Joseph Luckinbill is the son of Lucie Arnaz and Laurence Luckinbill. Joseph Luckinbill’s mother Arnaz is an American actress. She is the daughter of actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Joseph’s father, Laurence is also an American actor, playwright, and director. He has worked in television, film, and theatre, doing triple duty in the theatre by writing, directing, and starring in stage productions.
Joseph Luckinbill’s grandparents, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are two of the most iconic pop culture figures from the ’50s. “I Love Lucy,” the sitcom that featured the real-life married couple, is still beloved to this day. The “I Love Lucy” show ran from 1951 to 1956, according to IMDb.
Joseph Luckinbill is believed to be following in his grandfather’s footsteps. His grandfather, Desi Arnaz was a successful bandleader both in real life and on “I Love Lucy,” according to Biography. That’s why it is no surprise that Luckinbill inherited his grandfather’s musical talent.
According to Joseph Luckinbill’s profile on Broadway World, He first picked up the guitar when he was eight years old. He even has a bachelor’s degree in music from Shenandoah University, where he also minored in classical guitar and jazz, (via Outsider). Luckinbill has not been keeping his talents to himself, he has composed music for his mother, as well as himself, according to All Music. He now teaches guitar lessons to children, per Lessonface.
Joseph Luckinbill is not the only child of his parents, he has two other siblings, Simon and Katharine. Simon and Katherine Luckinbill have pursued careers in the arts as well. Kathrine is an actress like her grandmother, while Simon is an accomplished artist. Joseph’s parents have toured together in theatrical productions such as They’re Playing Our Song.
Joseph’s dad, Laurence Luckinbill is probably best known for penning and starring in one-man shows based upon the lives of United States President Theodore Roosevelt, author Ernest Hemingway, and famous American defense attorney Clarence Darrow; starring in a one-man show based upon the life of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson; and for his portrayal of Spock’s half-brother Sybok in the film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
Joseph Luckinbill’s mother, Arnaz has had a lengthy career in musical theatre. In June 1978 she played the title role in Annie Get Your Gun at the Jones Beach Theatre on Long Island, New York. This was the first production at Jones Beach Theatre after the death of longtime producer Guy Lombardo. In 1981, she played the lead female role in Educating Rita at The Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.
Joseph Luckinbill’s mother, Arnaz also has numerous other theater credits, both in the United States and abroad: Seesaw (first national company, 1974), Whose Life Is It Anyway?, The Guardsman (Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey, January 1984), The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (Concert at Lincoln Center, 1995, televised), Sonia Flew (Coconut Grove Playhouse, Florida, April 2006), The Witches of Eastwick (London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, June 2000), Vanities (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1976 as “Kathy”), Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers (Broadway), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Broadway, May 23, 2006, to September 3, 2006), and Terence McNally’s Master Class (Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April to May 1999).
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