Barbara Cook, accompanied by Wally Harper on piano, chats with host Jonathan Schwartz and sings highlights from her concerts in this rare program from 1984.
The delicious, the delightful, the devilish Barbara Cook...the voice of the century...a genius to the end...I heard here in Boston when she was in a wheelchair...and she sang a very contemporary love song that left me shattered in tears...will he like me? Oh yes, we liked you..we loved you.
what a gift to the world, met Miss Cook in 58 in the original Music Man production, I was 12, she was kind to us kids as to all the adults, giving woman. please stay with with us as long as you can
I love this so much, I've watched/listened to it about 6 times in the last week! (When I found it). I'm reading Barbara's memoir right now - Then and Now. Great stuff! Thank you, Mr. Eichler and BC -You are a true American Treasure. Rest with the Angels.
I love the way Barbara Cook sets the record straight on facts about her career. She is diplomatic but firm with the host. Thank you Alan for sharing this.
One of my First Broadway musical experiences… “the Music Man” … a Tuesday night, watching from a standing room only - with a box-office ticket, at the back of the theater orchestra seat barricade wall…! SOLD-OUT HOUSE…! in 1962, working, as a Warner Brothers film studio scenic artist, silently standing, watching Shirley Jones being filmed, singing her heart out… MEMORIES…!