Opening Remarks (Live 1994)

[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
Thank you so much.
What a wonderful week to be in New York, huh?
The Rangers won the Stanley Cup right here at The Garden.
The Yankees are in first place.
The Knicks came this close.
And it is so great for me to be here during The Gay Games.
Yes.
Because for once I can walk around the city without being recognized, you know?
There are enough guys in town who impersonate me that when I'm out on the street nobody thinks it's really me!
Today I was walking up Broadway and a woman said to her husband, "Look it's Barbra Streisand!"
And her husband said, "Will you stop it already, that's the tenth one today! This one's not even close!"
This is the city that means the most to me on my tour because it's my home.
I was born and raised here.

[AUDIENCE MEMBER, spoken]
Welcome home!

[BARBRA STREISAND, spoken]
Pardon me?
Oh, "Welcome home" did you say?
Thank you, thank you.