Barbra Streisand To Release New Broadway Themed Album [VIDEOS]

On the heels of her 2014 number one album Partners, legendary songstress Barbra Streisand returns to her Broadway roots with the release of the forthcoming album, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, which arrives in stores on Aug. 26th. 

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This time out she is joined by some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including Patrick Wilson, Anthony Newley, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Melissa McCarthy, Seth MacFarlane, Antonio Banderas, Chris Pine, and Jamie Foxx.

The first single from the album is “At the Ballet,” which Streisand borrows from her longtime music director and late friend Marvin Hamlisch’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, A Chorus Line. 

For this recording, Streisand invited Anne Hathaway and recent newcomer Daisy Ridley (she played Rey in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens) to help her bring Sheila, Phoebe and Maggie to life as they audition for a Broadway show.

We already knew Hathaway could sing after her Oscar-winning turn as Fantine in Les Misérables. But who knew Ridley had pipes? Streisand admits she was as surprised as we were when she found out. Yet the trio’s dynamic performance is pure magic! Take a listen below.

If you pre-order Encore now on iTunes and Amazon, you’ll get a download of “At the Ballet” immediately. The album will also be released on CD and Vinyl. You can also purchase the deluxe CD at Target which features Babs singing four additional bonus tracks not available on the standard album.

If you’re like us, you can’t wait to hear all her latest duets! But as a sneak peak of coming attractions, here’s the complete track list from the forthcoming album:

1. “At the Ballet” from A Chorus Line (with Anne Hathaway and Daisy Ridley)
2. “Loving You” from Passion (with Patrick Wilson)
3. “Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)?” from The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd (with Anthony Newley)
4. “The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened” from Road Show (with Alec Baldwin)
5. “Any Moment Now” from Smile (with Hugh Jackman)
6. “Anything You Can Do” from Annie Get Your Gun (with Melissa McCarthy)
7. “Pure Imagination” from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (with Seth MacFarlane)
8. “Take Me to the World” from Evening Primrose (with Antonio Banderas)
9. “I’ll Be Seeing You”/”I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face” from Right This Way/My Fair Lady (with Chris Pine)
10. “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” from The Sound of Music (with Jamie Foxx)

The following four Streisand tracks will only be available on the Target edition.

1. “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” from Too Many Girls
2. “Not A Day Goes By” from Merrily We Roll Along
3. “Fifty Percent” from Ballroom
4. “Losing My Mind” from Follies

Want to see Barbra perform songs from Encore live in concert? Then get tickets to her upcoming nine city North American tour this August. The show, “Barbra: The Music… The Mem’ries…The Magic!” celebrates the creative accomplishments she’s made during her unparalleled six decade career.

Order your tickets now to the concert event of the year! (Photo courtesy Live Nation)

[BarbraStreisand.com]