Barbara Cook is Musical America's Vocalist of the Year
by BWW News Desk - Dec 19, 2006
Soprano Barbara Cook, who began 2006 by being the first female pop singer to be presented by the Metropolitan Opera when she made her solo concert debut at the MET in January, will end the year by being the first pop performer to be named Vocalist of the Year when Musical America, the international directory of the performing arts, presents its annual awards at Lincoln Center's Kaplan Penthouse on Wednesday, December 20
Cook and McDonald to Team Up for Paper Mill Benefit, 6/19
by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2006
On June 19th at 7:30 PM, Broadway legend Barbara Cook and four-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald will share the stage of the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ for the benefit evening Barbara Cook and Audra McDonald in Concert
Q&A with Composers & Lyricists Joe Drymala and Eric Svejcar
by Maya Cantu - Apr 23, 2006
Joe Drymala and Eric Svejcar aren't a songwriting team, but they have a few things in common besides the fact that they both write musicals. The songs of both men will be sung by performers such as Euan Morton, Robert Cuccioli, Tyler Maynard, Kate Wetherhead and Amanda Watkins on April 26th for their Stuck in the Zipper concert at the Zipper Theatre, and it's safe to say that both like to take risks with their shows...
FESTEN with Bryggman, Hayden, MacGraw and Margulies Begins Previews March 23 and Opens April 9 at Music Box Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Feb 9, 2006
Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.
Barbara Cook Releases New CD Tribute in Fall 2005
by BWW News Desk - Jul 18, 2005
In September 2005, Tony-winning Broadway legend Barbara Cook will release Tribute, a CD honoring Wally Harper and Bobby Short, as well as favorite composers such as Harold Arlen and Arthur Schwartz
Roundabout presents Passion Play on Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Jan 11, 2005
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents the new Broadway production of Peter Nichol's drama Passion Play, directed by Mark Brokaw at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street). Previews begin on April 15th, 2005 and opens officially on May 4th, 2005. This is a limited engagement through July 3rd, 2005.