SECOND UPDATE, Wednesday: Adding a rare video of Cook singing Janis Ian’s “Stars,” a song and interpretation that speaks volumes about this incomparable talent. Although the song falls outside her usual Broadway ken, it is her story, and this cover captures so much about the star.
UPDATE, 1:45 PM: The marquees of…
A Broadway farewell to Doris Roberts will be held Monday, May 16. The tribute to the Emmy-winning actress and stage veteran, to be held at the Ambassador Theatre on West 49th Street, will be hosted by Everybody Loves Raymond star Ray Romano. The program, which will be open to the public, will include a special…
UPDATE to EXCLUSIVE with confirmation: Barbara Cook Then And Now, a show that unites the acclaimed Broadway star with two equally legendary Broadway creatives — author-director James Lapine and director-choreographer Tommy Tune — will not open this spring as planned, I’ve learned. The show, which was to have begun…
Barbara Cook, indelibly River City librarian Marian Paroo opposite Robert Preston own Broadway in The Music Man and Cunegonde in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, will return to the stage next month to share the stories and songs that shaped her life and career in Barbara Cook: Then and Now, described as “a candid and…