Singer, actor and Broadway star who reinvented herself on the cabaret circuitThere are few musical theatre careers that divide as sharply into two parts as did that of Barbara Cook, who has died aged 89. She was a fine lyrical soprano on Broadway in the 1950s and 60s, only to succumb to alcoholism, depression and obesity in the 70s, before returning in triumph as the pre-eminent cabaret singer of the late 20th centur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM on August 9, 2017