Social Roundup: Broadway Mourns the Passing of Barbara Cook
By: Alan Henry Aug. 08, 2017
Rest In Peace, Barbara Cook. We all just wanted to be you. #TwoCunegondes #IWillMissHer #Heartbroken pic.twitter.com/coBbfzikr0
— Kristin Chenoweth (@KChenoweth) August 8, 2017
Thank you Barbara Cook for the beautiful songs, the indelible characters, and the masterful storytelling. Heaven must sound glorious today.
— Ben Platt (@BenSPLATT) August 8, 2017
So sad to read this! One of the truly great artists & lovely being! Legendary Barbara Cook Has Passed Away at 89 https://t.co/Z979NOGkQY
— Betty Buckley (@BettyBuckley) August 8, 2017
Just audibly gasped as I read this. A true legend. Iconic, exquisite, inspiring. RIP, Barbara Cook. https://t.co/hi02X4Ylkn
— Samantha Massell (@smassellsings) August 8, 2017
.@LauraBenanti on the passing of Barbara Cook. pic.twitter.com/LFa60FTxL5
— Deraney PR (@DeraneyPR) August 8, 2017
Rest In Peace, Barbara Cook. https://t.co/OQcqHFPUwc
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) August 8, 2017
A friend. A mentor. A master. I will forever be grateful for the warmth she showed me on and off the stage. Rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/mAacqH0z3U
— josh groban (@joshgroban) August 8, 2017
Goodnight, my someone. ?? pic.twitter.com/X9C2v7ZV3N
— Tim Federle (@TimFederle) August 8, 2017
Here's to your illusions. Farewell to a true Broadway legend. RIP Barbara Cook.
— Jim Byk (@jimbyk) August 8, 2017
Rest in Peace, Barbara Cook. We will miss you dearly. pic.twitter.com/oY6C6mhb82
— The Tony Awards (@TheTonyAwards) August 8, 2017
We lost a legend today. A beautiful legend. Rest in Peace, #BarbaraCook. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us. https://t.co/DIWilz6K7g
— Drama Book Shop (@dramabookshop) August 8, 2017
Brilliant artist. Kind artist. Beautiful human. RIP ???? https://t.co/lp78jwopUF
— Bebe Neuwirth (@BebeNeuwirth) August 8, 2017
It's a VERY SAD day :(
— RichardJay-Alexander (@rja_tkydky) August 8, 2017
So many memories of a remarkable career.
R.I.P. Ms. Barbara Cook. https://t.co/qqh8GTukj0
RIP Barbara Cook: legend, icon, + inspiration. Her voice will leave the angels speechless + her stories will have them forever enthralled. pic.twitter.com/Iu9bvvUzTb
— Stephanie Styles (@StefunnyStyles) August 8, 2017
If your Able to be yourself then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence -Barbara Cook ?
— Shanice Williams (@LuvbeingShanice) August 8, 2017
RIP Barbara Cook. Simply the best.
— Liz Callaway (@LizGoesOn) August 8, 2017
My 2005 "Downstage Center" interview with the late Barbara Cook. https://t.co/5vAUzKc33B
— Howard Sherman (@HESherman) August 8, 2017
We remember the legendary Barbara Cook.
— DKC/O&M (@OMDKC) August 8, 2017
Oh no Barbara Cook. ??
— Robbie Rozelle (@divarobbie) August 8, 2017
A true legend. Rest well, Barbara Cook. pic.twitter.com/AZvMIxbA4f
— Music Theatre Int. (@mtishows) August 8, 2017
The irreplaceable Barbara Cook has left us. We sang together and laughed together and she was a genuine #BroadwayLegend. #RIPBarbaraCook
— Michael Ball OBE (@mrmichaelball) August 8, 2017
BroadwayWorld was deeply saddened to report the passing of legendary performer Barbara Cook. This is an enormous loss for Broadway, the golden age of television and the music world.
Last year, Barbara Cook's anticipated autobiography, Barbara Cook: THEN AND NOW, was released by HarperCollins Publishers. Cook's companion off-Broadway production of the same name -- originally slated to run at New World Stages -- was postponed due to the "undue pressure and stress" of going straight from writing the memoir to rehearsals and this year the star's son announced her retirement.
Broadway industry professionals and stars immediately took to social media to mourn the passing of Cook.
See some of the reactions below...
"After my glorious experience with Barbara Cook in She Loves Me, we became lifelong friends. Barbara was a superb singer, a fine actress and, as a person, the soul of candor. I'll miss her in all three capacities." - Sheldon Harnick, composer.
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