In 1982, Kate Burton plays the title role in Alice in Wonderland on Broadway.

The West End is sending Broadway King Charles III and returning The Color Purple to sender as well (with the transfer of the Menier Chocolate Factory's production of the 2005 Broadway musical, just as they previously bequeathed Broadway its revivals of Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music and La Cage Aux Folles).

The British stage director Steven Pimlott, whose busy career included stays at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Chichester Festival Theatre and Opera North, and who had just begun rehearsals on a new production of The Rose Tattoo at the Royal National Theatre, died Feb. 14 at his home near Colchester, according to British news reports. He was 52 and had been battling lung cancer.

BARBARA COOK
Last week I discussed the Barbara Cook newsletter, and what follows are several quotes from an interesting interview WQEW's Jonathan Schwartz conducted with the Broadway and cabaret star in November 1998. The interview was held just one week before Cook's sensational return to the Carnegie Hall stage.

BARBARA COOK
Last week I discussed the Barbara Cook newsletter, and what follows are several quotes from an interesting interview WQEW's Jonathan Schwartz conducted with the Broadway and cabaret star in November 1998. The interview was held just one week before Cook's sensational return to the Carnegie Hall stage.