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Barbara Cook takes to the stage in KC

A bit of Broadway's history arrived in Kansas City recently with Barbara Cook's one-woman show at the Folly Theater. By Steve Walker

Kansas City, MO – The concert, part of the Harriman Arts Program of William Jewell College, featured several Stephen Sondheim tunes, as well as a few he wished he'd written. At the master class Cook conducted the next day, she passed on to local singers a few lessons from her 50 year career. KCUR's Steve Walker reports.

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