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Biography
Infobox person|name=Rebecca Luker|image=Rebecca Luker.jpg|caption=Luker at the NYS ARTS Fall Gala 2008|birth_date=April 17, 1961|birth_place= Helena, Alabama | education = University of Montevallo , 1984| occupation = Actress, Singer| years_active = 1984 – present| spouse = Gregory Jbara (unknown) Danny Burstein (June 2000 - present) | homepage = http://www.rebeccaluker.com Rebecca Luker (born April 17, 1961) is an United States|American actress, singer, concert performer, and recording artist who has appeared in several musical theatre productions on Broadway theatre|Broadway . Luker's voice type is soprano ; The New York Times has compared her to actresses such as Barbara Cook and Julie Andrews .Holden, Stephen. http://theater2.nytimes.com/2005/12/14/arts/music/14luke.html? ex=1160971200& en=f631381c6b0511bf& ei=5070 "The Ghosts of Broadway, Past and Future", The New York Times , December 14, 2005. Retrieved October 14, 2006. She has been nominated for three Tony Award s during her career.
Life and career
Luker was born in Helena, Alabama , near Birmingham , the daughter of a high school treasurer and a construction worker. http://www.filmreference.com/film/53/Rebecca-Luker.html "Luker Biography" filmreference.com She attended the University of Montevallo , earning a BA in music, taking a year off to perform with the Michigan Opera Theatre in 1984.Gates, Anita. http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html? res=940CE7DB1231F93BA35750C0A96E958260 Playing It Sweet, If She Needs To, Or Sexy-Funny. The New York Times , March 8, 1998. Retrieved October 14, 2006.
Luker's Broadway theatre|Broadway debut was in The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera as an understudy to Sarah Brightman and eventual replacement in the leading role of Christine Daae|Christine (1988–91). Subsequent Broadway roles included Lily in The Secret Garden (musical)|The Secret Garden (1991–93), Magnolia in Show Boat (1994–97; the first actress to be nominated for a Tony Award for this role), http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525648/bio "Luker Broadway Credits" Internet Broadway Database, accessed September 12, 2011 Maria in The Sound of Music (1998–99), Marian in The Music Man (2000–01), and Claudia in Nine (musical)|Nine (2003). She recently played the role of Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins (2006–10).
Luker appeared Off-Broadway in The Vagina Monologues , Indian Summer , X (Life of Malcolm X), Brigadoon (musical)|Brigadoon , Death Takes a Holiday (musical)|Death Takes a Holiday , and ''Can't Let Go . During 2002, the Kennedy Center presented a "Sondheim Celebration"; Luker appeared in Passion (musical)|Passion as Clara. She performed in the New York City Center Encores! staged concerts of The Boys from Syracuse and Where's Charley? . Her TV appearances include The Good Wife (TV series)|The Good Wife , Matlock (TV series)|Matlock , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , and the Hallmark Movie Channel|Hallmark movie Cupid & Cate .
Luker, Truman Capote , and To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird were the 2001 Alabama Stage and Screen Hall of Fame inductees. She also received a doctorate of fine arts, honoris causa on May 5, 2010 from her alma mater, the University of Montevallo . http://www.montevallo.edu/news/WednesdayMemoArchives/WednesdayMemo050510/features.shtm "Rebecca Luker to be commencement speaker" University of Montevallo , May 5, 2010, accessed September 12, 2011
She married Danny Burstein in June 2000Jones, Kenneth. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/53508-Madam-Librarian-Actors-Rebecca-Luker-and-Danny-Burstein-Tie-the-Knot "Madam Librarian& #33; Actors Rebecca Luker and Danny Burstein Tie the Knot" playbill.com, June 14, 2000and has two stepsons.
Awards and nominations
2007: Bistro Award, Feinstein's at the Regency (Solo Cabaret) - Winner
2007: Tony Award for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical , Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins - Nominee
2007: Outer Critics Circle Award|Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical , Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins - Nominee
2000: Tony Award for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical , The Music Man - Nominee
2000: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical , The Music Man - Nominee
2000: Outer Critics Circle Award|Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical , The Music Man - Nominee
1998: Outer Critics Circle Award|Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical , The Sound of Music - Nominee
1997: Drama-Logue Award, Harmony - Winner
1995: Tony Award for Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical , Show Boat - Nominee
1991: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical , The Secret Garden (musical)|The Secret Garden - Nominee
The Real Thing: Jamie deRoy and Friends, Volume 7 (2006, Harbinger Records)
Jule Styne in Hollywood (2006, PS Classics )
Philip Chaffin: Warm Spring Night (2005, PS Classics )
Jeepers Creepers: Great Songs from Horror Films (2003, Red Circle)
Aria 3: Metamorphosis (2003, Koch Records)
Believe: The Songs of The Sherman Brothers (2003, Varèse Sarabande )
Sweet Appreciation: Rusty Magee Live at the West Bank Café (2002, SixFootPlusMusic)
Peter Buchi: An American Voice (2002, Azica)
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2001, Hybrid Recordings)
Aria 2: New Horizon (1999, Astor Place Recordings)
A Little Bit in Love (1999 Compilation Album, JAY Records)
Simple Gifts: Carols from the Abbey (1998, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS )
Bernstein Dances (1998, Deutsche Grammophon)
A Special Place: Songs from the Heart (1998, Original Cast Records)
George & Ira Gershwin: Standards & Gems (1998 Compilation Album, Nonesuch Records)
The Best of the Broadway Divas (1997 Compilation Album, Varèse Sarabande )
The Best of In Celebration of Life 1-5 ( Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS )
Aria (1997, Astor Place Recordings)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997, Walt Disney Records )
Unsung Musicals II (1995, Varèse Sarabande )
Lost in Boston III (1995, Varèse Sarabande )
Voices of Broadway: Songs of Conscience and Hope (1994, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS )
Musicals& #33; (1993 Compilation Album, EMI Records)
Unsung Sondheim (1993, Varèse Sarabande )
Jerome Kern Treasury (1993, EMI Records)
Jerome Kern in London and Hollywood (1992, Rialto Records)
Broadway Showstoppers (1992, EMI Records)
Sing Before Breakfast (1991, Rialto Records)
Placido Domingo: The Broadway I Love (1991, Warner Music)
Early Kern (1991, Rialto Recordings)
Keep Your Undershirt On (1990, Rialto Recordings)
References
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External links
http://www.rebeccaluker.com Official Website
ibdb name | id=50328 | name=Rebecca Luker
imdb name|525648|Rebecca Luker
http://www.americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/rebecca_luker Rebecca Luker Downstage Center XM radio interview by the American Theatre Wing , January 2007
http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/99359.html Playbill article DIVA TALK: Chatting with Rebecca Luker, April 2006
Rebecca Luker interview: http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/performance_09_03 Performance Working in the Theatre CUNY-TV video at American Theatre Wing , September 2003
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/arts/music/11luke.html 2006 review from NY Times
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm? colid=18760 BroadwayWorld.com interview with Rebecca Luker, June 9, 2007
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