The Kennedy Center showed taste and maturity in (finally) bestowing one of its Honors on the sublime Broadway songbird, Barbara Cook. The singer-actress"83 and still chirping with amazing vigor"has been crooning professionally since (gulp) the presidency of Harry Truman. With this award, the center recognizes one of the standout figures of the Golden Age of the Broadway musical: She is, after all, the "The Music Man'…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:35PM on October 26, 2011