Luba Mason is an American actress, singer, songwriter and dancer.
18 Facts About Luba Mason
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Luba Mason has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theaters in plays and musicals and television and film.
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Luba Mason was born Lubica Anna Christina Gregusova to Rudolph and Ellen Gregus a first-generation American of Slovak descent.
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Luba Mason grew up in Palisades, NY, graduating from Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg, NY in 1979.
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Luba Mason studied classical piano for 12 years starting at the age of 5, trained classically in voice with teachers from The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music, and dance with Lee Theodore and The American Dance Machine.
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Luba Mason received a BFA in Drama from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Circle in the Square Theatre School.
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Luba Mason originated the role of Mrs Burke in the musical Girl from the North Country written and directed by Conor McPherson with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan on Broadway in 2020.
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Luba Mason can be heard on Broadway cast recordings of The Will Rogers Follies, How To Succeed in Business.
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In 2016 Luba Mason released her third solo album Mixtura, with Rafael Rosa ; Sara Caswell ; Felipe Fournier ; Joel Mateo, using a mixtura of styles.
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Luba Mason won the 2019 BISTRO AWARD for Outstanding Vocalist.
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Luba Mason was a member for five years beginning the day after graduation from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
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Luba Mason performed in the BAM concert version of The Capeman in 2008, and the Public Theater production of the show at the Delacorte Theater in 2010.
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Luba Mason received the New York Musical Theatre Festival Award for Outstanding Individual Performance for her role in the 2013 presentation of Julian Po.
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In 2015, Luba Mason collaborated in the premiere of Pretty Filthy, a new musical about the "other" Hollywood, produced by the award-winning theater company The Civilians, with music by Michael Friedman and book by Bess Wohl.
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Luba Mason received nominations for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for both the Lucille Lortel Awards and the Drama Desk Awards for her role.
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Luba Mason originated the role of Mrs Burke in the US debut of the musical Girl from the North Country written and directed by Conor McPherson with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan at The Public Theater in 2018.
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Luba Mason received a nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for the Lucille Lortel Awards for the role.
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Luba Mason has continued to work extensively in Panama donating her time and talents coaching musical theater students, giving master classes in both voice and acting and even assisted the former First Lady of Panama Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos in working with women in prison.