This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies in for Terry Gross. Our guest, Barbara Cook, has had two illustrious careers. The first was when she starred on Broadway in the original productions of "Candide," ...

In an era dominated by belt-driven spectacle, coloratura soprano Lindsey Johr honors the artistry of Barbara Cook — one of Broadway’s most luminous interpreters of the American songbook. Praised for ...

Barbara Cook, one of Broadway’s leading ingenues and cabaret performers, has passed away in her Manhattan home, her representative said Tuesday. She was 89. Amanda Kaus told WNBC that Cook died of ...

In 2016, at age 88, Barbara Cook published a memoir titled Then & Now —a warm yet unflinching account of her long and fascinating life, including her darkest moments as a child and an adult. After ...

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This week's Piano Jazz from 1998 remembers lyric soprano Barbara Cook, a Broadway star, staple of the New York cabaret scene and favorite of... Barbara Cook On Piano Jazz This week's Piano Jazz ...

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Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 - August 08, 2017) was an American singer and actress who first came to prominence in the 1950s after starring in the original Broadway musicals Candide (1956) and The ...