Generate a detailed and concise text with a simple straightfoward language focusing on the topics i will give you about music_artist Barbra Streisand . I'm looking for a straightforward and non-flowery style in this article with minimal use of adjectives. Please use simple and easily understandable language throughout the article. Please avoid unnecessary repetition of dates and times in your responses unless they are directly relevant to the context. This is used for a middle part in our script. Cut out intro and outro and jump right into the given facts. Using the information provided, craft a narrative or response that begins with a general statement or an engaging opening sentence: 
1: Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. Columbia Pictures wanted to cast Shirley MacLaine as Fanny Brice. However, producer Ray Stark, who also produced the Broadway show and was Brice's son-in-law, insisted on Barbra Streisand reprising her Broadway role.
2: Recorded a duet with Alec Baldwin, "The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened" (2016) and appeared with him on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) to promote the single. Coincidentally, Alec's ex-wife Kim Basinger has dated two of the same men Barbra dated: Richard Gere and Jon Peters.
3: Barbra Streisand as Esther Hoffman in A Star Is Born. Barbra Streisand initially turned the film down but Jon Peters was able to persuade her to take another look.


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