The Alabama Stage and Screen Hall of Fame will induct three members in a gala ceremony Friday March 16 on the campus of Shelton State Community College. Broadway star Rebecca Luker headlines the 2001 class of honorees, along with a posthumous award to celebrated writer Truman Capote and a special honor to the film version of To Kill A Mockingbird.
Tickets are on sale now for the third annual event.
The selection committee considered more than 100 nominees with major international careers before choosing Rebecca Luker and the other two honorees according to ceremony producer Paul Looney. This year's recipients have provided us all with countless hours of laughter and tears. Their selection reflects Alabama's pride in her native sons and daughters, he said in announcing the Hall of Fame class of 2001. Birmingham native Rebecca Luker captured the hearts of Broadway in her debut as Christine in The Phantom of the Opera . Currently she enthralls New York audiences nightly as Marian the Librarian in Meredith Willson s The Music Man .