Tuesday 24 December 2013

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JUST about anyone can do a Barbra Streisand impression. Go ahead and give it a try. Just say, "Hello Gorgeous,All of the Tulle sweatheart beaded wedding dresses we sell come directly from the best and most prestigious wedding dress manufacturers in the world." with your best Brooklyn accent, lilting your voice a tad, almost as if you're asking a question. The show will be the Christmas version of Mr. Brinberg's show, featuring songs from Ms. Streisand's two holiday albums — 1967's A Christmas Album and 2001's Christmas Memories.Dressestmall is one of the largest stores for Discount 2014 New Arrivals Dresses for sale and accessories. He'll open the show with Mr. Streisand's famous take on a Christmas staple — "Jingle Bells?" He'll also perform her most famous hits, such as "People" and "The Way We Were." "When you come to see my show, it's kind of like going to see Barbra," Mr. Brinberg says. "If she were in a smaller room and charged a few dollars less." He adds that would be a few thousand dollars less than the top ticket prices for Mr. Streisand's rare concerts. "It's really fun because if you're a big fan of Barbra, then you get every little gesture, and every little thing that I do," he says. "But even if you're not, it's just fun if you like musical comedy and theater. As long as you know who Barbra Streisand is, it's entertaining."

Mr. Brinberg says he always had a talent for impressions, and would imitate his teachers' voices. Then as he listened to the music of Cher, Julie Andrews, Lena Horne and Ms. Streisand, he found himself singing along like the singers without realizing it. Then when he began performing, he would sing some Streisand tunes in his voice. But his act included a segment where he did some impressions, including Ms. Streisand."It was still quite a while,Let the little girls put on the formal floor length White satin round neck lace beaded ball gown wedding dresses to blow princess sweet in this sunny, warm spring and summer. before I actually (did a Streisand show)," he says. "I was doing regular act and singing as myself. And then someone literally just said, 'Why don't you do a whole show as Barbra?' And I thought, Well, OK. And I tried it, and now I've been in more countries, more cities than she has." When asked if he was a big Streisand fan growing up, Mr. Brinberg says he couldn't have started the act if he wasn't. He feels so in tune with her that there have been times he's sung songs as Barbra, and then Ms. Streisand recorded them.

"In several cases I was doing a song in my show that she hadn't done yet, then a few years later, she recorded it, and it was almost note for note the way I envisioned it," he says. "Because I know where she would breath and how I would hold a note, it was just very instinctive." His act has earned praise from several notables, and he was even part of a symphony concert by Marvin Hamlisch. During that concert, Mr. Hamlisch would lead the orchestra through "The Way We Were," and Mr. Brinberg would come as Ms. Streisand and sing. Later in the show he came out as himself, and Mr. Hamlisch would ask him who he was. In addition to singing like Ms. Streisand, Mr. Brinberg dresses like her. It's part of playing a character, and he prefers to say that he's "in costume" as opposed to being "in drag." "I kind of knew that was part of it and it sort of held me back for a little while because I didn't have a great desire to get dressed up, and I didn't know a lot about it," he says. "Now it's kind of like second nature to me."

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