Barbra Streisand News

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of longtime record producer and music executive Clive Davis, who passed away on Monday, June 22. He was 94 years old.

Natalie Douglas marked her annual Juneteenth celebration at Birdland with a soulful journey through the sounds and stories of the 1970s, backed by Brian Nash and a live band. Check out photos here!

54 Below will present an upcoming week of performances including Tony winner Melba Moore, Emmet Cahill, George Young, and the final performances of SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED, plus a tribute to Olivia Rodrigo and more.

Hub Theatre Company of Boston will present Jonathan Tolins' comedy BUYER & CELLAR, directed by Daniel Bourque and starring multi-Elliot Norton and IRNE award winner Victor L. Shopov, at Club Café in Boston's Back Bay.

Summer is here at last and some of Broadway's best performers are getting ready to hit the stage at NYC's premiere cabaret destination, 54 Below. Enjoy previews from some of July's performers, including Tony Danza, Matthew Morrison, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Paulo Szot, and Christine Andreas.

Recording artist Dave Gallagher will release THE UNSUNG BARRY MANILOW, a tribute EP featuring deep cuts and fan favorites from Barry Manilow's catalog, timed to coincide with Manilow's new studio album and return to the concert stage.

Summer is here and there is no better time of year to soak up the sun and dive into a new book. You're in luck, because Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 21 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2026 reading list.

Simon & Schuster Audio will release the 1993 Broadway benefit reading of Larry Kramer's THE NORMAL HEART on digital audio for the first time, featuring Kevin Bacon, Stockard Channing, Harry Hamlin, and a rare stage appearance by Barbra Streisand.

A stellar cast led by Ann Hampton Callaway and Billy Stritch celebrated the songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, featuring Broadway favorites Nikki Renée Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Ali Stroker.

Feinstein's at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel, IN will present two summer soul concerts featuring Nashville artist Jed Harrelson and American Idol alum Effie Passero, who will tribute Adele, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, and more.

Composer/lyricist Maury Yeston – who recently celebrated his landmark 80th birthday – will join author Joshua Rosenblum and theater journalist Peter Filichia at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space.

The 6/1 show featured a host of talent honoring Judy Garland, to benefit The Ali Forney Center, which provides shelter and services for homeless LGBTQIA+ youth

Marc Elliott of EastEnders joins Mad Men's Bryan Batt in the world premiere of HERE COMES J EDGAR!, a comedy musical by Harry Shearer and Tom Leopold, at King's Head Theatre in London.

Natalie Giannosa will bring her solo cabaret STARS ARE BORN: GAGA, BARBRA, JUDY & ME to The Green Room 42 for its New York debut, joined by drag icon Pissi Myles and Dillon Klena, with music direction by Ben Covello.

Next week, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including the cast of MJ, Norm Lewis, and many more. 

In what seems to be a Cabaret Convention aperitif, KT Sullivan gathers some of the industry's best to pay tribute to the songwriting industry's best.

Westport Country Playhouse will present GET HAPPY!, a concert celebrating Judy Garland, featuring performer Jenna Pastuszek singing music from The Wizard of Oz, Carnegie Hall, and more, with musical supervision by Broadway veteran Joshua Zecher-Ross.

Alison Larkin's solo show GRIEF...A COMEDY will be filmed before a live audience at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in the Berkshires for an upcoming television special, directed by Scott Floyd Lochmus.

Millbrook Playhouse will present Jonathan Tolins' Lucille Lortel Award-winning one-person comedy Buyer & Cellar, starring Jackson Pavlik and directed by Shannon Agnew, at the Poorman Cabaret in Mill Hall, PA.

When FUNNY GIRL opened on Broadway it was a smash hit in 1964 and would jettison the career of Barbra Streisand. It became a staple on repertory companies, regional and community theatres and summer stock. But the looming memory of Streisand's iconic performance  on stage and then on screen seemed to have destined the show to be unproduceable without a genuine triple threat actress who could sing, act, AND be a comedian par excellence. It took almost 60 years for a Broadway revival to occur, and poor Beanie Feldstein was not up to the leading lady task, being replaced with the much more appropriate star Lea Michele. Once again, the tale of  Fanny Brice had resurfaced and the often comedic, often dark musical comedy has been re-introduced to audiences who can look at the piece without Streisand's interpretation burned into our memory.