REBECCA LUKER The Sound of Music

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  • "The Sound of Music," 1998. Rebecca Luker in the title song and "I Have Confidence." Also seen in this clip is young Laura Benanti, who would go on to replace her as Maria. See also "The Secret Garden": • THE SECRET GARDEN Pt. 1 & • THE SECRET GARDEN Pt. 2
    "Music Man" Curtain Call • THE MUSIC MAN 2000
    "She Loves Me": • SHE LOVES ME: REBECCA ...

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  • @tomgallowitz
    @tomgallowitz 3 роки тому +100

    She’s up in heaven singing with Marin and watching Ann and Gwen dance

    • @riang.4067
      @riang.4067 3 роки тому +3

      😢😢😢❤❤❤

    • @dianaaljadeff2983
      @dianaaljadeff2983 2 роки тому +3

      She is singing with Barbara who was one of her idols with Mary Marin and watching Gwen Ann and Cyd dancing. Rebecca was marveleus .There was a list of the best Broadway sopranos and Rebecca was after Barbara Cook Dame Julie Andrews Audra Chenoweth and Kelli O Hara followed by Marin Mazzie Patrícia Morison Laura Benanti Laura Osnes Carol Lawrence and Susan Watson...My favourites are Rebecca Barbara Kelli and Dame Julie.

  • @lisatsou5569
    @lisatsou5569 3 роки тому +71

    "My heart will be blessed with the sound of music," indeed. RIP Rebecca Luker.

  • @barbararedner4634
    @barbararedner4634 2 роки тому +16

    I lived across the hall from Rebecca at the University of Montevallo. We would stand outside her door just to hear her sing. Many years later she performed at the Kennedy Center. I asked an usher if I could see her after the show and Rebecca was so sweet to agree. She will be greatly missed.

  • @Gnostic72
    @Gnostic72 3 роки тому +27

    From husband DANNY BURSTEIN:
    “This is a text I just got from Jessica Molaskey.
    Thanks, Jess. It means the world to me. “
    “There are no words. Only love right now for you and your family and our dear theater family. I don’t remember seeing the whole
    Broadway community so gutted by a loss. Not ever. I guess because Becca seemed so other worldly, so born of a place that mere mortals only dream of. So full of light and genius. Yes genius when she opened her mouth. The music and love that poured out of her shining soul shall live forever. In a different time we would all gather on this Christmas Eve and hug you and drink something and sit shiva for your “shiska goddess” and remember stories. I can think of a story about 26 years ago when a troupe of actors went out to dinner in Southern California. We were a large loud table tucked in a corner of a restaurant. Someone, maybe it was our dear George, threw down the gauntlet to tell the dirtiest joke. I might have known one safe one. The winner of the evening was Becca who told joke after filthy joke until our stomachs hurt from laughing so hard. The jokes were somehow funnier coming out of that angelic human. I think she knew it.
    The bottom line is we were better for knowing her. I guess that’s the whole point of this mysterious life. Leaving the joint a better place than before you got there. She sure did that. I know you have battalions of wonderful souls who love you. Just want to let you know that if you ever need a shoulder I’m here day or night. Who sleeps these days anyway. I love you.
    Xoxoxo Molaskey.
    I was privileged to see & hear “Ms. Luker’s angelic voice” as Lily in THE SECRET GARDEN at the Saint James Theatre in 1991 & as Maria Von Trapp in the 1998 revival of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at the Martin Beck Theatre in NYC.
    When I said earlier that we lost a lot of people this year...we indeed lost a LOT. We also recently lost NICK CORDERO (Bullets Over Broadway), MARIN MAZZIE (Kiss Me Kate, Passion, Ragtime) and ANNE REINKING (All That Jazz, Annie, Fosse). Broadway just got darker. R.I.P. to ALL WE LOST THIS YEAR.
    I shed a tear for those who left us. So gutted...and destroyed watching Ms. Luker perform, proving once again the LOSS we have is great and irreplaceable. Ugh. 2020 can’t get over any sooner for me. It’s just too much....TOO MUCH.

  • @wickedfan811
    @wickedfan811 3 роки тому +39

    I grew on Julie Andrews's version of the "Sound of music". But Rebecca was also wonderful as Maria - she was just the right amount of happiness and kindness.

  • @justinnaniong7872
    @justinnaniong7872 3 роки тому +29

    This account uploads at the speed of light. RIP Rebecca Luker.

  • @misfittoys5873
    @misfittoys5873 3 роки тому +18

    There's so much purity in her tone! I love her take on Maria, she's got this very melancholy resonance or maybe it's because I'm sad.

  • @zachlabbadia
    @zachlabbadia 3 роки тому +4

    God bless her, I’m so glad I got to see her in Mary Poppins. RIP, Ms. Luker 😢

  • @heathermoore9162
    @heathermoore9162 3 роки тому +12

    So sad to learn Rebecca has passed away , a great Broadway star, star of some wonderful shows not least my favourite musical The Sound of Music

  • @brianpelaccio4092
    @brianpelaccio4092 3 роки тому +15

    I first learned of Rebecca Luker, as Maria. I will never hear these songs and not associate her with them.

  • @rugby8-Philadelphia
    @rugby8-Philadelphia 3 роки тому +10

    Such a talent!!!!!!!
    ....So sad to lose her
    First heard her when i saw her in Secret Garden shortly after it had opened

    • @jscho8674
      @jscho8674 3 роки тому +5

      Wasn't she just amazing in Secret Garden??? She blew my mind.

  • @mqtie
    @mqtie 3 роки тому +3

    every moment sung beautifully and felt truthfully

  • @GreatBroadwayFan
    @GreatBroadwayFan 3 роки тому +8

    My first Broadway show was Mary Poppins in April of 2009 and Rebecca Luker was incredible as Mrs. Banks. I also adored her as the Fairy Godmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. She will be missed ♥️

  • @robertdesantis5272
    @robertdesantis5272 3 роки тому +3

    Though like most people I did not "know" Ms. Luker personally, my joy in experiencing her talent was and is unbound. I first knew Ms. Luker when my husband and I saw her in "Show Boat" in 1995 in NYC. Radiant! I have since attempted to collect as many of her performances as possible on CD and I play them as many times as possible. LIstening to her magnificent talent when I am stressed does more for me than I can tell. I was so sad to hear of her passing. My husband Lon and I send our condolences to Mr. Burstein and Ms. Luker's entire family and circle of friends and colleagues. She was beautiful, and I for one will never forget her.

  • @laurahepworth3193
    @laurahepworth3193 2 місяці тому

    My favorite Broadway rendition.. my blonde cast. The curtain was magnificent, a snow globe sewn into the curtain. Rebecca Luke’s was superb

  • @jamesbarfield6700
    @jamesbarfield6700 3 роки тому +30

    Thank you so much for this, we needed this. 💔

  • @barbarashikiar6
    @barbarashikiar6 3 роки тому +3

    I will mourn her loss. What an incredible talent. I am so sorry this happened to her. She will be so missed.

  • @mrchrisliddell
    @mrchrisliddell 3 роки тому +13

    I remember asking my parents for this cast album when it came out, but not knowing any better they got me the Mary Martin OBC. Lovely but so disappointing. All I really wanted was to hear Rebecca and that's still the case. May she rest in perfection ❤️❤️

  • @anioop4332
    @anioop4332 3 роки тому +3

    this is freaking beautiful

  • @imbreakingdown2683
    @imbreakingdown2683 3 роки тому +4

    Rest in Peace. I'm sad I haven't discovered you until now 😢😩

  • @swaingles
    @swaingles 3 роки тому +2

    What a beautiful artist have we lost! In all senses. So talented. May she rest in peace.

  • @rejeansimard5921
    @rejeansimard5921 3 роки тому +2

    I loved this great singer!

  • @kmetzz1
    @kmetzz1 3 роки тому +2

    So sad. She was my favorite broadway performer since “The Secret Garden.” RIP and prayers for her family.

  • @Nenn-qs2yw
    @Nenn-qs2yw 3 роки тому +2

    So sad to hear that she passed away. I cried so much! Loved her talent so much! She was singing until the end too! What a beautiful soul!

  • @eulaliaking6471
    @eulaliaking6471 3 роки тому +4

    I first heard her during the tribute to Barbara Cook at the Kennedy Center. Did not know did SOUND OF MUSIC! Such clarity! Rest in hope!

  • @photoboyonsi
    @photoboyonsi 3 роки тому +1

    Oh, my friend and forever Marion and Maria! I just heard your voice from the other room and then the news your long and fantastic run had ended! Your kindness, thoughtful words and great talent will live on in my memories and I will always know you through moments like this! Thank you for sharing your gifts and allowing my part to be played from the wings of our common space backstage! Ciao for Now...

  • @benjamincollins8559
    @benjamincollins8559 3 роки тому +1

    Rebecca you are amazing, we will all miss you a lot as marea. My condolences to the Luker family

  • @madelynjackson8609
    @madelynjackson8609 3 роки тому +5

    She will be dearly missed.

  • @MVR326
    @MVR326 3 роки тому +1

    This makes me so sad.. what a towering talent. I will miss her

  • @dianaaljadeff2983
    @dianaaljadeff2983 3 роки тому +2

    Laura Benanti was Rebecca understudy in this production
    RIP lovely Rebecca(1961-2020)

  • @71crm
    @71crm 3 роки тому +2

    What’s amazing is that I saw Rebecca a few years back in Cinderella and she looked the same as she did right here, and she was in her 30’s right here! This woman did not age!

  • @vitoloproductions
    @vitoloproductions 3 роки тому +2

    A beautiful tribute to Rebecca ⭐️😔
    So sad.

  • @pattymiles2688
    @pattymiles2688 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful voice!

  • @bobbullen6722
    @bobbullen6722 3 роки тому +25

    Thank you for this. Is that Laura Benanti helping her change during “I Have Confidence”?

    • @auroraspiderwoman5886
      @auroraspiderwoman5886  3 роки тому +14

      Absolutely right, and I just added it to the caption.

    • @UmmOopsy
      @UmmOopsy 3 роки тому +9

      Was Laura the understudy? I know she took over the role but it's just funny to see the understudy dress her principle. ITS SO AMAZING ON SO MANY LEVELS

    • @auroraspiderwoman5886
      @auroraspiderwoman5886  3 роки тому +3

      @@UmmOopsy Yes, Laura understudied Rebecca, while also playing the role of "A Postulant"

  • @michaeljj43
    @michaeljj43 6 місяців тому +1

    one of the greatest sopranos broadway has ever known.

  • @sidneysworld193
    @sidneysworld193 3 роки тому +3

    Please post the full slime tutorial if you have it. There aren’t very many of this show.

  • @davidnandorodgers5199
    @davidnandorodgers5199 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you for providing this (and the other) footage in light of her passing. Nostalgia, respect, awe, love, grief, and gratitude bubble out of me watching her.
    She was so luminous onstage, I think, because she was so truly luminous in heart and spirit in real life, too. I am so grateful she shared something so true with us for so many years. Gone too soon.

  • @gregorywiederecht
    @gregorywiederecht 3 роки тому +4

    Oh, goodness! The nun dressing Rebecca Luker during "I have confidence" is Laura Benanti

    • @gregorywiederecht
      @gregorywiederecht 3 роки тому +1

      @Robert Lee, Countertenor Yes, I know. That's why I was surprised.

    • @auroraspiderwoman5886
      @auroraspiderwoman5886  3 роки тому +1

      I saw the Christines of Sarah B. and Patti Cohenour---wish I'd seen Rebecca. Patti replaced Rebecca in the Toronto "Show Boat" and was Mother Abbess opposite Rebecca's Maria in "Sound of Music."

  • @hannienanniep
    @hannienanniep 3 роки тому +5

    What a loss. One of a kind.

  • @ryanneclaritas
    @ryanneclaritas 2 роки тому +1

    Hello! Would there be any chance of being able to send the full show? Either with Rebecca Luker as Maria or Laura Benanti (or both if you have them!)? I would be so appreciative. Thank you!!❤️

  • @lonellfletcher
    @lonellfletcher 2 роки тому

    What a gift she was and always will be.

  • @emilykranking9996
    @emilykranking9996 3 роки тому +2

    Has anyone noticed who’s dressing the great, late Rebecca Luker? :)

  • @peteralfano4278
    @peteralfano4278 3 роки тому +1

    So sad to lose Rebecca and Anne

  • @nosnamreh1
    @nosnamreh1 3 роки тому

    This true ANGEL has left a legacy of beauty for the world.

  • @erpollock
    @erpollock Рік тому

    What a beautiful lyric soprano. I had no idea she was so brilliant a performer. She could have been in opera, especially Mozart.

  • @marcgothic
    @marcgothic 3 роки тому

    I saw here play Christine in Phantom. Great talent . . .RIP

  • @jamannutters7746
    @jamannutters7746 3 роки тому +1

    RIP Rebecca luker

  • @jadepixie2719
    @jadepixie2719 3 роки тому +1

    RIP Rebecca.

  • @historybuff1986
    @historybuff1986 Рік тому

    I saw this production when I was 12

  • @diegosilvestri7394
    @diegosilvestri7394 Рік тому

    Un angelo ci sfiora e ce ne accorgiamo solo quando è passato

  • @pbamse
    @pbamse 3 роки тому +2

    REBECCA LUKER (1961 - 2020)

  • @marcmantell940
    @marcmantell940 3 роки тому +1

    rest with angels...

  • @stevehartman3782
    @stevehartman3782 3 роки тому +1

    What a loss. Ms. Luker was a tour de force.

  • @brilliantgamerz
    @brilliantgamerz 3 роки тому +1

    Her and liesl character ms carr singin goodbye farewell rip

  • @MusicSkiesAndStars8
    @MusicSkiesAndStars8 6 місяців тому

    Does anyone know if Jeanine Tesori did the arrangement for “I Have Confidence”? She was dance and incidental music for this show, and IHC is all scene transitions.

  • @calebajao8180
    @calebajao8180 2 місяці тому

    Is that laura benanti helping her with her on stage change at around 4:08? How we miss you so Rebecca

  • @Mia6205
    @Mia6205 3 роки тому +1

    RIP

  • @broadwayindie
    @broadwayindie 3 роки тому +2

    😢😢😢

  • @wendyreiner5428
    @wendyreiner5428 8 місяців тому

    She is a wonderful maria . ,So much better than Mary Martin and I like her as much as Julie Andrews.

  • @missxmarvel
    @missxmarvel 3 роки тому +1

    She died.. it sucks..