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News Barbara Cook to Autograph New VHS/DVD at May 20 NYC Signing Tony Award winner Barbara Cook will autograph copies of her new VHS/DVD Mostly Sondheim May 20.

The 6 PM signing at the Lincoln Center Tower Records (Broadway and 66th Street) coincides with the first day of release for the new DVD/video, which was filmed live at the Pepsico Theatre at SUNY Purchase. Released on the KOCH Vision label, Barbara Cook Mostly Sondheim — Live in Concert salutes the songs of Stephen Sondheim as well as the tunes the award-winning composer has said he wished he had created.

Featuring Wally Harper as musical director, the DVD also boasts several bonus features: Cook's Master Class at the Kennedy Center (Aug. 14, 2001), an interview with the legendary singer, interactive menus, instant chapter access to songs and Cook's complete discography on DRG Records. The concert is digitally mastered with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, and the recording has a suggested retail price of $29.98 (DVD) or $19.98 (VHS).

Produced and directed by Jim Brown with executive producer Hugh Fordin, the complete track listing follows:

"Everybody Says Don't"
"Buds Won't Bud"
"I Wonder What Became of Me?"
"The Eagle and Me"
"I Had Myself a True Love"
"Another Hundred People"/"So Many People"
"In Buddy's Eyes"
"I Got Lost in His Arms"
"You Can't Get a Man With a Gun"
Medley: "Hard Hearted Hannah"/"Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"/"San Francisco"
"When in Rome (I Do As the Romans Do)"
"Happiness"
"Loving You"
"You Could Drive a Person Crazy"
"Send in the Clowns"
"Ice Cream"
"Not a Day Goes By"
"Losing My Mind"
"The Trolley Song"
"Anyone Can Whistle"

Cheered for her beautiful, crystal-clear soprano voice, Cook has starred on Broadway in Flahooley, Candide, The Gay Life, The Music Man (Tony Award) and She Loves Me. She received a 2002 Tony nomination for Best Special Theatrical Event for her Sondheim tribute, which she premiered at Carnegie Hall prior to extended engagements at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Cook will return to the Kennedy Center June 5-22 with a new concert program.

 
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