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Thru February 2008
Rebecca originated and just concluded as principal cast
member,
Madame Giry, in 'PHANTOM - The Las
Vegas Spectacular'. This new production of the smash show, at
The Venetian Hotel and Casino, reunited Spencer with Broadway legend
Harold Prince. The Las Vegas Review Journal named Phantom the Top New Production
on the Strip,
raving
"There's lots of talent on display at
'Phantom -- The Las Vegas Spectacular,' but
the
person I can
never stop watching is Rebecca Spencer…The actress gets to show
her sensuous side in a new CD, "Fair Warning,"and it's difficult to
believe that this
passionate vocal performance
comes from the same body and soul as
our Madame Giry."
Also in 2007
Rebecca debuted her full length concert program
as part
of the Performing
Arts
Society
of
Nevada's Brown Bag Concert Series, joined by her
Musical Director and pianist Philip Fortenberry, as well as cellist
Moonlight Tran in a
program built around her two recordings.
Over 300 people attended at the Clark County Flamingo Library Theatre
in Las Vegas and
heard a tapestry of
lyric-driven art song interpretations ranging from the
American
Songbook to lesser known Pop, Jazz, Broadway and Opera repertoire.
You can read more about it here
and also here.
Rebecca was the host for the 2007 Liberace
Foundation Piano Competition in Las Vegas.
She performed her arrangement of I'll
Be Seeing You. The song
was a favorite of Liberace's
and his signature closing piece for his many live concerts.
Rebecca was one of the stars of a special benefit concert
representing the first American performances of Jerry Springer -
The Opera at
the MGM Grand’s 740-seat Hollywood
Theatre March 17 and
18. Proceeds from the event benefited Las Vegas-based
HIV/AIDS
charity Golden Rainbow. Read the PLAYBILL article here.
In December 2007 Rebecca
appeared as a guest on an annual Christmas
Concert program, hosted by Las Vegas favorites Tony and Lloyd and held
at the Clark
County
Library Theatre.
Rebecca
was a featured guest soloist in benefit
concert performances of God
Lives in Glass, composed by Keith Thomspon, along with members
of the "Broadway West" community, uniting the casts of Mama Mia, The Producers,
Spamalot, and Phantom-The Las
Vegas Spectacular.
In November 2007 Rebecca
was a guest with PHANTOM cast
member Bruce Ewing on his GRATEFUL
concert program, produced by the Las Vegas Performing Arts Society at
the Clark
County
Library Theatre.
Rebecca continued to perform regularly as part of the
Composers
Showcase, each month in
Las Vegas, featuring new works created by performers and artists from
the Strip's
productions.
Rebecca and Philip were part of the featured entertainment
at the 2007
Arizona Red Hat Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona in March. The
experience, being onstage looking out over a field of red hats
and purple dresses of every kind on the more than 1500 ladies from
across the state, was unlike any other!
Rebecca appeared on the
Ed Bernstein Show, a
30-minute television talk show that is the
longest running television talk show in the state of Nevada. It airs on
NBC affiliates throughout
Nevada and can be seen on Sundays at 3:30pm.
October - December
2006
Rebecca was featured on the cover of the Las
Vegas Review Journal's
NEON
Entertainment Magazine. You can read the feature story here.
Rebecca sang selections and signed CDs from
FAIR WARNING in an
appearance with
Philip Fortenberry at the Las
Vegas Barnes
& Noble store on October 14. The event
headlined a special benefit for the Rainbow Theatre
Company, a
nationally recognized
Las Vegas based children's theatre
program. Read more and see pis here.