"Timeless" - 1999-2000
The Millennium Concert

Las Vegas (Dec. 31, 1999 & Jan. 1, 2000)
Sydney, Australia (March 9-10, 2000)
Melbourne, Australia (March 15 & 17, 2000)
Los Angeles (Sept. 20-21, 2000)
New York (Sept. 27-28, 2000)

The Barbra Streisand Music Guide fully covered Streisand's 2000 Timeless concerts. Barbra Archives suggests you visit Mark Iskowitz's site and click on "Events" then "Timeless 2000".

Las Vegas Set List

Act One

• Overture
• You'll Never Know (Lauren Frost)
• Something's Coming (with L. Frost)
• The Way We Were
• Shirley MacLaine Y1K dialogue
• Cry Me A River
• Lover, Come Back To Me
• A Sleepin' Bee
• Miss Marmelstein
• Funny Girl Medley: I'm The Greatest Star / Second Hand Rose / Don't Rain On My Parade
• Something Wonderful / Being Alive
• As Time Goes By / Speak Low
• Alfie
• Evergreen
• Papa, Can You Hear Me? / You'll Never Know (with L. Frost)
• A Piece Of Sky (with L. Frost)

Sparkly material on gown from Barbra's wedding veil material...

Act Two

• Entr'acte / Putting It Together
• On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
• Send In The Clowns
• Duets Section
  - Happy Days Are Here Again / Get Happy (with Judy Garland)
  - Crying Time (with Ray Charles)
  - Guilty (with Barry Gibb)
  - I Finally Found Someone (with Bryan Adams)
  - Tell Him (with Celine Dion)
  - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (with Neil Diamond)
• Sing (with Jason Gould)
• I've Got A Crush On You (with Frank Sinatra)
• Simple Pleasures
• The Main Event/Fight
• I've Dreamed Of You
• At The Same Time
• Auld Lang Syne
• The Music That Makes Me Dance
• People
• Everytime You Hear Auld Lang Syne
• Happy Days Are Here Again
• Don't Like Goodbyes
• I Believe / Somewhere (with L. Frost)

Australia

March 10th in Sydney was a particularly memorable concert because it rained. Barbra donned an Akubra hat and wore a black athletic outfit.

Barbra sings ... Wet — literally!

Venetta Fields, who was in A STAR IS BORN as one of the Oreos, and who lives in Australia, joined Barbra onstage as one of her backup singers during the concerts.

Los Angeles, New York

When Streisand announced her "Final" concerts, she decided to perform two shows in California and two in New York. The advertising tag line was: "FOUR CONCERTS, TWO CITIES, ONE VOICE, LAST TIME."

The set lists basically followed the Vegas one.

With director Richard Jay-Alexander on board, and music director Bill Ross replacing Marvin Hamlisch, the Second Act differed a bit from Las Vegas.

Barbra moved "People" to the final spot. She added some patter and sang "Music" and "My Man" together. Then she spoke about leaving this part of her life behind and launched into "Before the Parade Passes By" from HELLO DOLLY.

Barbra's last four songs were:

• The Music That Makes Me Dance
• My Man
• Before The Parade Passes By
• People

Also, Barbra wore a copper-colored, sequined version of the Act One pantsuit. And in Act Two, the busy gowns were replaced by a simple, off-the-shoulder, black skirted dress — with a slit that showed off her leg!

Lauren Frost (left), Barbra as Yentl, and Streisand (right) sing A PIECE OF SKY

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