BARBARA COOK: A CONCERT FOR THE THEATRE



Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: April 15, 1987, Ambassador Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 13

Note: Only recordings of material performed by original cast members are noted below.


Carolina In The Morning (M: Walter Donaldson; L: Gus Kahn) (originally used in The PASSING SHOW OF 1922):

1. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/Sony 62017]


Change Partners (M/L: Irving Berlin) (originally used in the film CAREFREE):

1. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)


Come Rain Or Come Shine (M: Harold Arlen; L: Johhny Mercer) (originally used in ST. LOUIS WOMAN):

1. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)


Dear Friend (M: Jerry Bock; L: Sheldon Harnick) (originally used in SHE LOVES ME):

1. She Loves Me, MGM (S) CS 6077 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Harold Hastings) [reissued as CD/Polydor 831 968-2]
2. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/Sony 62017]
3. All I Ask Of You, CD/DRG 91456 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)


He Was Too Good To Me (M: Richard Rodgers; L: Lorenz Hart) (cut from SIMPLE SIMON):

1. Barbara Cook Sings From The Heart: The Best Of Rodgers And Hart, Urania (S) USD 2026 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Arthur Harris) [reissued as CD/DRG 91485]
2. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/Sony 62017]
3. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)


I Can Cook Too (M: Leonard Bernstein; L: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) (originally used in ON THE TOWN):

1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]


I Love A Piano (M/L: Irving Berlin) (originally used in STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!):

1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]


I See Your Face Before Me (M: Arthur Schwartz; L: Howard Dietz) (originally used in BETWEEN THE DEVIL):

1. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)


Ice Cream (M: Jerry Bock; L: Sheldon Harnick) (originally used in SHE LOVES ME):

1. She Loves Me, MGM (S) CS 6077 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Harold Hastings) [reissued as CD/Polydor 831 968-2]
2. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/Sony 62017]
3. All I Ask Of You, CD/DRG 91456 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
4. Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim, CD/DRG 91464 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)


If Love Were All (M/L: Noel Coward) (originally used in BITTER SWEET):

1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]


In Between Goodbyes (M: Wally Harper; L: David Zippel):

1. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)


The Ingenue (M: Wally Harper; L: David Zippel):

1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]


[Let Me Sing] A Simple Song (M: Leonard Bernstein; L: Stephen Schwartz) (originally used in MASS):

1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]


Losing My Mind (M/L: Stephen Sondheim) (originally used in FOLLIES):

1. Follies, CD RCA Red Seal RCD2 7128 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
2. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
3. Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim, CD/DRG 91464 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
4. Barbara Cook At The Met, CD/DRG 91497 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Mr. Snow (M: Richard Rodgers; L: Oscar Hammerstein II) (originally used in CAROUSEL):

1. Carousel, CD/MCA Records DMCG 6028 (Sarah Brightman and Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
2. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, CD/Sony 62017 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)
3. Barbara Cook's Broadway, CD/DRG 91484 (Barbara Cook with musical direction by Wally Harper)


Sing A Song With Me (M: Wally Harper; L: Paul Zakrzewski) (originally used in THE LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ CLARENCE AND ROSANNAH ETHELTON):

1. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/Sony 62017]
2. As Of Today, Columbia (S) 34493 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Ron Frangipane) [reissued as CD/Koch 8003]
3. It's Better With A Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]
4. It's Better With A Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) (reprise) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]
5. Tribute, CD/DRG 91493 (Barbara Cook with musical direction by Michael Kosarin)
6. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) (reprise) [reissued as CD/Sony 62017]
7. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)


Stars (M/L: Laura Nyro):

1. As Of Today, Columbia (S) 34493 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Ron Frangipane) [reissued as CD/Koch 8003]


Sweet Georgia Brown (M/L: Maceo Pinkard; Ben Bernie; Kenneth Casey):

1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]
2. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)


Them There Eyes (M/L: Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, and William Tracey):

1. It's Better With A Band, MMG D MMG 104 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/DRG 91475]
2. Barbara Cook At The Met, CD/DRG 91497 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)


Till There Was You (M/L: Meredith Willson) (originally used in THE MUSIC MAN):

1. The Music Man, Capitol (S) SWAO 0990 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Herbert Greene) [reissued as CD/Angel ZMD 7 64663 2]
2. Barbara Cook's Broadway, CD/DRG 91484 (Barbara Cook with muiscal direction by Wally Harper)


Wait Till You See Him (M: Richard Rodgers; L: Lorenz Hart) (originally used in BY JUPITER):

1. Barbara Cook At Carnegie Hall, Columbia (S) M 33438 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper) [reissued as CD/Sony 62017]


Why Did I Choose You (M: Michael Leonard; L: Herbert Martin) (originally used in THE YEARLING):

1. Live From London, CD/DRG 91430 (Barbara Cook with orchestra conducted by Wally Harper)


Other Material:

A Foggy Day (M: George Gershwin; L: Ira Gershwin) (originally used in the film A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS)
The Man I Love (M: George Gershwin; L: Ira Gershwin) (cut from LADY BE GOOD and ROSALIE; subsequently used in STRIKE UP THE BAND)
Widescreen (M/L: Rupert Holmes)