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Barbara Cook

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Barbara Cook: I Couldn't Wait To Leave Atlanta!

    I used to swing by Atlanta now and then and loved the drag bars and the big gay dance club, not to mention the chance to flounce my New York derriere around the hoity-toity Peachtree Plaza. But legendary singer Barbara Cook had a much worse time there. Barbara is performing "Let's Fall in Love," a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    The Best Country Song Titles of All Time

    Classic singer Barbara Cook read off a bunch of them at her Feinstein's at Loews Regency performance last night, as the crowd howled with laughter. Here are some of the all-time best, according to Barbara: "If My Nose Was Running Money, I'd Blow It All on You"

  • Columns

    September 15, 2010
  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Can Rod Stewart Sing?

    ​I've been tellling you about the wonderful Barbara Cook and the saucy stuff she says in her show with Michael Feinstein at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency. Well, among other things, she talks about losing the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album to Rod Stewart, of all people, back in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Barbara Cook Disses Catherine Zeta-Jones

    Rebecca Davis​I was at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency last night to see Michael Feinstein and Barbara Cook do their wonderful show, Cheek to Cheek. (I'll have more about it in the next column.) And I was delighted to see Cook radiating more of a feisty personality than I've ever known her t ... More >>

  • Theater

    August 4, 2010

    Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch Brighten the Starshine of A Little Night Music

    Stephen Sondheim devotees get a little more of what they've been missing

  • Theater

    May 18, 2010

    Welcome to NYC's Hidden Golden Age of Theater

    In New York theater today, what's not imported is what's underrated

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    2010 Tonys: Nominations Announced, Big on Idiot Material

    ​The 2010 Tony nominations are out, and the yearly ceremony that becomes more and more designed to persuade people from anywhere but New York City to spend money on theater is soon to follow. The idea behind the Tonys is simply to get Broadway to appeal to the rest of America in a big, fancy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    My Tony Nomination Predictions!

    ​In case you live for the nominations like I do (and by the way, they'll be announced tomorrow morning), here are my guesses. Disclaimer: I'm at a disadvantage. I actually saw the shows!

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Which Celebs Get The Most Stage Door Fans?

    ​The other night, I passed by the stage door for Promises, Promises and saw scads of people lined up to get autographs and photos of Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth after the show. Meanwhile, movie star Catherine Zeta-Jones (along with Angela Lansbury) pulls in throngs of stage door Johnnies ... More >>

  • Theater

    April 27, 2010

    American Idiot, Sondheim on Sondheim, Promises, Promises Lack Luster

    ​The other night, I passed by the stage door for Promises, Promises and saw scads of people lined up to get autographs and photos of Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth after the show. Meanwhile, movie star Catherine Zeta-Jones (along with Angela Lansbury) pulls in throngs of stage door Johnnies ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 27, 2010

    The Duchess of York Speaks Out About the Queen

    Living high with Sondheim. Other heroes include Sean Hayes, Denzel. On the other hand, Kelsey Grammer . . .

  • Voice Choices

    March 16, 2010

    RAISING THE BAR?

    Sondheim on Sondheim at Studio 54

  • Voice Choices

    June 10, 2009

    Barbara Cook

    Sondheim on Sondheim at Studio 54

  • Theater

    January 1, 2008

    Barbara Cook, Music and Lyrics

    Silvery tones for a golden age of Broadway singing—past, pleasant, and future

  • Music

    April 24, 2007

    Cabaretland With Uncle Aldervan

    Silvery tones for a golden age of Broadway singing—past, pleasant, and future

  • Theater

    April 19, 2005

    Theater

    Silvery tones for a golden age of Broadway singing—past, pleasant, and future

  • Theater

    March 23, 2004

    Theater

    Silvery tones for a golden age of Broadway singing—past, pleasant, and future

  • Theater

    February 26, 2002

    Singing Seniors

    Silvery tones for a golden age of Broadway singing—past, pleasant, and future

  • Theater

    December 25, 2001

    Harlem Tuner Thwarts Mob

    Silvery tones for a golden age of Broadway singing—past, pleasant, and future

  • Theater

    August 7, 2001

    Now Hear Disc

    A Blizzard of CDs Puts Some New Spins on Show Music Style

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