Fresh Air with Terry Gross, June 27, 2016: Interview with Barbara Cook; Review of film Wiener Dog

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(1.) Singer BARBARA COOK. She originated roles in the Broadway musicals The Music Man, and She Loves Me. She also starred in the musicals Candide, Carousel, and later in Sondheim on Sondheim. She went on a cabaret and concert career. She's recorded many albums, and was the 2011 recipient of the Kennedy Center award. COOK has written a new memoir, Then and Now, and she's still performing at the age of 88. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).(2.) Film critic DAVID EDELSTEIN reviews director Todd Solondz's new film Wiener Dog.