By Jim Farber Theater Critic A major tectonic shift in Los Angeles' performing arts landscape took place Saturday with the gala opening of the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

By MAUREEN COLEMAN BROADWAY legend Barbara Cook is to follow up her 81st birthday celebrations with a visit to Belfast. Hailed as musical theatre's greatest living singer, Ms Cook is the latest star name to be added to the line-up for this year's Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's.

By Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune Jul. 8--Most voices show their age when their owners turn 80. Not so the remarkably pliant instrument of Barbara Cook. Tender, supple and nearly unerring of pitch, Cook's lyric soprano seems to scoff at the passage of decades.

By Eric Weslander, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan. Dec. 5--On paper, Barbara Cook is retired from a career as a corporate trainer. But she's still putting her professional skills to use for the eight hours per week she spends as a volunteer at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.