My Name Is Barbra

Outline

My Name Is Barbra (2023) is Barbra Streisand’s long-awaited memoir, covering her childhood in Brooklyn and more than six decades in music, theatre, and film. She describes her early performances, her breakthrough in Funny Girl, and her work as a director, including Yentl. The book reflects on perseverance, creative control, and the challenges she faced as a woman in the entertainment industry.

• Streisand's memoir follows her path from a Brooklyn childhood to more than six decades in music, theatre, and film.
• Her early performances and her breakthrough in Funny Girl marked the start of her rise as a performer.
• She moved beyond performing to work as a director, with Yentl as one of her best-known projects.
• Creative control is a recurring theme, and she shows why keeping a say over her own work mattered to her.
• She reflects on perseverance and on the challenges she faced as a woman in the entertainment industry.

Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker, and one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. She is among the few performers to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. Yentl made her the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film.