My Life With Barbra

This is a moving, fascinating, intimate portrait of Streisand, the three years she shared with Dennen, and the on-again, off-again relationship he has had with her for 30 years. When they met, Dennen explains, it was Streisand's dream to make it as a stage actress. But he helped her discover her rea [...]
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This is a moving, fascinating, intimate portrait of Streisand, the three years she shared with Dennen, and the on-again, off-again relationship he has had with her for 30 years. When they met, Dennen explains, it was Streisand's dream to make it as a stage actress. But he helped her discover her real talent, singing. She came to him looking for friendship, and he introduced her to the fabulous history of night-club singing and cabaret. Through the richly textured performance education Streisand received from Dennen, the thrift shop threads their friend Terry Leong turned into stunning star outfits for her, and the tender touch of makeup artist Bob Schulenberg, Barbara became 'Barbra' and was empowered to eventually realise that dream of fame through finding a 'style' that set her apart from the rest.Drawn from Dennen's personal experiences with Streisand, his diaries and letters from that time, "My Life with Barbra" takes a close look at the early years of one of today's most powerful American entertainers.From her eye-popping first smash-hit as a brand-new Broadway Star in "I Can Get It For You Wholesale", to her starring role in "Funny Girl" Dennen offers you front row seats to the making of a megastar. A treasure-trove drawn from his scrapbooks, never-before published photographs, and letters makes this book of memories a unique and enduring collector's item.