Then And Now - Barbara Cook

One Of The Greatest American Singers And Actresses Of Her Generation Looks Back On A Magical And Turbulent Life Spanning A Half Century Of Theatrical History From The Golden Age Of The Broadway Musical To The Present Day. A Legend Of The American Theater, Barbara Cook Burst Upon The Scene To Become Broadways Leading Ingnue In Roles Such As Cungonde In Leonard Bernsteins Candide, Amalia Balash In Jerry Bocks She Loves Me, And Her Career-defining, Tony-winning Role As The Original Marian The Librarian In Meredith Willsons The Music Man. But In The Late 1960s, Barbaras Extraordinary Talent Onstage Was Threatened By Debilitating Depression And Alcoholism That Forced Her To Step Away From The Limelight And Out Of The Public Life.