Barbara Cook - Kennedy Center Honors - Music Tributes

34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors 2011. Musical Tributes to the great Barbara Cook.
Performances:
Laura Osnes: "This is All Very New to Me" from Plain and Fancy
Rebecca Luker: "Will I Ever Tell You?" from The Music Man
Kelli O'Hara: "Will He Like Me?" from She Loves Me
Glenn Close: "Losing My Mind" from Follies
Sutton Foster: "Everybody Says Don't" from Anyone Can Whistle
Patti LuPone: "Come Rain or Come Shine" from St. Louis Woman
Audra McDonald: "Till There Was You" from The Music Man
"Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide
*This video clip does not belong to me. I will remove it if asked by those to whom it belongs*

[@Paint]

perpetual goosebumps...

[@cpdavis1]

Agreed

[@joiepizzza5862]

An elusive paint post!

[@georgechlada4868]

***** Broadway is represented so well!

[@whatdoyousuppose]

+Paint SAME JON!

[@c.w.r.794]

Paint All. The. Time.

[@Danny-sc1qs]

I'm pretty sure that all roads on youtube lead back to this video.

[@benjaminlopezisgreat]

lol

[@JeremiahChristopher75]

And I need that, am just fine with it! LOL funny

[@biav]

Danny always, first watched it and jerry herrman’s 5 years ago. It keeps coming back and I’m so grateful for it

[@abigailtobing5179]

totally

[@alohaisland9999]

Coming back to this video after the passing of Rebecca Luker, I'm not crying you are

[@delcinealutes1142]

Ugh, yes. And Barbara Cook’s face as she’s singing. So beautiful.

[@Macrogue65]

What? Sad loss.

[@deldee]

So sad. I loved her and her talented husband

[@mikeysorrentino8480]

Lost her life to the ugliest disease, ALS

[@olly-kai]

She's not in this show, but not long before Rebecca Luker died, we lost too soon another great, Marin Mazzie! Both taken rather young!

[@tracyroweauthor]

They brought out the heavy hitters! Sutton Foster, Patti Lupone AND Audra McDonald! No wonder Meryl Streep looks like she's died and gone to heaven. She's sitting next to Barbara Cook and watching Broadway royalty on stage. It doesn't get much better than that.

[@eggplanthose]

Patti got the memo that said "metallic column gowns please" and was like "no thanks".

[@willwalker24601]

Oh my gosh Laura Osnes, Kelli O'Hara, Glenn Close, Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster AND Audra McDonald the theatre kid in me is freaking out

[@willec7105]

In my opinion, this is the best musical tribute of all the Kennedy Center Honors. It's my favorite. The seamless unfolding of these super-talented women vocalists brought a beauty, brightness, and magical quality that is spellbinding. As others here note, Meryl Streep, Yo Yo Ma, Neil Diamond, and the others were as moved as Barbra Cook. I've lost count of how many times I've watched it. It keeps drawing me back.

[@mariettasmith7072]

Agreeed!

[@robertocervera912]

Totally agree, the Julie Andrews tribute is also spectacular

[@Susan-pq5rx]

willec7105, this tribute is definitely one of the best of all Kennedy Center Honors tributes. The depth and breadth of the combined talents on stage is beyond measure. This is a fitting tribute to an immensely gifted performer and Broadway survivor, Barbara Cook.

[@RafaelPReyes]

This is the best of the Kennedy Center Honors tributes to a Broadway performer that I've seen so far. And you could see the level of talent that turned out to honor the peerless Barbara Cook - God, Laura Osnes, Rebecca Luker, Kelli O'Hara, Glenn Close, Sutton Foster, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, all performing sincerely and at the top of their form on the same stage. No wonder the (always appreciative and peerless) Meryl Streep was crying. It was better than the tribute to her haha.

[@renegaderunner332]

Agreed!

[@ilfranchi]

Anne Hathaway was crying too (at the end of "Losing My Mind")

[@ebbandflowph]

It was such a great tribute. Up there with the one for Sondheim and Julie Andrews.

[@ryanskelton7888]

So good right? I’ve watched this 45 times so far...wowza

[@jaclpz]

Meryl cried because it was heartwarming not because she was jealous. You can see how she always look over to Barbara every after song. No need to put down other awardee.

[@RobinGoodFellovv]

That's a looot of Tonys on one stage.

[@nickbigd]

And should have been more... it’s a pity Rebecca Luker was never honored with one.

[@RobinGoodFellovv]

@@nickbigd Oh I sure agree! You know what? I met her once at Whole Foods - we chatted a bit, and she was awesome too.

[@RobinGoodFellovv]

Oh Nick, I didn't know about Becca's passing for some reason. I learnt only today, out of chance - I came across the piece of news. Now I understand your comment about her "never" being honored with one. I might as well have answered that she might in the future 3 months ago... I had no idea. I'm so gutted.

[@adamNAnutshell]

Is no one going to talk about how Glenn Close and Patti Lupone appeared on the same stage?

[@alexmullins2921]

I was thinking the same thing!!! After what happened to Patti with Glenn Close replacing her in Sunset Boulevard. Wow.

[@seanlydiard558]

+Adam Valdez There's a video diary thing by Patti of the night, and she says that Glenn apologised to her on that night!! I'm sure you can find it on KZbin

[@andrewchamberlain4474]

+Adam Valdez and I reckon Glenn Close didn't sound great. Or act it particularly well...

[@mckenna8663]

OMG... do tell!!

[@MegaMorphTronpages]

OMFG I JUST REALISED!

[@brandencunard1114]

Rebecca Luker and Kelli O’Hara sound amazing together omggggg

[@manuelorozco7760]

I've seen the Music Man once with Davis Gaines (one of the long running Phantoms) as Harold Hill on Valantine's Day night three years ago. She Loves Me I plan to see next weekend on PBS starring Zachary Levi and Laura Benanti.

[@jillwintz379]

Not familiar with the other one but Rebecca Luker tops A L L in fabulousness! Nobody NEAR as powerful a vocal talent except Barbara Cook, who she very much sounds like . Magnificent both of them!

[@liamjoshuamunn]

Rebeca Luker. Underappreciated. THAT TONE.

[@ohioweatherguy]

Very beautiful. It's so sad that she is now suffering from ALS and unable to sing. :(

[@jamesmccully9584]

RIP Rebecca Luker. I knew her in college and was in Camelot with her. She was a wonderful Guinevere. I wished she had played that part on Broadway. I spoke with her at her concert afterwards. That must have been about a year before her ALS diagnoses. I am still heartbroken.

[@dbrel]

@@jamesmccully9584 Really? My first voice teacher knew Rebecca in college as well.

[@robertholguin1598]

LLP

[@Karlinberlin1]

I loved watching Meryl Streep who was obviously touched by the whole thing. The great ones don´t get jealous.

[@sadiesanerd]

Audra is simply one of the best performers in the world. Also if Make Our Garden Grow doesn't make you cry, I don't understand your brain.

[@jjjfuentes3]

gets me everytime, just so, so beautiful

[@manuelorozco7760]

It makes my heart pound with joy

[@wsc1018]

Yes and yes!

[@Thesarcasticdom]

I want it played at my wedding and funeral

[@RowdyColt]

I cry every time..... Let it play at my funeral so my soul can leave in light. I saw Miss Cook in concert. I am happy.

[@PJChgo1]

Clearly, one of the deepest benches of talent in any performance. But when Miss Audra McDonald enters the stage, the entire proceeding soars into the heavens. Those last few minutes are just stunning.

[@ryans634]

I don’t think that listening to Audra sing ‘Till There Was You’ ever gets any easier. Ever. She rings every word out to it’s full potential and makes it mean something beautiful.

[@JustinJamesL]

I literally bawl every time

[@aavauxhall]

How dare Lupone still sound that fabulous after 40 years of belting the hell out of Broadway and Audra is incandescent. What a finale. Bernstein at his best

[@francoaragosta4285]

I don't believe I've ever heard a more uniformly SPLENDID series of performances of great songs by a series of equally great ladies of the Musical Theater. Each has something different but equally wonderful to offer, but we must remember that it was BARBARA COOK who made ALL these magnificent songs famous to begin with. and there she was looking BEAUTIFUL and REGAL as a QUEEN at age EIGHTY-FOUR! 'Way to go, Barbara! You were a perfect Role Model for anyone in your field.

[@eamonnoshea6834]

Broadway lost a shining star on August 8th. RIP Barbara Cook.

[@manuelorozco7760]

The only thing I have seen Barbara in was voicing Thumbelina's mother in Thumbelina. Sad indeed anyway

[@forvdr5231]

@@manuelorozco7760 --get some of her CD's. She made many recordings since her time on Broadway, almost up to the end of her life.

[@manuelorozco7760]

Linda F I heard her duet of Look To the Rainbow with Barry Manilow a few times and her singing Till There Was You

[@sdelany1]

@@manuelorozco7760 I saw her live in Candide, and then in Follies and then in her own show on Broadway.

[@manuelorozco7760]

Samuel Delany I wish i could go back in time and see her as Marion in the Music Man and as Amelia in She Loves Me

[@KozenaFan]

Listen again to Rebecca Luker, one of the most beautiful voices ever to grace the B'way stage... ever.

[@breell3679]

RIP ❤️

[@carterfisher8470]

Patti always steals the show!!! What a powerful voice...the vibrato ending is top tier

[@takeaguess08]

Her voice just falls out of her mouth. It's honestly ridiculous 😂

[@candy9986]

Very Beautiful Voices. Also, Meryl Streep's genuine appreciation is a joy.

[@hawby7mgh]

Streep stands in for all of us with her deep and clearly sincere appreciation of Cook & all of what she represents in musical theatre history - and also acknowledging all of the magnificent WOMEN paying tribute.

[@younglover579]

RIP Rebecca Luker. The incredible talent on This stage is incomparable. True legends what an honor it must’ve been to have been there that night. Wow just stunning…I’m not crying…you are 🥺

[@bmyra]

Yeah. Such a loss. I saw her in so many shows. She was perfect in The Secret Garden.

[@annayaghi2240]

I need a full version of Sutton Foster's "Everybody Says Don't" with the orchestra PLEASE

[@enolamsamoht]

R.I.P Rebecca Luker you'll definitely be sorely missed 😢.

[@iliekmegapie]

6:30, Barbara is SO happy that Patti is there. So adorable.

[@Lgevirtz]

One of the finest musical tributes the Kennedy Center Honors ever produced.

[@kencampbell2359]

Kelli O'Hara is quite simply GLORIOUS...

[@manuelorozco7760]

Been a fan of her since South Pacific

[@JayVeerayano]

That was pretty much the best legit vocals on the same stage ever!!! Thanks!!

[@ChuckGilmore]

Thanks Jay! I hadn't seen this. Really great!

[@CountryCowboy008]

+Jay Veerayano O yeah! And Laura's voice! It's sooooo smooth and silky!

[@Nicoles442]

+Jay Veerayano yeah pretty much! :) Outstanding performance

[@runnerlegend7726]

+Jay Veerayano Agreed! Those ladies killed it!!

[@mckenna8663]

And yet.... none of them could touch the brilliance of Barbara Cook herself!!

[@TheatreFilmBuff]

Barbara Cook is possibly the greatest soprano and one of the greatest performers of all time. I saw her in concert twice and both times it was pure magic. I loved seeing some great performers lined up for this tribute, esp. with Broadway's current reigning soprano Audra McDonald and rising star Laura Osnes.

[@jillwintz379]

Without doubt, the loveliest, strongest , most wonderful soprano. A glorious treasure!

[@jillwintz379]

She's A National Treasure! Magnificent !

[@louisefournier146]

Oh my goodness, if you love broadway, can you imagine being there, that night, what a tribute. What I really enjoyed was watching Meryl Streep and Yo-Yo Ma’s reactions. These are the expressions of artists absolutely overcome by the talent. Loved every moment. Thank you.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I remember when I DVRd this special in my parents bedroom. I watched mainly for Meryl. I was 18 in the middle of my last Xmas break as a high school kid.

[@jillwintz379]

Beautifully said. And, the splendid Rebecca Luker is a TREASURE.. sounds so much like Barbara. What a spectacular and fulfilling tribute!

[@jamesmarkscott6202]

@@jillwintz379 ms luker is missed.

[@bethdixon5196]

A tribute that is pitch perfect with a lineup.of superb talent. Rest in peace Barbara Cook and Rebecca Luker

[@alexs.3383]

it's so overwhelming how beautiful the talent in the Broadway community is... love!

[@manuelorozco7760]

I wish I can see these ladies more often. Take it from someone who’s never been to NYC

[@alexs.3383]

@@manuelorozco7760 Yes! It's an expensive endeavor but it's true there's nothing like experiencing the performances live. Hope you get to visit NYC one day :^)

[@manuelorozco7760]

Alex S. Thanks. I’ve seen some of these ladies in movies, tv shows, proshots and tv musicals

[@runnerlegend7726]

Sutton Foster and Audra MacDonald are phenomenal

[@Ntyler01mil]

Audra McDonald is perfection.

[@manuelorozco7760]

She makes opera fun to listen to

[@fadhilramadhani1847]

They had better give Kennedy Center Honors to Glenn Close! She's a living legend! and Patti and Audra, WOW!

[@renegaderunner332]

In about 10 years they will honor Glenn Close.

[@71morehead]

Were it not for Meryl, Glenn might well be remembered as THE actress of our generation...While Glenn is known as an extraordinary actress, she was also known for Musical Theatre (Broadway's Barnum). Meryl also has some pipes.

[@owenlock2372]

Twitler is not going afterall at least this year and if he makes to next year who knows!

[@robinroger6336]

Fadhil Ramadhan

[@mrds971]

Thank you for posting this video!! I was hoping someone would. That's me and my choir, the Choral Arts Society of Washington, singing at the end. It was such a thrill to honor such a great artist, to share the stage with all of that talent, and to perform for the President and the community of entertainers. For one brief moment, I had the opportunity to entertain those who have entertained me all these years. It was awesome!

[@tylerwilkinson2736]

We’re all Anne Hathaway watching this

[@manuelorozco7760]

I used her reaction as my reaction to the finale of Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.

[@DerrickMims]

I was keeping it together pretty well. And then "Till There Was You" happened. Oh, Audra. 😭😭😭🥰

[@juliasto1]

Glenn Close was wonderful as always. She deserves that honor in Kennedy Center Honors

[@anoecker]

Audra McDonald cannot be a real person. She's too perfect.

[@jillwintz379]

Wonderful , y e s !

[@albertotoddie]

Absolutely…Thru the years!

[@jessegonzalez21]

OMG Glenn Close is amazing

[@irisq3123]

Patti Lupone and Glenn Close. These ladies are exceptional!

[@ryans634]

You wanna know what set me off crying? Glenn Close's smiling as Audra sings for her life!

[@jec0907]

When she realizes the choir was singing "Make Your Garden Grow"... that was great.

[@juliag.5114]

Man... Laura Osnes, Patti Lupone, Glenn Close and Audra McDonald on the same stage... we've been blessed

[@TFlexxx]

Ms. Cook, rest in peace. This was a wonderful tribute to a wonderful person and voice.

[@johnharding967]

She was simply astonishing in how she could take a lyric that you had heard many times and find a new emotional truth.

[@MrAntoine87]

This is by far the BEST Broadway Kennedy Center Honors tribute

[@NyanLea]

i love how sutton foster can belt without making any facial expressions hahaha it's so effortless

[@CalebMiofsky]

All the Broadway queens on one stage=A FREAKIN AMAZING PERFORMANCE

[@aprilwearsgucci]

I'm a huge Meryl fan but I must say this had to be my favorite tribute of the night. Meryl is a close second. Barbara Cook looked truely touched and honor. Plus I didn't know Glenn Close could sing. And Meryl was crying. Now I'm about to cry. Beautifully done!

[@michaelyarbro5531]

Candide's finale has always been a guaranteed tear inducer. Great choice!

[@jboerg24]

The Candide chorus starts and I instantly cry.

[@kmeade88]

Every. Single. Time. I think “maybe not this time” and I am always wrong.

[@gracekeddy]

i was fortunate enough to sing this in college at UC with four choirs, and a lot of us were fighting back tears pretty much every full out rehearsal

[@isroll011]

I can watch the everyday (I nearly do) and not get tired. Such great a great tribute. Our reaction lives inside Meryl Streep; she reacts for the rest of us. The talent they gathered to honor Cook is timeless. I love this tribute so much.

[@GreatBroadwayFan]

I want a recording of Sutton's performance so I can listen to it over and over and over!!!

[@manuelorozco7760]

Didn't think I would find you here Luke. Hate to go off topic but have you seen Ant Man and the Wasp. I just saw it yesterday and I loved it.

[@andrewrudygalindo2646]

Held it together but when Audra starts singing, 😭😭😭😭😭

[@whatdoyousuppose]

Too much flawlessness for one video, good lordy! I watch this as often as possible, it's like a religious experience. Rest In Peace to the incomparable Barbara Cook ❤️

[@cabooseluvr1]

Kelli O'Hara singing from She Loves Me is everything and more!

[@manuelorozco7760]

I love that song! One of my favorites from the show. Six years later, I see Laura Benanti sing as Amelia.

[@hillofbeans8643]

Well, she did workshop Amalia before Laura Benanti in the 2016 revival. I agree, She Loves Me is one of my favorite shows!

[@bmyra]

My all time favorite musical. I Love It!

[@andrewdittmar361]

get you someone who looks at you like Barbara Cook looks at Patti LuPone What a tribute.

[@rickmiletic1376]

A woman I only just discovered being honored with such talent and amazing music to what must have been a truly amazing career. This is the amazing part of KZbin. Discovering people who were before your time, but wanting to treasure every moment of them you can find. Barbara Cook was amazing.

[@alexfulmer3259]

i love how after Sutton's performance Meryl goes "that was fabulous"

[@VengefulKBM]

I truly wish Glenn Close had a full version of Losing My Mind recorded somewhere. SO gorgeous.

[@hedwigkiesler]

This still is the best KCH tribute to date. Others may have had more famous performers and so on, but this was just perfection. The production, the pacing, the choice of material - and everyone on that stage making absolutely clear that they're singing and taking a bow for an institution of their craft.

[@joannetheodorou6065]

Remarkable performances..... Barbara deserved all these great Broadway divas paying homage.....loved Meryl's reactions, she knows!!

[@manuelorozco7760]

If I had a time machine, I would travel back to when Ms. Cook played Marion in the Music Man and Amelia in She Loves Me.

[@runnerwalters779]

One of the best Kennedy Center Tributes ever.

[@markwicker2664]

Laura, Sutton, Audra, and Kelli are among my favorites (along with Barbara, of course). Patti is a legend and Glenn and Rebecca are amazing as well. How could you beat this group in 2011?

[@GRHCU]

I thought Glenn Close was only an actress. Very good voice!

[@runnerlegend7726]

GRHCU I agree. I was impressed with Glenn Close's singing ability BRAVO MS.CLOSE!!!!

[@71morehead]

Runner legend she came to be noticed in 1980's Barnum nominated as Best Actress and won 3 tonys including for best actress in a musical for Sunset Boulevard...a truly great voice who has worked so much in other media that few truly know her voice

[@mckenna8663]

I first heard her sing on a recording of lullabies. Beautiful. I don't think this song did her justice (then again... I don't like that song).

[@maurafurey7064]

Michael L. Morehead Her Tony awards (born by really by an epic Andrew Lloyd Weber tantrum rather than her voice if you know the background scoop) do not and never will make her more memorable than a scuff on Patti LuPone's character shoe while actually really playing Norma.

[@benjaminjackson9449]

Maura Furey Oop a pissed off Patti fan 😂

[@miaplaysthepiano]

I can't wait to see Sutton Foster's Kennedy Center Honors tribute.

[@blubberface2337]

I know right I love her so much

[@gigimills3504]

I loved this tribute to the incredibly talented Barbara Cook. I loved watching Meryl Streep’s reaction. She was so moved. It was touching.

[@runnerlegend7726]

One of the best Kennedy Center honor tributes ever!

[@johnperry713]

I love how Meryl Streep is having the time of her life!!

[@katepurdum9957]

I watched this as an impressionable 10 or 11 year old, and was instantly in love with all of these women. Half of them I knew before, but this is what whetted my appetite for performance to the max.

[@katherinemoe9338]

wow

[@withonelook1985]

The absolute and total excitement on Barbaras face when Patti was announced is simply magical.

[@thebrunette1]

Audra Mcdonald is sheer perfection. Lovely performance. Wonderful! Loved the excerpt from Candide in particular.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I actually never seen a production of Candide but I do love the ending.

[@lucindaarmour7422]

It's so exquiste, isn't it. Bernstein was a genius.

[@thomaspremoli189]

doctor: you only have 11 minutes and one second to live me:

[@helloshanaynay]

Hahah I love how Sutton has her hair in a pony tail, yet again!! She's too cute.

[@cam11971]

when is patti lupone getting her kennedy center honor!

[@takeaguess08]

It's time!!!!

[@WillScarlet16]

When she agrees not to curse out anyone she spots using their phone during the show.

[@_MSD75_]

Patti almost steals the show, then Audra comes on and takes it to a whole new level.

[@rmichaelwresinski2714]

"Come Rain or Come Shine". survives despite being LuPonized.

[@Splurge24]

This was a stunning collection of performances. But I must say, Rebecca Luker! Damn that woman has a gorgeous voice.

[@princ3ssb4byd0ll]

I love everyone's performance especially Glenn and Audra's performance. This makes me tear the hell up

[@imuawarriors]

I'm 6'0", 265 lbs, love football and bbq and action movies.... and I love great music. This. is. great. music. Brava.

[@darrenriccs]

Music knows no physique, gender, and stereotypical interests. It's just that -- music.

[@AmeliaMilo]

So many stunning voices on one stage. So spectacular!

[@manuelorozco7760]

I love Laura Osnes, Kelli O Hara and Audra McDonald the most

[@dimitrisspan276]

AND THAT MAGICAL WOMAN IS ON THE STAGE GIVING US SOME OF HER SPARKLE AND IMPORTANCE !!! OUR PRECIOUS GLENN CLOSE !!

[@jimstacy1]

Glenn Close is a National Treasure. In my humble opinion, she is one of the greatest actresses of our generation. She has an amazing, natural voice that paid wonderful tribute to the equally amazing Barbara Cook. It's no wonder Anne Hathaway was so moved.

[@dimitrisspan276]

LAURA OSNES & SUTTON FOSTER THE TWO MAGNIFICENT NEW PERFORMERS OF THEIR GENERATION FROM THE CORE OF BROADWAY COMMUNITY !!! THANK YOU GIRLS !!!

[@kirstenteotico]

Audra, Patti, and Kelli will be next to get the Kennedy Center Honors.

[@machovoce6826]

That is quite a starry stage of ladies from Broadway. But they all know that as a mistress of song Barbara has no equal. The cheering and the love goes on.

[@hawby7mgh]

Indeed - one of the best of any tributes for a B’way legend - bravo. Some comments as far as who sang what - but I’ll not argue with the well-deserved star power in honor of THE leading lady.

[@tmariebroadwaybabe18]

Meryl Streep looks like she fully completely enjoyed all of those talented women performing. So cool.

[@jasminb102]

I have watched this video too many times to count.

[@bleachbredjones6235]

This was one of the best Kennedy Center tributes I have seen. All of the women who sang were FANTASTIC!

[@jpetersgoyanks]

I didn’t know Glenn Close could do that, very surprising.

[@irwinmiller8684]

The premier musical talents in the American theater saluted Cook: Audra McDonald; Kelli O'Hara; Sutton Foster: Patti LuPone; Laura Osnes; Rebecca Luker.

[@5450daniel]

Rebecca Luker's voice is beautiful!!!!

[@manuelorozco7760]

She sure does! Does it seem like a surreal coincidence Ms. Luker first sang her song Will I Ever Tell You when she played Marion in the 2000 Broadway revival of the Music Man?

[@tomgallowitz]

Daniel Miranda Her and Kelli both, voices and songs equal beautiful pairing

[@manuelorozco7760]

I hope Rebecca didn't mind Kelli co-starring with her husband Danny in South Pacific almost ten years ago as Nellie and Luther. Apparently not

[@manuelorozco7760]

While we are at it, I came back here because of the song Kellie sings I'm seeing it performed by Laura Benanti in She Loves Me when it's broadcasted on PBS next weekend.

[@scottybibb5917]

I can't go many days without hearing Rebecca Luker's haunting opening line "Dream of now, dream of then...." It's a ravishing moment!

[@Annaortigara1]

I listen to this about once a month. This segment should be nominated for an award. I cry every time. Perfect joy!

[@billbrimmer1739]

Watching Barbara Cook’s reactions are indescribable. The memories going through her mind.

[@MarkvanBeelen]

Looks like Meryl Streep was enjoying it more than Barbara Cook herself... ;-)

[@maurafurey7064]

Mark she was probably like "why is Glenn Close on stage singing this?"

[@MarkvanBeelen]

Why are you basing Glenn Close?

[@owenlock2372]

MS is thinking ... "I would love Audra MacDonald to play me in my biopic!" ;-)

[@wilsonwatt9283]

Meryl started in musical comedy on Broadway and so can fully understand what a fantastic achievement Barbara Cook made across her career. It is the honoring of greatness by a colleague that you see in Meryl's reactions.

[@michaeltermine]

I thought the same thing...lol

[@suzanba7]

Beautifully done - I loved the singing of Rebecca Luker, (as an English person she was new to me), and the wonderful Kelli 0'Hara.

[@benjaminjackson9449]

Can't wait to see Glenn and Audra's Kennedy Center Honors Tributes someday

[@BrooklynDreaminCG]

Patti was a lady to appear on the same stage singing with Glenn Close! Fabulous performances!