Barbara Cook at Carnegie Hall

[broadfan327]

Posted: 10/19/12 at 12:29am

I saw her concert tonight. She was in fine voice, but she did jazzy tunes, no theater songs. She said she will continue to sing jazz songs for awhile in our future concerts.

[Miranda3]

Posted: 10/19/12 at 1:08pm

No review in NYT today of her concert. I thought Stephen Holden would review it. Maybe tomorrow? I saw that Josh Groban was one of her guests.

[broadfan327]

Posted: 10/19/12 at 1:49pm

Yes, she had some surprise guests. She had artists serenade her after she was done performing. One was Susan Graham, another was a couple I don't know who they are, another is a composer I never heard of, and Josh Groban. They all sang one song. The reason I didn't post it is I don't know the title of the song he sang, I believe it was a Sondheim song though. It would be instantly recognizable to anyone here but me...

[hsrdmd]

Posted: 10/19/12 at 1:54pm

He sang Not While I'm Around

[JJC]

Posted: 10/19/12 at 4:13pm

Susan Graham, Josh Groban, John Pizzarelli Help Barbara Cook Celebrate 85th Birthday at Carnegie Hall

http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/10-2012/susan-graham-josh-groban-john-pizzarelli-help-barb_63469.html
Barbara Cook at 85!

[JJC]

Posted: 10/20/12 at 6:25am

October 19, 2012
Still in the Game, and Still So Passionate to Play

Barbara Cook's 85th Birthday Concert at Carnegie HallBy STEPHEN HOLDEN
Still in the Game

[After Eight]

Posted: 10/20/12 at 8:32am

Loved her performance. Her birthday cake looks delicious, too.

[Miranda3]

Posted: 10/20/12 at 3:11pm

JJC: Thanks for posting the wonderful Holden review. I just saw that BC is coming out west in February. Will see her then. I hope it's a a similarly semi-jazz-based show. I love how she is still reinventing.

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 10/21/12 at 12:16am

I first saw Barbara in THE GAY LIFE as a kid the weekend it was closing in 1962. Seeing her at 85 was an amazing experience, and she can sing jazz or anything she wants to and is still amazing.

God bless her!

[Miranda3]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 2:44pm

Link below is to a 10/16 Wall Street Journal interview with Barbara Cook about her life after Broadway. She mentions in the article that she's a late-night YouTube addict.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443675404578058393567715604.html

[PatrickDennis92]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 2:53pm

At the performance, she spent quite a bit of time saying how addicted to YouTube she was-- I loved it. She also mentioned a song she wanted to sing that she found on YouTube, but decided not to sing it at Carnegie Hall-- "If My Nose Was Runnin' Money, I'd Blow It All On You"...

[Miranda3]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 3:07pm

Patrick: She probably could have carried it off, right? I watch her Melbourne performance of "It's Not Where You Start" on YouTube often. It's a full orchestra version that I prefer to the different one I have on disc.

[PatrickDennis92]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 4:22pm

Should could have totally pulled it off. Is the recording you have of "It's Not Where You Start" from her performance at the Met? I quite like that one.

[Miranda3]

Posted: 10/22/12 at 7:56pm

Patrick: The one I have on disc is from "Barbara Cook's Broadway," a live Lincoln Center performance. I like it a lot, but I just like the Melbourne version of that one song better with the full orchestra. However, in the live performance, I love her between-song stories and comments. She is very funny and is self-deprecating at the same time that she seems very confident and self-aware.