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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.
Mit ihrer Sopranstimme verkörperte sie am Broadway oft das Rollenfach der jungen Naiven. Cook trat bis Mitte der 1970er Jahre in Musicals und im Michael’s Pub auf. Danach war sie vorwiegend als Konzert-Sängerin in eigenen Personality-Shows zu hören. Zudem nahm sie zahlreiche Schallplatten auf.
8. Aug. 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,...
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.
8. Aug. 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.
8. Aug. 2017 · She was 89. This honey blonde with a honey-colored voice whose textures thickened and darkened over the years poured out a lifetime of accumulated emotional wisdom at once farsighted and...
11. Aug. 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.
