I first fell in love with Barbara Cook when I was a small child and was taken to see Plain and Fancy. What I remember to this day from that show is Barbara Cook coming onstage in a turquoise Lincoln Continental. The car had a black leather interior and she was dressed to match - turquoise sheath dress with black shoes, belt and hat. It was my ideal picture of what being a grown-up woman should be like (still is). Even though, I saw her many times after that and realized what a beautiful voice she possesses, that picture of her has never left my mind.
Well, last night I had the privilege of seeing Barbara Cook at Las Vegas' astonishingly terrific Smith Center for the Performing Arts. She was in the Cabaret Jazz space, an intimate theater where the audience sits at cafe tables for four. It has the feel of what I imagine a 1940s supper club was like.
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