( EW.com ) -- `` Hello , Brooklyn ! '' Barbra Streisand called out to her hometown 's swanky new Barclay 's Center early on in her three-plus hour concert . The last time she did a solo show in Brooklyn , she told the cheering crowd , was when she was 8 and singing on a stoop on Pulaski Street . Remember that , she asked her brother who was in the audience ? ( In case you 're wondering , he scored good seats , not great . ) She looked singularly Streisandly , in a shiny black number that had enough sheer to show off those famous legs . `` You like the dress ? '' she asked the crowd . `` Good ! Donna Karan ! '' She complimented a member of the audience who must have been wearing a souvenir shirt . `` Did you buy it in the shop ? '' she asked . `` It 's cheaper online . '' In other words , not much new material to be had tonight . But who wanted it ? Certainly not concertgoers Katie Couric ( who spent the intermission on her cell phone trying to find her friend 's seat ) , Michael Strahan , or Jill Zarin ( clad in a very Stevie Nicks-meets-Pucci ensemble ) . Despite waking up with a cold ( `` I 'm drinking chicken soup '' she told the crowd of what she was sipping in her mug that sat next to â€ ” of course â€ ” a vase of roses ) , Streisand impressively powered through `` Enough is Enough , '' `` Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered , '' and `` Do n't Rain on My Parade . '' Sometimes her voice sounded strained , but more often the rasp worked for her . Her tribute to composer Marvin Hamlisch , who recently passed away , managed to be extremely touching , even as she read scripted lines off a teleprompter . She honored him with a mashup of `` The Way We Were '' and the completely awesome and underappreciated theme to Ice Castles . Who knew Marvin Hamlisch wrote that ? Also , look out for the roses , Lexie ! When Barbra was n't singing or sipping chicken soup , there were other people to keep our ears busy . A lot of other people . First , Il Volo came out to remind us that Il Divo does n't have the monopoly on young Italian tenors . Then hottie trumpet player Chris Botti came out and jammed with the drummer . Finally , Streisand 's son Jason Gould showed up for some awkward banter ( `` She likes to touch my hair , '' he told the audience ) and a solo song . Yes , Jason Gould got to sing a solo song to thousands of people , though I 'm not entirely sure he 'd make it through Hollywood week on American Idol . `` I am so proud of him , '' beamed his mama . Fans got to ask questions and we now know that Barbra likes smooth and all natural peanut butter , instead of chunky and chemical-filled . Other than that , she repeated her already-used `` I hope no one tells [ Mitt Romney ] how to get to Sesame Street or Pennsylvania Avenue '' line . She also told the crowd she does n't sing Yiddish songs . Come on , there 's only so much of Brooklyn she can embrace . See the original article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Barbra Streisand three-plus hour concert took place at Brooklyn 's new Barclay 's Center . She wore a shiny black number that had enough sheer to show off those famous legs . Streisand powered through `` Enough is Enough '' and `` Do n't Rain on My Parade '' Her tribute to composer Marvin Hamlisch , who recently passed away , was extremely touching .