What is Rebecca Luker?
[[File:Rebecca Luker.jpg|thumb|200px|Luker in 2008]] '''Rebecca Luker''' (April 17, 1961 – December 23, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] actress, singer and recording artist. She appeared in many musical productions on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. Her stage credits include ''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]'', ''[[Show Boat]]'' and ''[[The Music Man]]''. Her voice type was [[soprano]]. Luker was [[wikt:nominate|nominated]] for three [[Tony Award]]s and two [[Drama Desk Award]]s. She played a part in opera star [[Plácido Domingo]]'s recording of ''The Broadway I Love'' (1991). Off the stage, Luker also acted onscreen in television shows and movies. ''[[The New York Times]]'' compared her to actresses such as [[Barbara Cook]] and [[Julie Andrews]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/14/arts/music/the-ghosts-of-broadway-past-and-future.html|author=Holden, Stephen|title=The Ghosts of Broadway, Past and Future|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 14, 2005|access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref> Luker was born in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. She grew up in [[Helena, Alabama]]. She married fellow actor and singer [[Danny Burstein]] in 2000. Luker was [[medical diagnosis|diagosed]] with [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]] (ALS) in late 2019. She died on December 23, 2020, in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. She was 59.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Countryman, Eli|url=https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/rebecca-luker-dead-broadway-mary-poppins-sound-of-music-1234874347/|title=Rebecca Luker, Tony-Nominated 'Mary Poppins,' 'Music Man' Star, Dies at 59|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 23, 2020|access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *{{imdb name|525648|Rebecca Luker}} * {{Discogs artist|Rebecca Luker}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Luker, Rebecca}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Alabama]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[