'Tribute' Barbara Cook in cabaret from the 12 - 30 Apr 2005

Caf� Carlyle, continues to celebrate its 50th Anniversary season with the return engagement of cabaret and concert artist Barbara Cook, in a three-week engagement from the 12 - 30 Apr 2005.

With Tribute, Ms. Cook, will open her musical treasure chest to offer a program of gems she has sung throughout her illustrious 50 year career, as well as a few newly discovered jewels. Ms. Cook will be accompanied on piano by her musical director Michael Kosarin and Peter Donovan on bass.

Barbara Cook made her Broadway debut in 1951 in the musical 'Flahooley', which was followed by 'Carousel' and in 'Plain and Fancy', 'Candide', 'The Music Man' (Tony Award), 'She Loves Me!' (Drama Desk Award). To name a few of her Broadway and off Broadway appearances.

In 1975 she made a legendary Carnegie Hall debut which was preserved as the live recording, 'Barbara Cook at Carnegie Hall'. With her collaborator and musical director, the late Wally Harper, she embarked on a second career as a concert and cabaret artist returning to perform at Carnegie Hall five times.

A Grammy Award winner, her recordings include eight original Broadway cast albums, two Ben Bagley albums of songs by Jerome Kern and George Gershwin, an album entitled 'Songs of Perfect Propriety', featuring poems by Dorothy Parker set to music by Seymour Barab, 'As Of Today' (Columbia) and 'The Disney Album' (MCA). Her most recent recordings for DRG Records are: 'Count Your Blessings', 'Barbara Cook's Broadway' and 'Mostly Sondheim'.