Barbara Cook

Birthplace Atlanta, USA Musical Theatre Lead roles in Flahooley, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Gay Life, The Grass Harp, The King and I, Showboat, Gorky's Enemies Created roles HIlda Miller in Plain and Fancy, Cunegonde in Candide, Marian the Librarian in The Music Man, Amalia in She Loves Me, Patsy in Little Murders Concert, cabaret and recordings Barbara Cook at Carnagie Hall live recording, recently re-released by Sony records, It's Better with a Band at Carnagie Hall, Follies in Concert with New York Philharmonic Orchestra, eight original cast albums, two Ben Bagley albums of songs by Jerome Kern and George Gershwin, her most recent DRG recordings also include Close as Pages in a Book, featuring the lyrics of Dorothy Fields; Barbara Cook: Live from London; Oscar Winners: The Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein; All I Ask of You and The Champion Season: A Salute to Gower Champion and the Grammy nominated Count Your Blessings, a collection of traditional Christmas songs Accolades Tony Award for her performance in The Music Man, Olivier Award nominated for her one woman show at London's Albery Theatre, Drama Desk Award for her Broadway show A Concert for the Theatre English National Ballet Strictly Gershwin is Ms Cook's debut with English National Ballet Other info Ms Cook has performed at the White House for presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton, Ms Cook was one of the only American performers chosen to perform at the Sydney Olympics 2000 Arts Festival in the fabled Sydney Opera House, Ms Cook can also be heard as the voice of Thumbelina's mother in the Warner Bros animated film with music by Barry Manilow Further information at www.barbaracook.com