Jason Gould

Streisand still has that certain something Barbra Streisand's infrequent tours have served as a kind of running retrospective of a still thriving career, but those who've seen the singer in the past saw a looser, more relaxed Streisand on the stage of San Jose's HP Pavilion Monday night - a woman more comfortable in her own skin and perhaps with her public persona as well. Backed by a 60-piece orchestra conducted by Bill Ross, Streisand took the near capacity audience...

"QUIET PLEASE, There's a lady on the stage." That song was written as a poignant, posthumous tribute to Judy Garland, by her one-time son-in-law, Peter Allen. It was a rather mournful examination of life upon the wicked stage. And yet the title, at least, belongs to Miss Garland's heir as a pop goddess/cultural icon. Respect and attention must be paid when Barbra Streisand sweeps on stage in her various Donna Karan outfits (the black sequins, meh. The sweeping red gown, deli...