Basically, she arrived on Broadway in the 1950s and never left. After being the ingénue in Flahooley in 1951 and then starring in the original musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The ...

Barbara Cook died of respiratory failure on Tuesday morning, reports say Char Adams is a former reporter at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2019. Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has ...

SECOND UPDATE, Wednesday: Adding a rare video of Cook singing Janis Ian’s “Stars,” a song and interpretation that speaks volumes about this incomparable talent. Although the song falls outside her ...

NEW YORK — Tony Award-winning singer and actress Barbara Cook, a Broadway legend who portrayed an Amish girl in the original cast of "Plain and Fancy" — a musical that's credited with helping launch ...

In this book cover image released by Harper shows, "Then & Now," a memoir by Barbara Cook, with Thomas Santopietro. (Harper via AP) NEW YORK — Barbara Cook has won a Tony Award, a Grammy and she’s a ...

Barbara Cook spent last fall hopscotching the country with a series of dates, including gala 80th birthday concerts in Los Angeles, London and New York. Barbara Cook spent last fall hopscotching the ...

Artists who died this year left behind gripping scenes, profound turns of phrase, unforgettable melodies and plenty of laughter. We pay tribute to a few of the most notable — through their own words.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, editor of the site TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. Today we're devoting the show to Barbara Cook, the wonderfully talented Broadway star and ...

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. She was 89. Cook died early ...

NEW YORK (CBS News/AP) - Barbara Cook, one of Broadway's leading ingenues and later a major cabaret star, has died at age 89. Cook suffered respiratory failure Tuesday at her home in Manhattan, ...

Songbird Barbara Cook opened the spring season at the Café Carlyle with a show she dubbed "a different can of peas." In her new program, under the collective banner "Tribute," Cook pays homage to the ...