REBECCA LUKER The Sound of Music 

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 ♥️

one of the greatest sopranos broadway has ever known.

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

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.

every moment sung beautifully and felt truthfully

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

I loved this great singer!

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!

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

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

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

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

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!

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 ❤️❤️

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

this is freaking beautiful

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

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...

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!

She will be dearly missed.

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

A beautiful tribute to Rebecca ⭐️😔 So sad.

Beautiful voice!

What a loss. One of a kind.

RIP Rebecca luker

So sad to lose Rebecca and Anne

RIP Rebecca.

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

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

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

I saw this production when I was 12

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

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.

What a gift she was and always will be.

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

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

rest with angels...

Her and liesl character ms carr singin goodbye farewell rip

REBECCA LUKER (1961 - 2020)

RIP

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

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!!❤️

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

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

😢😢😢

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.

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

She died.. it sucks..