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Luba Mason (Lubica Anna Gregusova (Lubitza Gregus)) was born on 26 July, 1961 in July 26, 1961 (age 62) Astoria, Queens, NY, is an American actress and singer (born 1961). Discover Luba Mason's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?

Popular As Lubica Anna Gregusova (Lubitza Gregus)
Occupation Actress and singer
Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 26 July 1961
Birthday 26 July
Birthplace July 26, 1961 (age 62) Astoria, Queens, NY
Nationality United States

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Luba Mason Height, Weight & Measurements

At 63 years old, Luba Mason height is 5' 10" (1.78 m) .

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Height 5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Who Is Luba Mason's Husband?

Her husband is Rubén Blades (m. 2006)

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Luba Mason Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Luba Mason worth at the age of 63 years old? Luba Mason’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Luba Mason's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Actress

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Luba Mason is an American actress, singer, songwriter and dancer.

She has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theaters in plays and musicals and television and film.

As a singer, she has performed in International Jazz and Music Festivals as well as major jazz and music clubs around the country.

Mason has trademarked her own musical format called Mixtura, "a blend of different musical currents."

1961

Mason was born Lubica Anna Christina Gregusova to Rudolph and Ellen Gregus a first-generation American of Slovak descent on July 26, 1961.

1979

She grew up in Palisades, NY, graduating from Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg, NY in 1979.

At Tappan Zee High School she performed in many of the Drama Department's theatrical productions, including Gypsy (in the role of Louise), Kismet, Dracula, Don't Drink the Water, Anything Goes, and Cabaret.

She 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.

Mason also received a BFA in Drama from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Circle in the Square Theatre School.

After graduating from NYU, she used the name 'Kim Freshwater' professionally for a few years.

1987

Mason's extensive Broadway career began in 1987, when she made her debut, billed as 'Kim Freshwater,' as the statuesque, leather-clad nightclub owner in the short-lived musical Late Nite Comic.

1989

This was followed by her appearance in Sid Caesar & Company in 1989.

1991

In 1991, she was part of the original Broadway cast of Tommy Tune's Tony Award-winning The Will Rogers Follies, first as the second Ziegfeld Follies girl from the left, then assuming understudy assignments for the leading lady "Betty Blake" and sassy featured role of "Ziegfeld's Favorite".

Next came her break-through comedic role of Hedy LaRue in the first revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opposite Matthew Broderick and directed by Des McAnuff.

Significant roles followed as the mourning mother Mrs. Kresinsky in Paul Simon's The Capeman, the doomed Lucy Harris in Jekyll & Hyde replacing Linda Eder, and later playing the hardened Velma Kelly opposite Brooke Shields' Roxy Hart in Chicago, directed by Walter Bobbie.

1993

Other roles include Joanna in Trevor Nunn's American premiere of Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles in 1993.

Mason can be heard on Broadway cast recordings of The Will Rogers Follies, How To Succeed in Business..., The Capeman, The Stephen Schwartz Album and Girl From the North Country.

Her experience with Latin music and artists in The Capeman led to a love of Latin rhythms and Brazilian music.

2002

Mason, blessed with "...a celestial voice" (Los Angeles Times), was a guest vocalist on Rubén Blades’ double Grammy-winning cd Mundo in 2002 with her rendition of "Danny Boy".

2004

Her first cd Collage (2004) put a Latin flavor on some familiar standards and pop ballads.

Luba Mason has been called "a powerfully emotional song interpreter...a much needed dose of uniqueness in an industry where bland pigeonholing is an art form in itself."

(All Music Guide) and "...a voice with a brain behind it" (Time Out New York).

2009

Exploring Brazilian music further, she collaborated with Renato Neto and wrote or co-wrote most of the songs for her cool jazz/pop/Brazilian cd Krazy Love (2009), described as "a voice as big and rich as a star filled sky," (Jazz Times).

Krazy Love also featured jazz artists Jimmy Haslip and Hubert Laws, and 12 time Grammy winner/11 time Latin Grammy winner Rubén Blades.

In 2009 Mason, Haslip and Laws were invited to open for Wayne Shorter, Chucho Valdez and Danilo Perez at the Panama Jazz Festival and later Mason headlined Havana Cuba's 40th International Music Festival in 2011 produced by Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, and Costa Rica's International Music Festival.

In the U.S., she has performed shows at LA's famed Catalina Bar & Grill, Yoshi's in Oakland, the Blue Note in New York City., Blues Alley in DC, World Cafe in Philadelphia and the Regattabar in Boston.

2014

She has also headlined at Vibrato and the Cinegrill in L.A., Feinstein's, Birdland, B.B. Kings, Iridium and the Metropolitan Room in N.Y. Most recently Mason and her husband Rubén Blades performed together at Radio City Music Hall in Paul Simon's sold-out benefit concert for the Children's Health Fund's 25th Anniversary and in 2014 at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis and his band.

2016

In 2016 Mason released her third solo album Mixtura, with Rafael Rosa (guitar); Sara Caswell (violin); Felipe Fournier (vibraphone, percussion); Joel Mateo (drums), using a mixtura of styles.

In 2016 she performed at the "2016 Bratislava Jazz Days Festival" in Slovakia.

2019

She won the 2019 BISTRO AWARD for Outstanding Vocalist.

Mason has trademarked the name Mixtura – "a blend of different musical currents".

It is a genre blend of jazz, pop, classical and world music styles.

She performs an eclectic selection of material with arrangements in a broad range of musical genres mixed in new and exciting combinations.

"Surround yourself with people who are great, and who will push you, and you can challenge yourself and learn," she says.

Mason's film and television work includes Abuse, The Ten Commandments: The Musical, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, Another World, One Life to Live, New York Undercover, Now and Again, Raines, Person of Interest, and Forever.

Mason's professional career began as a singer/dancer in Lee Theodore's American Dance Machine.

She was a member for five years beginning the day after graduation from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Lee took Luba under her wing while the company toured Japan, Europe, the U.S. and later a limited engagement at New York's City Center hosted by Dick Cavett.

2020

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.

In 2020 she released Triangle, arranged with just voice, Joe Locke on vibes and James Genus on bass.