The New York Times raved, "Essential is precisely the word for Ms. Cook's contributions to the art of song in America and to the preservation of a true estimation of the legacy of the great Broadway composers and lyricists." Broadway's favorite ingénue in such "Golden Age" musicals as The Music Man, Candide and She Loves Me, Barbara Cook has cemented her reputation as one of popular music's greatest soprano voices. A recent Kennedy Center honoree, she is also a Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics Circle Award-winner and member of the Theatre Hall of Fame. Cook is the only pop singer to be presented by Metropolitan Opera and has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Boston Pops. In 2012-2013, she celebrates her 85th birthday with her long-awaited autobiography and a return to the Kennedy Center.
