Barbara Cook's Broadway!

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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
As of 2004, 76-year-old Barbara Cook was 30 years into her second career as a nightclub and concert performer. Her first career, as a musical comedy performer, had run for the preceding 26 years, dating back to her arrival in New York in 1948 at age 20. Barbara Cook's Broadway!, which ran during the spring of 2004 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in Lincoln Center, was in some ways a musical autobiography for the performer, who described her career to the audience, touching upon many of the shows in which she had appeared and singing songs from them, notably "Till There Was You" from The Music Man she was in the original production, "Mister Snow" from Carousel she was in...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
As of 2004, 76-year-old Barbara Cook was 30 years into her second career as a nightclub and concert performer. Her first career, as a musical comedy performer, had run for the preceding 26 years, dating back to her arrival in New York in 1948 at age 20. Barbara Cook's Broadway!, which ran during the spring of 2004 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in Lincoln Center, was in some ways a musical autobiography for the performer, who described her career to the audience, touching upon many of the shows in which she had appeared and singing songs from them, notably "Till There Was You" from The Music Man she was in the original production, "Mister Snow" from Carousel she was in several revivals, "In Buddy's Eyes" from Follies she was in a concert version, and four songs from She Loves Me she was in the original production. But Cook did not restrict her song choices to shows she did on-stage. Rather, she surveyed the Broadway musicals of the 1940s, '50s, '60s, and '70s for songs that traced her journey, reflected on her maturity, or were just songs she liked and hadn't done before. Age was the subject of such selections as "It's Not Where You Start" from Seesaw, "Among My Yesterdays" from The Happy Time, and "Wait Till We're Sixty-Five" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. There was a middle section devoted to love songs, often of an unusual nature, such as "It's A Perfect Relationship" from Bells Are Ringing and "The Gentleman Is a Dope" from Allegro, leading up to the She Loves Me medley. And Cook closed the show with an increasingly dark section, including a medley of Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do?" and what she appropriately called perhaps Jerry Herman's best song, "Time Heals Everything." By the time she got to "The Party's Over" from Bells Are Ringing, the set had taken an unflinching look at death. But as usual, Cook's stage remarks were amusing and entertaining, so the show was never maudlin. And, as usual, even in her eighth decade, she was a wonderful singer, retaining much of her vocal quality along with a veteran's sense of interpretation and presentation. Barbara Cook's Broadway! had a valedictory quality, suggesting it was the singer's concluding look at her career and the music of her era. If so, it was a fitting capper to that career, as accomplished as any of her previous efforts.
Entertainment Weekly - Melissa Rose Bernardo
Cook may be 76, but that voice is positively ageless. (A)
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/25/2004
  • Label: Drg
  • UPC: 021471148428
  • Catalog Number: 91484

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Barbara Cook Primary Artist
Wally Harper Piano
Peter Donovan Bass
Technical Credits
Stephen Sondheim Composer
Irving Berlin Composer
Cy Coleman Composer
Richard Rodgers Composer
Sheldon Harnick Composer
Jerry Herman Composer
Kander Composer
Jerry Bock Composer
Betty Comden Composer
Dorothy Fields Composer
Hugh Fordin Producer
Adolph Green Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II Composer
Burton Lane Composer
Alan Jay Lerner Composer
Alan Silverman Mastering
Jule Styne Composer
Meredith Willson Composer
David Zippel Composer
Cynthia Daniels Engineer, Liner Note Producer
Frederick Loewe Composer
Bob Merrill Composer
Wally Harper Arranger, Music Direction
Fred Ebb Composer
Graciela Daniele Creative Consultant
Jim Luigs Composer
Charles Isherwood Liner Notes
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Barbara Cook - Ageless Knockout

    If you saw this show at NY's Lincoln Center, you will be amazed at how perfectly the producers of the CD captured Ms. Cook's performance for posterity. If you did not see the show, you will feel as if you are there in the audience and in the palm of Ms. Cook's hand. Also listen and appreciate the accompaniment of Wally Harper, who sadly, died after the CD was released. A big loss for Ms. Cook and her fans, but this CD, in addition to being a great showcase for Ms. Cook's talents, turns out to be a wonderful tribute to Mr. Harper's as well.

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