Back to Broadway

Back to Broadway is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released in 1993, consisting of songs from Broadway musicals, a follow-up to her successful 1985 Broadway Album.

Back to Broadway
Studio album by Barbra Streisand
Released	June 29, 1993
Studio	Angel Studios (Islington, London, England) Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, California) Enterprise studios (Burbank, California) Ground Control Studios (Santa Monica, California) Ocean Way Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) Sony Pictures Studio (Culver City, California) The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California) Todd-AO Scoring Stage (Studio City, California) Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
Length	49:41
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Foster Andrew Lloyd Webber
Barbra Streisand chronology
Just for the Record... (1991) Back to Broadway (1993) The Concert (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[2]
Music Week	[3]
Philadelphia Inquirer	[4]

Back to Broadway debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, earning Streisand the distinction of being the only female artist to have a number-one album in four different decades. The album sold 189,000 copies in the first week, and has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, her fifth album to do so. The album was another smash hit for Streisand, also reaching the top 10 in Canada, the UK, and Australia.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Some Enchanted Evening"	Oscar Hammerstein Richard Rodgers	3:52
2.	"Everybody Says Don't"	Stephen Sondheim	2:34
3.	"The Music of the Night" (duet with Michael Crawford)	Andrew Lloyd Webber Charles Hart Richard Stilgoe	5:35
4.	"Speak Low"	Ogden Nash Kurt Weill	4:08
5.	"As If We Never Said Goodbye"	Don Black Christopher Hampton Webber	4:44
6.	"Children Will Listen"	Sondheim	4:09
7.	"I Have a Love/One Hand, One Heart" (duet with Johnny Mathis)	Sondheim Leonard Bernstein	4:44
8.	"I've Never Been in Love Before"	Frank Loesser	3:49
9.	"Luck Be a Lady"	Loesser	3:31
10.	"With One Look"	Black Hampton Webber	3:32
11.	"The Man I Love"	Ira Gershwin George Gershwin	3:39
12.	"Move On"	Sondheim	5:24

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1993) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 37 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] 6 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 38 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 81 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 11 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 32 UK Albums (OCC)[12] 4 US Billboard 200[13] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1993) Position Canadian Albums (RPM)[14] 56 US Billboard 200[15] 56

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[16]	Gold	35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[17]	Platinum	100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[18]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[19]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

The album earned two nominations at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards:

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "The Music of the Night" (duet with Michael Crawford)

References

1. Back to Broadway at AllMusic
2. Greg Sandow (25 June 1993). "Back to Broadway (Entertainment Weekly Review)". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
3. Jones, Alan (3 July 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums" (PDF). Music Week. p. 23. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
4. Wood, Sam (29 June 1993). "Streisand is Brilliant with Broadway Tunes". Philadelphia Inquirer.
5. "Australiancharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
6. "Austriancharts.at – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
7. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2199". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
10. "Charts.nz – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
11. "Swedishcharts.com – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
12. "Barbra Streisand | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
13. "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
14. "The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
15. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
16. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1993 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
17. "Canadian album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway". Music Canada.
18. "British album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway". British Phonographic Industry.
19. "American album certifications – Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway". Recording Industry Association of America.