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Rebecca Spencer
Rebecca Spencer (born April 29, 1960) is an American singer and actress, known for her roles in musicals and cabaret productions. Over the course of her career, Spencer has performed principal roles in over 50 opera, national tour, regional and Off-Broadway productions, including co-starring in Hollywood Bowl's 2019 production of Into the Woods (in the role of Jack's Mother). She created the role of Lisa Carew in the world premiere of Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll and Hyde at the Alley Theatre, opposite Linda Eder and Chuck Wagner, and premiered the role of Madame Giry in the $35 million production of Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular, under the direction of Harold Prince.
Spencer was born the youngest of three children in Bristol, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Levittown. She graduated from Ithaca College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Music. While in college, Spencer began her professional theatre career, appearing in productions at Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck, Rhode Island, including West Side Story, Brigadoon, and Sweeney Todd.
Following college, Spencer's early career included roles in productions at the Candlewood Playhouse in Connecticut, as Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and as Anna Held in Tintypes (at the Shawnee Playhouse in Pennsylvania).
In 1985, Spencer played the role of Scrooge's fiancé, Belle, in A Christmas Carol at the Missouri Repertory Theatre, as well as Johanna in Sweeney Todd at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. In 1986 Spencer performed as the Matinee Cunegonde in Candide at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. and returned a year later to play the Matinee title role in Naughty Marietta.
In the late 1980s Spencer appeared as Marsinah in Kismet at the Equity Library Theatre and in the Goodspeed Opera's national tour of Lady, Be Good! as Shirley. She embarked on her first national tour as Antonia in Man of La Mancha, starring Hal Linden, and appeared as Magnolia in Show Boat, opposite Davis Gaines, at both the Minnesota Opera and Opera Omaha.
In 1990, Spencer created the role of Lisa (Emma) Carew in the Alley Theatre world premiere of Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll and Hyde, opposite Chuck Wagner and Linda Eder, and appeared as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at Theatre Under the Stars in Houston, Texas, under the direction of Philip William McKinley. The early 1990s included roles as Marian Paroo in The Music Man at Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck, RI, opposite recent Tony Award winner Michael McGrath as Harold Hill, six months with the Hamburg, Germany company of Das Phantom der Oper as Carlotta (Harold Prince's company, performed in German), Christine in the Yeston Phantom at the TriArts in Pine Plains, New York and Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck, RI, Belle in A Christmas Carol at the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, directed by Richard Jenkins, and Rosabella in the Jupiter Theatre's production of The Most Happy Fella.
In the mid and late 1990s, she returned to the Jupiter Theatre in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and toured nationally as Antonia in Man of La Mancha (with John Cullum). In addition, she played Babe in the Virginia Musical Theatre's production of The Pajama Game, and was a member of the Toronto workshop of Ragtime, directed by Frank Galati.
On April 27, 1997, Spencer made her Broadway debut in Jekyll and Hyde, as the female swing. She performed numerous roles in the production, including as a replacement for Emma Carew, and eventually took over the principal role of Lady Beaconsfield.
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Rebecca Spencer
Rebecca Spencer (born April 29, 1960) is an American singer and actress, known for her roles in musicals and cabaret productions. Over the course of her career, Spencer has performed principal roles in over 50 opera, national tour, regional and Off-Broadway productions, including co-starring in Hollywood Bowl's 2019 production of Into the Woods (in the role of Jack's Mother). She created the role of Lisa Carew in the world premiere of Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll and Hyde at the Alley Theatre, opposite Linda Eder and Chuck Wagner, and premiered the role of Madame Giry in the $35 million production of Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular, under the direction of Harold Prince.
Spencer was born the youngest of three children in Bristol, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Levittown. She graduated from Ithaca College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Music. While in college, Spencer began her professional theatre career, appearing in productions at Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck, Rhode Island, including West Side Story, Brigadoon, and Sweeney Todd.
Following college, Spencer's early career included roles in productions at the Candlewood Playhouse in Connecticut, as Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and as Anna Held in Tintypes (at the Shawnee Playhouse in Pennsylvania).
In 1985, Spencer played the role of Scrooge's fiancé, Belle, in A Christmas Carol at the Missouri Repertory Theatre, as well as Johanna in Sweeney Todd at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. In 1986 Spencer performed as the Matinee Cunegonde in Candide at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. and returned a year later to play the Matinee title role in Naughty Marietta.
In the late 1980s Spencer appeared as Marsinah in Kismet at the Equity Library Theatre and in the Goodspeed Opera's national tour of Lady, Be Good! as Shirley. She embarked on her first national tour as Antonia in Man of La Mancha, starring Hal Linden, and appeared as Magnolia in Show Boat, opposite Davis Gaines, at both the Minnesota Opera and Opera Omaha.
In 1990, Spencer created the role of Lisa (Emma) Carew in the Alley Theatre world premiere of Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll and Hyde, opposite Chuck Wagner and Linda Eder, and appeared as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at Theatre Under the Stars in Houston, Texas, under the direction of Philip William McKinley. The early 1990s included roles as Marian Paroo in The Music Man at Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck, RI, opposite recent Tony Award winner Michael McGrath as Harold Hill, six months with the Hamburg, Germany company of Das Phantom der Oper as Carlotta (Harold Prince's company, performed in German), Christine in the Yeston Phantom at the TriArts in Pine Plains, New York and Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck, RI, Belle in A Christmas Carol at the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, directed by Richard Jenkins, and Rosabella in the Jupiter Theatre's production of The Most Happy Fella.
In the mid and late 1990s, she returned to the Jupiter Theatre in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and toured nationally as Antonia in Man of La Mancha (with John Cullum). In addition, she played Babe in the Virginia Musical Theatre's production of The Pajama Game, and was a member of the Toronto workshop of Ragtime, directed by Frank Galati.
On April 27, 1997, Spencer made her Broadway debut in Jekyll and Hyde, as the female swing. She performed numerous roles in the production, including as a replacement for Emma Carew, and eventually took over the principal role of Lady Beaconsfield.
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