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Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid ...
Barbara Cook is best-loved and remembered for her work on the Broadway stage. An amazing singer and refreshingly impulsive actress, she made her debut at age 23 in the musical "Flahooley". Roles in "Plain and Fancy" and, the most famous flop of all time, "Candide" followed.
Aug 8, 2017 · Barbara Cook, a lyric soprano whose rousing songs and romantic ballads touched America’s heart in an odyssey that began in the golden age of Broadway musicals, overcame alcoholism, depression...
Aug 8, 2017 · Barbara Cook, whose shimmering soprano made her one of Broadway's leading ingenues and later a major cabaret and concert interpreter of popular American song, has died.
Aug 11, 2017 · On a flight home to New York last week, the jazz musician John Pizzarelli received a text message saying that Barbara Cook, the 89-year-old star of Broadway and cabaret, was in failing health.
Barbara Cook is best-loved and remembered for her work on the Broadway stage. An amazing singer and refreshingly impulsive actress, she made her debut at age 23 in the musical "Flahooley". Roles in "Plain and Fancy" and, the most famous flop of all time, "Candide" followed.
Dec 19, 2017 · Bidding Adieu to That Wondrous Songbird Barbara Cook. Barbara Cook at Carnegie Hall in 2012, at a concert celebrating her 85th birthday. Robert Caplin for The New York Times. At the tribute...
Aug 8, 2017 · From the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and the Met (when she became the first female pop singer to be presented by the Metropolitan Opera in that company long history), to the Cafe Carlyle and the recording studio, Barbara Cook makes every performance as personal as a sweet whisper among friends.
Aug 8, 2017 · Tony Award-winning actress and singer Barbara Cook, an ingénue in Broadway's Golden Age — during the 1950s and '60s — who later transformed herself into a concert and cabaret star, has...
Aug 8, 2017 · Barbara Cook, whose shimmering soprano made her one of Broadway‘s leading ingenues and later a major cabaret and concert interpreter of popular American song, has died. She was 89.
