Urban Myths: When Joan Kissed Barbra
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Arts
- 2020
- 1 episode
Comedy based on Joan Rivers's recollections of a play she starred in with Barbra Streisand. Also features Katherine Ryan, Jessica Barden, Laurie Kynaston, Debbie Chazen, Ed Gaughan and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2020
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Katherine Ryan, Jessica Barden, Laurie Kynaston, Debbie Chazen, Ed Gaughan, Linal Haft and Joe Gallina
- Writer
- Sue Perkins
- Director
- Sue Perkins
- Producers
- Amber Howorth, Heather Greenwood, Benjamin Turner, Morwenna Gordon, Carolyn Parry Jones, James Corden, Ben Winston, Leo Pearlman and Gabe Turner
- Company
This episode is based on Joan Rivers's recollections of a play she starred in with Barbra Streisand. Streisand has remained tight-lipped about the whole experience.
A sixteen-year-old Barbra Streisand is in rehearsals for Driftwood, an off-Broadway play, when a woman, dressed head to toe in fur, bursts through the door. She's Joan Molinsky, although the world will soon come to know her as Joan Rivers.
Joan is failing as a club comic and wants to turn her hand to more serious artistic pursuits. Unfortunately, the only part available is 'Man in Black', which Joan blithely demands is gender-swapped to 'Woman in Black'. Joan hasn't bothered to read the play, and therefore doesn't realise that the 'Woman in Black' and Barbra's character, Lorna, have a love scene together.
Additional details
- Part of
- Also known as
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- Urban Myths: Joan Rivers And Barbra Streisand
- When Barbra Kissed Joan (Working title)
- Production setting
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 14th October 2020 at 10pm on Sky Arts
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Most recent repeats
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- Friday 28th March 2025 at 2:45am on Sky Arts
- Tuesday 11th April 2023 at 1:00am on Sky Arts
- Wednesday 14th September 2022 at 2:15am on Sky Arts