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| Singing to Barbara Cook in her final days | |
| Posted by: clb1016 11:54 am EDT 08/11/17 | |
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| From the NYT: | |
| Link | https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/theater/barbara-cook-death.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news |
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| re: Singing to Barbara Cook in her final days | |
| Posted by: Naughty_Rob 01:59 pm EDT 08/11/17 | |
| In reply to: Singing to Barbara Cook in her final days - clb1016 11:54 am EDT 08/11/17 | |
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| Thank you for posting. Make me cry a little! Rest In Peace |
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| re: Singing to Barbara Cook in her final days Just beautiful | |
| Posted by: Duke1979 12:13 pm EDT 08/11/17 | |
| In reply to: Singing to Barbara Cook in her final days - clb1016 11:54 am EDT 08/11/17 | |
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| As is the tribute that Stephen Holden wrote in the Times. It wasn't just the purity of her voice that made her so special but the fact that everything she sang got straight to the emotional core of the song. Whether it was Accentuate the Positive or In Buddy's Eyes the truth of the song always emerged. I count myself very lucky to have seen her in concert many times. | |
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| re: Singing to Barbara Cook in her final days Just beautiful | |
| Posted by: mlop 12:48 pm EDT 08/11/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Singing to Barbara Cook in her final days Just beautiful - Duke1979 12:13 pm EDT 08/11/17 | |
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| I am sitting here reading that piece and bawling. that's Barbara for you. It is a way to go, not with everyone sobbing but filling with happiness and music. I gratefully thank her for being and how kind she was, and the early days those special phone calls of to go into cabaret or not. Thank God she listened and made everyone enjoy her talent and wound up with a beautiful life and so many special friends and fans. She is still with us and always will ... and is making heaven more beautiful. I lost three special people in my life within a year, Marni Nixon and Florence Henderson who I have known forever. Sadly my Christmas Card List is getting smaller. | |
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| re: Singing to Barbara Cook in her final days Just beautiful | |
| Posted by: theaterguy 03:55 pm EDT 08/11/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Singing to Barbara Cook in her final days Just beautiful - mlop 12:48 pm EDT 08/11/17 | |
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| Here's another piece on why Cook sent chills with her truthful singing. It also includes her remark about Catherine Zeta-Jones' Tony win. | |
| Link | https://www.wmagazine.com/story/barbara-cook-dead-remembrance-broadway-great |
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| 2010 Best Actress in a Musical Tony Nominees | |
| Posted by: Whistler 02:34 am EDT 08/12/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Singing to Barbara Cook in her final days Just beautiful - theaterguy 03:55 pm EDT 08/11/17 | |
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| So who did deserve it over Zeta-Jones? The nominees: Kate Baldwin, Finian's Rainbow Montego Glover, Memphis Christiane Noll, Ragtime Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music |
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| re: 2010 Best Actress in a Musical Tony Nominees | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 04:44 am EDT 08/12/17 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 04:41 am EDT 08/12/17 | |
| In reply to: 2010 Best Actress in a Musical Tony Nominees - Whistler 02:34 am EDT 08/12/17 | |
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| One, Barbara Cook was billed above the title of ''Sondheim on Sondheim.'' She should've competed for Leading; the Tonys bumped her to Featured. Two, Montego Glover should've won Best Actress in a Musical for ''Memphis,'' hands-down. She had a number of killer solos, including ''Colored Woman.'' Whereas, Catherine Zeta-Jones had but one solo, ''Send in the Clowns,'' which she performed poorly on the Tony telecast. Interestingly, Glover and Zeta-Jones tied for Best Actress at the Outer Critics Circle. And then tied again at the Drama Desks. (I don't believe that's ever happened before.) Since ''Memphis,'' I don't think Glover's gotten the kind of roles she deserves. But I'm happy she'll join ''Hamilton'' as Angelica in September. (Meantime, her ''Memphis'' co-star, Chad Kimball, who was equally Tony-worthy, has found a home in the Tony-winning ''Come From Away.'') |
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