Possible Clues:

• Movie with Barbra as Anshel
• Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Yeshiva Boy"
• She lived most of her life as a male named Anshel
• Streisand film about a Jewish girl masquerading as a boy
• Barbra Streisand title role
• 1983 Oscar-winning film for Best Original Song Score
• Musical gender bender
• 1983 title character who sings "Where Is It Written?"
• '___ the Yeshiva Boy' (Isaac Bashevis Singer story)
• Gender-bending Streisand role