{"product_id":"then-and-now-9780062090478","title":"Then and Now","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA legend of the American theater, Barbara Cook burst upon the scene to become Broadway’s leading ingénue in roles such as Cunégonde in Leonard Bernstein’s \u003cem\u003eCandide\u003c\/em\u003e, Amalia Balash in Jerry Bock’s \u003cem\u003eShe Loves Me\u003c\/em\u003e, and her career-defining, Tony-winning role as the original Marian the librarian in Meredith Willson’s \u003cem\u003eThe Music Man.\u003c\/em\u003e But in the late 1960s, Barbara’s 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. Emerging from the shadows in the early 1970s, Barbara reinvented herself as the country’s leading concert and cabaret artist, performing the songs of Stephen Sondheim and other\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883760955735,"sku":"9780062090478","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/then-and-now-9780062090478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}