Clowes Memorial Hall

Butler University

Indianapolis, Indiana

December 1, 1963

Exterior of Clowes Memorial Hall

Clowes Memorial Hall was built in 1963. Streisand played there almost two months after it opened. The auditorium seats 2,200 people.

(Below: A Streisand concert program from 1963.)

1963 Streisand concert program

A story in the local Indianapolis newspaper said:

Miss Streisand will play an 8:30 p.m. concert Dec. 1, as one of her three concert hall debut-appearances before going back to New York to resume rehearsals for the new musical “Funny Girl”, where she will play the starring role of Fanny Brice.

The girl with the much-quoted “Purple Grab” in her voice, Miss Streisand specializes in offbeat singing interspersed with quixotic remarks, and is universally acclaimed as the year's “hottest new singing discovery.”

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