Rebecca Luker News

Los Angeles Opera was the first to launch original programming in response to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. Because of the success of its online  programming, LAO decided to make that feature a permanent part of its offering and to give it a name that reflects fresh and innovative interpretations of the art form. Welcome to LA Opera On Now.

Watch as Richard chats with Broadway beltress Jessica Vosk, who will soon join Seth Rudetsky for two very special concerts on Sunday, January 24 (8pm) and Monday, January 25 (3pm).

Kim Kowalke, president of the Kurt Weill Foundation and founder of the Lotte Lenya Competition, has announced that the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to establish an annual 'Rebecca Luker Award' for an outstanding performance of a selection from the Golden Age of American musical theater by a finalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition.

As Americans celebrate the New Year, Nocking Point Wines has launched their first collaboration of 2021 with Broadway and TV stars Patti Murin and Colin Donnell. The extraordinarily talented married duo has fashioned a Cabernet Sauvignon/Malbec red blend called Eleven O'Clock Number.

To celebrate the release of 'Eleven O'Clock Number,' a new red wine collaboration between with Patti Murin and Colin Donnell, Nocking Point Wines is hosting a virtual game night to support the arts & entertainment industry!

Today's top stories: The Prom is coming to the Netherlands, lyric video for Leslie Odom, Jr.'s 'Speak Now', and more!

Danny Burstein has penned a personal essay reflecting on his 20-plus year marriage with Broadway veteran Rebecca Luker, who passed away this December after being diagnosed with ALS. 

Colin Donnell and Patti Murin have collaborated with Nocking Point Wines for the 'Eleven O'Clock Number' red wine blend!

This week's list includes a new album featuring Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert called 'All The Girls.' Also now available this week is the CD debut of The Desert Song 1967 London studio cast recording, a book of Lorraine Hansberry's substantive interviews​​​​​​​, and more!

Today's top stories: Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical casting (Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Andrew Barth Feldman, Ashley Park, Andre De Shields, and more!), Kerry Butler sings 'Somewhere That's Green' with Seth Rudetsky, Idina Menzel releases the first episode of 'Idina's Treehouse' and more!

In this sneak peek from the show, Sierra Boggess performs 'Come to My Garden' from The Secret Garden in memory of Rebecca Luker.

Rest in peace Rebecca Luker, get a sneak peek at Kerry Butler's upcoming concert with Seth Rudetsky, watch casts of Dear Evan Hansen perform You Will Be Found, and more!

Below, listen as Rebecca Luker sings a song from Barry Kleinbort and Joseph Thalken's musical Was, titled 'Time.' The song was featured on Jamie deRoy & Friends Vol. 7: The Real Thing.

In 1998, when Luker was leading the first Broadway revival of The Sound of Music, Broadway producer Jamie deRoy visited her and the rest of the cast backstage with filmmaker Rick McKay.

Read what theatre stars from across social media are saying about the passing of Rebecca Luker.

Today BroadwayWorld pauses to remember one of Broadway's most luminous leading ladies with some of her greatest performances.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Broadway veteran Rebecca Luker has passed away. Last year, Rebecca was diagnosed out of nowhere with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease closely related to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. She was 59 years old.

This week's list includes the songbook to Moulin Rouge! the Musical. Also, check out the Estella Scrooge cast album featuring Danny Burstein, Betsy Wolfe, Lauren Patten, Patrick Page, Carolee Carmello, and more.

PS CLASSICS will release All the Girls – the new album from Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert – on Friday, December 25 in digital and streaming formats. A CD will be available on Friday, January 15, 2021. The pair have recorded a celebration of womanhood in all its complexities and expressions.

The hardships COVID-19 have caused for songwriters and performers has prompted The Kurt Weill Foundation to provide financial support to participants chosen for the Lotte Lenya Competition Songbook, a new collection of sixteen contemporary theater songs by nineteen emerging writers.