Intelligence still exists! Great interview with sensitive questions asked and received honestly by a truly great leading lady. I got to know Babara Cook and will treasure my recordings of her even more. The voice of musical theatre.
You may not have Judy’s vocal range, but you have her emotional range. This is in the present tense because you live on through RUclips and your recordings.
It's too bad that Barbara Cook chose to whitewash the Carrie debacle instead of holding it up for what it was-a truly noble failure. Her version of "When There's No One," seemingly available now only on bootlegs and dim RUclips videos, remains definitive. Written especially for her, it is so clearly tailored to her particular strengths. Even if you prefer Betty Buckley or Marin Mazzie or someone else, you can't listen to their versions without somehow hearing in the background Barbara's floated high notes. That's how indelibly she can claim ownership of the song. Carrie is a bad show with a bad book, and it can't be fixed without dropping the half of the score that doesn't involve Carrie or Margaret. Barbara could have come to terms with the show's flop status, included "When There's No One" in her concerts, and we would all have been richer for it. But that's just should-a, would-a, could-a. Gore and Pitchford were interviewed in Stars in the House and it's clear how bitter they were with people they blame for Carrie's failure, Barbara included. (Listen to it and count how many times Michael Gore referred to the "German producer.") It's hard to blame her for just wanting to put the experience behind her. Barbara was one of the greats. I miss her. On another note: Linda Winer laughing at "Death is always a surprise" is so horrifyingly inappropriate. What a fool.
I found myself similarly uncomfortable with the interviewer's questions and was reminded of Jiminy Glick (or Skip E. Lowe) as she assumed certain answers or, worse yet, brought up the subject of weight gain. Cook handled it so well and even pointed out how tiresome it became during interviews after she launched her cabaret career. I'll need to watch it again, but it seemed Winer didn't get the hint... : (
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Intelligence still exists! Great interview with sensitive questions asked and received honestly by a truly great leading lady.
I got to know Babara Cook and will treasure my recordings of her even more. The voice of musical theatre.
She is such a legend !
A great star
Sadly, Barbara Cook passed August 2017. The interviewer Linda Winer 'resigned' as a theater critic April 2017.
Winer's shows are being replayed on an irregular schedule here on WNYE-TV. Barbara's work is constantly being replayed at my house.
The last book show Cook did was actually "Carrie". It's interesting that she completely wipes it from her history. She clearly hated it that much!
You may not have Judy’s vocal range, but you have her emotional range.
This is in the present tense because you live on through RUclips and your recordings.
Totally professional.
The interviewer needs to know that she is not the subject of the interview,
Wish she had asked how she became involved in Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders."
It's too bad that Barbara Cook chose to whitewash the Carrie debacle instead of holding it up for what it was-a truly noble failure. Her version of "When There's No One," seemingly available now only on bootlegs and dim RUclips videos, remains definitive. Written especially for her, it is so clearly tailored to her particular strengths. Even if you prefer Betty Buckley or Marin Mazzie or someone else, you can't listen to their versions without somehow hearing in the background Barbara's floated high notes. That's how indelibly she can claim ownership of the song.
Carrie is a bad show with a bad book, and it can't be fixed without dropping the half of the score that doesn't involve Carrie or Margaret. Barbara could have come to terms with the show's flop status, included "When There's No One" in her concerts, and we would all have been richer for it. But that's just should-a, would-a, could-a. Gore and Pitchford were interviewed in Stars in the House and it's clear how bitter they were with people they blame for Carrie's failure, Barbara included. (Listen to it and count how many times Michael Gore referred to the "German producer.") It's hard to blame her for just wanting to put the experience behind her.
Barbara was one of the greats. I miss her.
On another note: Linda Winer laughing at "Death is always a surprise" is so horrifyingly inappropriate. What a fool.
Linda was not well prepared...Barbara had to correct her enough..
Agree.
Linda seemed nervous and uptight, as though she couldn't relax in front of the great barbara.
feminist interviewer and a rational thoughtful adult
linda winer is a horrible interviewer!!!!!
Yes... really bad in this interview...
I found myself similarly uncomfortable with the interviewer's questions and was reminded of Jiminy Glick (or Skip E. Lowe) as she assumed certain answers or, worse yet, brought up the subject of weight gain. Cook handled it so well and even pointed out how tiresome it became during interviews after she launched her cabaret career. I'll need to watch it again, but it seemed Winer didn't get the hint... : (
awful interviewer.....
Good, sensitive interviewer ... who listens.
@Charlie Charlie I don’t agree.
@Charlie Charlie Rude asshole.