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In New York City, USA, 19-year-old Barbra Streisand auditions for, and secures, a role in the Broadway show, I Can Get It For You Wholesale. Her audition is seen by actor Elliott Gould, who will become her husband two years later. Streisand will be nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical.Full article:
Barbra Streisand : My first audition for the show was on the morning after Thanksgiving in 1961. Since the action took place in the 1930s, I showed up in a '30s fur coat that I'd bought in a thrift shop for $10. I sang three songs, including my new standby A Sleepin' Bee. They asked me to come back and gave me Miss Marmelstein to learn for my second audition a few hours later.
(Source : Just For The Record, box set)
Harold Rome : The Miss Marmelstein number was written before the casting of Barbra Streisand in the role, but her part was then enlarged. Somebody is that good ... you try to use them as much as possible.
(Source : Wikipedia)
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(Source : Just For The Record, box set)
Harold Rome : The Miss Marmelstein number was written before the casting of Barbra Streisand in the role, but her part was then enlarged. Somebody is that good ... you try to use them as much as possible.
(Source : Wikipedia)