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5 unusual facts about Barbara Cook


54 Below

It has hosted shows by such notable performers as Patti LuPone, Ben Vereen, Marilyn Maye, and Barbara Cook.

Jerome Courtland

In 1951 Courtland starred on Broadway as the romantic lead in the very short-lived musical, "Flahooley" with Barbara Cook.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Notable singers who have joined the orchestra for Broadway pops programs include Barbara Cook, Norm Lewis, and Brent Barrett.

Wally Harper

For three decades from the mid-1970s, he worked with Barbara Cook as pianist, music director and arranger.

Yvonne Constant

When she did The Gay Life with Barbara Cook, Yvonne got a New York Drama Critics Citation as one of the season’s Most Promising Actresses.


Anita Darian

She portrayed Lady Thiang in the 1960 revival of The King and I at New York City Center with Barbara Cook as Anna and Farley Granger as the King.

She has also performed and recorded several roles from musicals during her career, including Julie in excerpts from Show Boat, a recording she made for Columbia Masterworks in 1962 with John Raitt, Barbara Cook, and William Warfield.

Reseda, Los Angeles

The song "Errol Flynn", written by Amanda McBroom and performed by Barbara Cook on Cook's 1994 album Live from London, contains a reference to Reseda as the hometown of the singer and her actor father.


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