OUR NAME IS BARBRA 2024!

OUR NAME IS BARBRA 2024!

Please join us for the 26th Anniversary of OUR NAME IS BARBRA, where we gather the most popular performers from the worlds of Broadway, Cabaret, and Recording to celebrate the birthday of “the greatest star”, BARBRA STREISAND!!

All proceeds go to support Project Angel Food.

Announcing

The 2024 Performer Lineup!*

  • KATRINA AGUILAR (“Part Of Your World”)

  • KAREN BENJAMIN & ALAN CHAPMAN (Cabaret & Concert Royalty- “Carnegie Hall”, “Lincoln Center’, KUSC Classical Music Personality)

  • ANASTASIA BARZEE (Broadway “Urinetown,” “Miss Saigon”)

  • PATRICIA CANALE (“Who’s Sorry Now? The Connie Francis Story”)

  • ANGELO DIVINO (Recording Artist, Original Barbra Artwork)

  • FOURPLAY! - (Clifford Bell, Mary Pat Bowe, Andrea Press, Kelley Yearout- Cult Quartet)

  • JULIE GARNYE (First National Tour “Come From Away”, The Oscars “Les Miserables”)

  • SHELLY GOLDSTEIN (“Groovy Shelly”- Actor/Writer/Comic)

  • JASON GRAAE (Everyone’s First Call Guest- “Wicked”, “Ragtime” “Forbidden Broadway”)

  • GREGG MARX (Cabaret Artist & Emmy Winner)

  • STEVE MASTERSON (“Studio One Forever”

  • DANA MELLER (Broadway “Les Miserables”)

  • MARK ARTHUR MILLER “GOD BLESS THE CHILD” (Recording Artist)

  • KERRY O’MALLEY (David Fincher's "The Killer", Broadway "Into The Woods")

  • TERI RALSTON (Broadway Original Casts “Company” & “A Little Night Music”)

  • GLENN ROSENBLUM (Showstoppers Lecturer- “The Musical Man”)

  • SHAWN RYAN (Cabaret Sensation & Recording Artist)

  • KIRBY TEPPER (Singer/Songwriter- Broadway “On Your Toes”, “Shrek”)

    with

  • NITA WHITAKER (Recording Artist, Author, U.S Premiere “Ragtime”)

    and

  • MICHAEL MAGUIRE (Tony Award Winner “Les Miserables”)

    Musical Directors

  • Piano - DAVID SCOTT COHEN, MICHAEL COLLUM, PETER SMITH, GERALD STERNBACH

  • Bass- ALEXANDER FRANK

  • Drums- TOM BOWE

(*Live appearances subject to change)

A New Letter From Barbra!

Clifford reads the new letter from Barbra Our Name Is Barbra 2023

Has anyone actually SEEN Clifford since The Book came out?

OUR NAME IS BARBRA: PALM SPRINGS EDITION!

For the first time, "OUR NAME IS BARBRA" is branching outside of Los Angeles with a Special Event in the Palm Springs Area!

On Monday, May 6th, 2024, we're gathering a roster of the finest singers in the desert to benefit the new and exciting additon to the Palm Springs theatrical community- The Revolution Stage Company.

About "Our Name Is Barbra" -

from Clifford Bell

It's Standard Operating Procedure in Show Business, that professional vocalists are discouraged from singing any songs that are associated with "The Greatest Star", Barbra Streisand.

However, in 1998, a small group of brave, creative souls gathered to throw a Birthday Party for Barbra. No one knew Barbra, but since everyone involved considered her Birthday a National Holiday, everyone decided to celebrate by making it the one day of the year that people could unabashedly do the songs previously performed by the Great One.

Some people were faithful traditionalists and some people thought up twisty clever interpretations of songs from Ms. Streisand's unparalleled career. We did it to entertain each other and to pay Tribute to one of our favorite legends. It turned out to be literally one of the most fun things I've ever done in my life and so I have continued to do it for the last 24 years.

I invite my favorite singers from the worlds of Film, TV, Theater, Recording and Cabaret, sometimes big name celebrities and sometimes just hugely talented singers you might not have heard of, and we perform an evening of "Barbra Songs" to raise money for charity.

For the last seven years, OUR NAME IS BARBRA has raised money and awareness exclusively for Project Angel Food.

In 2017, Barbra made all of our dreams come true (via her longtime collaborators, Co- Director Richard Jay-Alexander and CD Producer Jay Landers) by sending a letter thanking us for our efforts.

She wrote a full page, very heartfelt note beginning with "I read that you're all getting together to celebrate my birthday by raising funds for Project Angel Food. Frankly, I couldn't think of a better gift!" and ending by saying "I'm deeply touched to know that my songs are being put to such good use!"

I own a letter that begins "To Clifford and the Cast Members of "Our Name Is Barbra"" and ends with "Love, Barbra".

Heaven on Earth!

Project Angel Food

Project Angel Food prepares and delivers over one million medically tailored meals each year, free of charge to homes of men, women, and children affected by life-threatening illnesses. Under the care of Project Angel Food’s registered dietitians, and in consultation with each client’s primary healthcare case manager, clients receive one-on-one nutritional counseling and a customized menu that is designed to meet the unique needs of their diagnosis and aligned with their personal dietary restrictions and preferences. Currently, the Project Angel Food kitchen creates 13 variations of each menu.

When Barbra's Birthday rolled around in April 2021, Catalina Jazz Club was still not open to the public because of the pandemic. However, the good folks there, Catalina and Manny, allowed us to film a show on the stage with no audience (not more than 10 people allowed in the room at a time) and we were able to continue our annual tradition of raising money and awareness for Project Angel Food.

You can still make donations in honor of the show at angelfood.org/barbra.

Our Name is Barbra 2022

Fabulous performances, funds raised, wonderful people - what could be better?