Barbara Cook
Totally Tovah; Cook at the Carlyle
In weeks this bad, there’s no underestimating the calming value of cabaret. Tovah Feldshuh’s master class in versatility at Feinstein’s is called “Tovah in a Nutshell.” She means it. She’s won awards as Tallulah Bankhead, Kate Hepburn and Golda Meir. Now you feel like she’s throwing a party in her own family room and you’re invited. The night I was there, so was the family. Like a talented kid goaded by her mom to show off, she can do everything. read more »
Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook, Broadway’s favorite Golden Age ingénue turned cabaret queen, perched on a couch in read more »
Dench, Smith Play Spicy Dames
The word "legend" is randomly kicked around so much these days that it seems to apply to just about read more »
Pretentious Pigs Don't Fly; Barbara Cook Simply Soars
Lee Breuer's epic investigation of the artist as a pig, Ecco Porco , is the kind of experimental pie read more »
Most Likely to Bomb … Neil Simon Should Sue
Most Likely to BombSuffering through Never Been Kissed and The Out-of-Towners on the same day (or an read more »









