Barbra Streisand Reportedly Feels Her ‘Performing Chapter Closed’ After Oscars: ‘Nothing Left to Prove’

Barbra Streisand may be moving on.

After the legendary singer and actress, 83, appeared at the 2026 Academy Awards on Sunday, March 15, and paid tribute to late The Way We Were costar Robert Redford by singing the film’s Oscar-winning theme song, a source told journalist Rob Shuter that performance may have been her last.

“She would rather be remembered at her best,” a source told Shuter for a Monday, March 16, post on his Naughty But Nice Substack. “Not compared to a version of herself from 50 years ago.”

According to the source, “You won’t see Barbra on tour again. For her, the performing chapter closed last night. It’s over.”

The Funny Girl star, who has been open about her stage fright throughout the years, “will never go out there just to collect a paycheck,” a source told Shuter.

“She doesn’t need the money,” the source added, “and she has nothing left to prove.”

Streisand starred opposite Redford — who died on September 16, 2025, in his sleep at age 89 — in the 1973 romance film.

While the Oscars audience applauded Streisand’s touching and emotional tribute, Jane Fonda wanted to know why she wasn’t offered the chance to speak about her late friend during the ceremony.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet at the Vanity Fair afterparty, Fonda — who did four films with Redford, including The Tall Story, The Chase, Barefoot in the Park and Our Souls at Night — asked, “I want to know how come Streisand was up there doing that for Redford?”

“She only made one movie with him, I made four!” she said lightheartedly. “I have more to say.”

Fonda explained that she “was always in love with [Redford],” adding that he was “the most gorgeous human being and [had] such great values.”

“And he did a lot for movies,” she said. “He really changed movies, lifted up independent movies.”