Barbara Cook and Eartha Kitt to Perform at the Cafe Carlyle

By: Feb. 03, 2006
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Two Broadway legends--Barbara Cook and Eartha Kitt--have joined the Cafe Carlyle's 2006 season line-up.

Cook will perform at the Cafe Carlyle--for years a New York landmark of style and sophistication--from March 1st through April 1st, while Kitt treat audiences to her show from April 4th through 29th.

Cook, who made her Broadway debut as the leading lady of 1951's Flahooley, received a Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony Award for her portrayal of Marian Paroo in the original production of The Music Man. She also originated the roles of Cunegonde in Candide and Amalia Balash in She Loves Me. Other Broadway credits include Plain and Fancy, The Gay Life, Any Wednesday and The Grass Harp. In the last few decades, the former ingenue has increasingly turned to the worlds of concert and cabaret. Mostly Sondheim was nominated for a Best Special Theatrical Event Tony in 2002, and in addition to Barbara Cook's Broadway (available on DRG along with Mostly Sondheim), she appeared in Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre. Her many albums include Count Your Blessings, It's Better with a Band, Oscar Winners: The Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II, Close as Pages in a Book, The Champion Season: Live at the Cafe Carlyle and Tribute. She recently made her Metropolitan Opera Debut with a solo concert.

Kitt, who will be honored with a Nightlife Legend Award at the 2006 New York Nightlife Awards at Town Hall on Monday, last appeared on Broadway in Nine. A two-time Tony Award-nominee for her performances in The Wild Party and Timbuktu!, she has also been seen on Broadway in Shinbone Alley, Mrs. Patterson and Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952. Perhaps best known to most audiences for her work as Catwoman on TV's "Batman" series, Kitt's film credits include The Emperor's New Groove, Harriet the Spy, Boomerang, Ernest Scared Stupid, Anna Lucasta and St. Louis Blues.  A respected singer, her albums include That Bad Eartha, Down to Eartha and Back in Business.

The Cafe Carlyle is currently playing host to Woody Allen & the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band (January 9th through April 24th) and will do so for German-born chanteuse Ute Lemper (February 7th-25th) for her show Blue Angels and Demons.

There is a $100 cover but no minimum for both Cook's and Kitt's shows.

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