Barbara Cook in Concert will be offered May 16 at 8 PM at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse.
Cook will be the latest in Reprise Theatre Company's tradition of presenting Broadway stars and legendary entertainers in concert; previous artists include Patti LuPone, Carol Burnett, Sutton Foster, Ben Vereen, Kristin Chenoweth and Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Barbara Cook, a 2010 Tony nominee for her performance in Sondheim on Sondheim, has starred on Broadway in Flahooley, Candide, The Gay Life, The Music Man and She Loves Me. She received a Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony Award for her performance in The Music Man, and her one-woman show, Mostly Sondheim, was nominated for a Tony in the Best Special Theatrical Event category. Cook was also seen on the New York stage in Barbara Cook's Broadway. Both Mostly Sondheim and Barbara Cook's Broadway were recorded for DRG. Cook made her solo debut at the Metropolitan Opera, which was also released on DRG Records.
Tickets, priced $95-$195, go on sale Feb. 9 by calling (310) 825-2101 or by visiting www.reprise.org.
* Reprise Theatre Company is headed by rtistic artistic director Jason Alexander. Christine Bernardi Weil is managing director, and Gilles Chiasson is producing director.
