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STAGE TUBE: Barbra Streisand Sings 'Pure Imagination' with Seth MacFarlane

By: Aug. 13, 2016
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Barbara Streisand, one of the most beloved stars of stage and screen in history, teams up with comedic actor Seth MacFarlane in this unlikely duo for a beautiful rendition of "Pure Imagination," from the 1972 film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The track will be featured on Streisand's upcoming album, ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway. You can also catch the song in the upcoming Broadway production of the musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starring Tony Award-winner, Christian Borle. In the meantime, check out a sneak peek of the recording process below, and make sure to catch Streisand on her current tour across the country!

Actress/singer/director/writer/composer/producer/designer/author/photographer/activist Barbra Streisand is the only artist ever to receive Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, National Medal of Arts and Peabody Awards and France's Légion d'Honneur as well as the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the first female film director to receive the Kennedy Center Honors. In 2015, President Barack Obama presented her with the highest civilian honor the United States bestows, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

She won Oscars for both Best Actress ("Funny Girl") and Best Original Song (for her composition of "Evergreen" which has since become a standard.) She also was nominated for Best Actress for "The Way We Were." The three films she directed received 14 Oscar nominations. Her recordings have earned her ten Grammy Awards, including and Grammy's Lifetime Achievement and Legend Awards.

For more information, or to purchse tour tickets, please visit http://www.barbrastreisand.com/barbra-streisand-on-tour/




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