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Broadway star Barbara Cook
to perform at Carolina Jan. 19

CHAPEL HILL - Carolina Performing Arts will present soprano Barbara Cook, who has performed for audiences at the White House and around the world, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Known as Broadway's favorite ingénue during the heyday of the Broadway musical, Cook will perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 19 in Memorial Hall's Beasley-Curtis Auditorium. A talented actress, concert singer and cabaret artist, Cook has entertained audiences for more than 50 years.

Last year, Cook became the first female pop singer to be presented by the New York Metropolitan Opera Company in its 123-year history. The Associated Press called her 2004 performance "Barbara Cook's Broadway" the most satisfying musical-theater experience of the year.

An Atlanta native, Cook made her Broadway debut in 1951 as the lead in the musical "Flahooley." She subsequently played Ado Annie in New York's City Center revival of "Oklahoma!" and toured nationally in that hit show. In the mid-'70s, Cook began releasing solo recordings and making individual appearances. She has performed for four U.S. presidents.

Tickets for her performance, $34-$75, are available online at www.carolinaperformingarts.org, by calling (919) 843-3333 or from the Memorial Hall Box Office on Cameron Avenue, open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Tickets for Carolina students are $10. Tickets also are on sale for other performances. For more information, visit www.carolinaperformingarts.org.

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Carolina Performing Arts contact: Don Smith, (919) 843-3119, donsmith@email.unc.edu or Jennifer Warner, (919) 966-3834, jenniferwarner@unc.edu