Barbara Cook 85th Birthday Celebration July 15, 2012

One of five 2011 Kennedy Center honorees, Barbara Cook has been an iconic performer for half a century, from her days as Broadway's favorite ingenue ('Candide,' 'The Music Man,' 'She Loves Me') to her second career as a concert and recording artist and--at Ravinia's Steans Music Institute--a mentor and pedagogue. At 85, she shows no signs of slowing down, earning a 2010 Tony Award nomination for her turn in Sondheim on Sondheim.