Broadway legend Barbara Cook coming to the Brooks Center

Published: August 23, 2012

Barbara Cook image by: Mike Martin

CLEMSON — Barbara Cook, who has been delighting audiences with her pure soprano tone and captivating stage presence for more than 50 years, is bringing her talent to Clemson’s Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6.

Ms. Cook made her Broadway debut in 1951 as the lead in the musical "Flahooley" and was honored 60 years later with a prestigious 2011 Kennedy Center Honors Award.

Her Broadway credits include "The Music Man," "The King and I," "Carousel," "Showboat" and "Candide." She's won Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics Circle awards, been named a "Living New York Landmark" and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.

Her recent return to the stage after a 23-year absence in the musical "Sondheim on Sondheim" for the Roundabout Theatre Company produced much critical acclaim and garnered another Tony Award nomination. 

Ticket prices for “An Evening with Barbara Cook” are $35 for adults and $20 for students. Tickets and information are available at www.clemson.edu/Brooks or by calling the box office at 864-656-7787 from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

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