The Kennedy Center Honors 2011 -- Tribute to Barbara Cook (Part II - Performance)

Tribute to Barbara Cook featuring a medley with performances by Tony Award winners Patti LuPone ("Come Rain or Come Shine"), Sutton Foster ("Everybody Says Don't"), Audra McDonald ("Till There Was You"), and Glenn Close ("Losing My Mind"), as well as Tony Award nominees Rebecca Luker and Kelli O'Hara ("Will I Ever Tell You" and "Will He Like Me") and rising Broadway star Laura Osnes ("This Is All Very New to Me").

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[ktagova]

meryl is enjoying it more that anyone else =D

[mrds971]

Thank you for posting. That's me and my choir - The Choral Arts Society of Washington - singing the final song at the end. It was such an amazing opportunity and a great thrill to be there. First, what an honor to pay tribute to a true legend of the Broadway stage. Second, it was amazing to share the stage with such great artists! Finally, it was a pleasure to sing for that audience that included the President and all the great entertainers of our time. I will never forget it.

[mrds971]

@bigsquare88 Yes, everything was performed live, both the singers and the orchestra. The women clearly had microphones. They watched the conductor on TV monitored placed towards the back of the opera theater over the heads of the audience in the seats. The orchestra and the choir (us) were waiting behind the curtain until the end of the tribute and the curtain rose. It's all live (on the day of taping on Dec 8) and then rebroadcast on Dec 27. We had two full rehearsals before.

[bigsquare88]

@mrds971 Good! You were there~~ So, please tell us were those ladies signing live or not?

[DannyHiggs]

The best part of this is watching Meryl Streep and YoYo Ma enjoying it so much!

[xprezeu]

They were all great even SJP and MB as presenters. Is it me or did Audra's voice over power the rest of the singers in finale ? There is great DVD called the Golden Age of Broadway and many are in it. Barbara Cook speaks of how she was in NYC for the first time and walked around and looked at all the buildings and embraced the moment. It just goes to show how our work,whatever it may be can inspire us all and that we are all connected. <3

[Seamus0514]

I love that they ended with, "Make Our Garden Grow," from Candide!

[mrds971]

@craziidancer They cut out Anna Christy who sang Glitter and Be Gay. Too bad. She was absolutely amazing and a great voice. She sang as she was being lifted and carried by the male dancers!!

[mrds971]

@kevinjameslogan84 Glitter and Be Gay WAS done but was cut in this performance. It was sung by soprano, Anna Christy, but I guess it was deemed too long, so it was edited out by CBS. Too bad. She was amazing!

[megan132]

@tneal3042 yes way! hahaha, they are broadway performers!! they do things like this 8 times a week, with a live orchestra, and their own voice, fresh every single time! hahahaha. this is practically a cake walk for them all.

[tneal3042]

@megan132 i did figure out it was pre-taped but live??? no way...