For twenty years he has played with and arranged for Betty Buckley, a Broadway legend.
His regional theatre credits include The Baker's Wife (Baker), Gypsy (Herbie opposite Betty Buckley), The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Paper Mill Playhouse), A Class Act, Radio Gals (Pasadena Playhouse), Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye in six productions), Fiorello!, and She Loves Me (Reprise! L.A.).
Cook withdrew after three weeks of performances and was replaced when the show transferred to Broadway by Betty Buckley, who had appeared in the original film as Carrie's gym teacher.
Playbill's first artists signed were Broadway veterans Brian Stokes Mitchell and Betty Buckley.
A woman named Suzanne Fitzgerald (Betty Buckley) comes to visit, claiming to be his birth mother.
SMC perform several regularly scheduled concerts each year, regularly hosting celebrity guests such as Kathy Najimy, Kelli O'Hara, Betty Buckley and Debbie Reynolds, to name but a few.
A team of doctors tell Billy and his mother Nancy (Betty Buckley) that there is no cure for his condition and that he will die of old age related natural causes decades before his time.
Ugly Betty | Jeff Buckley | Betty Grable | Betty Boop | Betty White | Betty Foss | Tim Buckley | Betty Hutton | Betty Friedan | Buckley | Betty Shabazz | Betty Buckley | Atomic Betty | William F. Buckley, Jr. | Betty Comden | Lord Buckley | Betty Smith | Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley | Buckley (surname) | Betty White's Off Their Rockers | Betty Kaplan | Betty Holberton | Betty Ford | Betty Crocker | Betty Compson | Betty Castor | Betty Balfour | William F. Buckley, Jr | William F. Buckley | G. B. Buckley |
The opening night cast of the Broadway production starred George Rose, Cleo Laine, John Herrera, Howard McGillin, Patti Cohenour, and Jana Schneider, who were all nominated for 1986 Tony Awards for their performances, as well as Betty Buckley in the title role.