " Sun Init rational production brother of the vat fat tonight. Lutt flies Are free Gal Dit Miv Edwrd Albert tomorrow Eutest Nenach Larri 482-3112 today last 2 performances at 2 and 8 . Harold Pinters Peter Hall subscription tickets can be purchased at theatre. Standby seats for individual performances Are available at the Box office now. Evenings. Matinees. 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