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Rebecca Spencer is an American singer and actress known for her roles in musicals and on the concert and cabaret stages. Over the course of her career she has performed principal roles in over 50 opera, national tour, regional and Off-Broadway productions. 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. == Early Life and Career Highlights == Rebecca was born (April 29, 1960), the youngest of three children, in Bristol, Pennsylvania and raised nearby in Levittown, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Ithaca College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Music Degree with an emphasis on classical vocal performance. While in college, Rebecca 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, Rebecca'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 and at the Shawnee Playhouse in Pennsylvania, as Anna Held in Tintypes. In 1985 Rebecca played the role of Scrooge's fiance, 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 Rebecca performed as the Matinee Cunegonde in Candide at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ovrtur.com/production/2882717 )〕 and returned a year later to play the Matinee title role in Naughty Marietta. In the late 80's Rebecca 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 Showboat, opposite Davis Gaines, at both the Minnesota Opera and Opera Omaha. In 1990 Rebecca created the role of Lisa (Emma) Carew in the Alley Theatre world premiere of Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll and Hyde,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jekyll-hyde.com/stagings/listing.cgi?production=001-Alley )〕 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 90's 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 90's, she returned to the Jupiter Theatre in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, toured nationally as Antonia in Man of La Mancha starring John Cullum, was 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, Rebecca 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=75141 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rebecca Spencer (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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