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Legendary Singer Barbara Cook to Perform May 10 & 31

There are two upcoming metropolitan area dates to catch legendary two-time Tony and Drama Desk winner, Olivier and Grammy nominee, and 2011 Kennedy Center Honoree Barbara Cook performing her new act Are You Havin’ Any Fun?: Barbara Cook in Concert: Saturday, May 10 at 8pm, Colden Auditorium, Kupferberg Center, Queens College; and Saturday, May 31 at 10pm, South Orange Performing Arts Center, New Jersey.

Throughout her unparalleled career onstage, on recordings, and worldwide concerts for five decades, Miss Cook has been acclaimed for her crystal-clear lyric soprano, and on May 16, she’ll receive a Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre honor at the 80th Annual Drama League Awards. She’s widely recognized as one of the "premier interpreters" of musical theatre songs and standards, in particular those of Sondheim.

In her new act, Miss Cook continues her foray into her newly developed repertoire of jazz and swing while also reprising her now-classic renditions of songs from Broadway and the great American songbook. Tunes will run the gamut from Arlen, Berlin, Gershwin, Mercer, and Youmans to Lennon and Sondheim.

Accompanying Miss Cook in concert will be music director Ted Rosenthal on piano, Dave Riekenberg on woodwinds, Warren Odze on drums, and Jay Leonhart on bass. Rosenthal has performed as a soloist and sideman with such jazz greats as Art Farmer and Gerry Mulligan. He is a 1988 winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.

Tickets for Barbara Cook in concert: May 10, Queens College (65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY), $45, $55, and $69, kupferbergpresents.org; May 31, South Orange Performing Arts Center, $60, $75, and $95, www.sopac.org or call (973) 313-2787.

Miss Cook will also be appearing Saturday, June 14 at 8pm, Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY. For information and tickets, call (877) 840-0457 or visit tarrytownmusichall.org.

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