MARY POPPINS' Luker on XM Radio's "Downstage Center" 1/5

Tony nominee Rebecca Luker, currently starring in the critically acclaimed production of MARY POPPINS, will be a guest on XM Radio's "Downstage Center" Friday, January 5 at 6:00PM. The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio present "Downstage Center" on XM Channel 28. The interview will be rebroadcast on Saturday, January 6 at 12:00 PM, Sunday, January 7 at 7:00 PM. and Wednesday, January 10 at 12:00 AM.

Following the initial air date, the program will be available on www.americantheatrewing.org.

MARY POPPINS, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at the New Amsterdam Theatre (Broadway at West 42nd Street). The Broadway production began previews on October 14, 2006. MARY POPPINS continues in the second year of its record-breaking run at the Prince Edward Theatre in London's West End.

Tickets for MARY POPPINS are available at the New Amsterdam Theatre Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-4747. Prices range from $20 - $110. For group sales and information please call (800) 439-9000.

www.MaryPoppins.com

Rebecca Luker (Winifred Banks). Broadway: Nine, Music Man, Sound of Music, Showboat, Secret Garden, Phantom…Off-Broadway: Indian Blood, Vagina Monologues, Can't Let Go, X (Life of Malcolm X), and Brigadoon. Concerts: American Songbook (LCT); Boys From Syracuse (Encores!); No, No Nanette; Trouble in Tahiti; Gay Divorce (Carnegie Hall). TV: "Cupid & Cate," "Law & Order: SVU," "My Favorite Broadway," "Evening With The Pops," etc. Regional: Passion (Kennedy Center). Recordings: Leaving Home (PS Classics), Anything Goes: Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter, Aria 1-3.