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Lillias White

ActorBorn 1951On stage 1982 to 201912 productions on this page

Lillias White is an American actress and singer. She is particularly known for her performances in Broadway musicals. In 1989 she won an Obie Award for her performance in the off-Broadway musical Romance in Hard Times. In 1997, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for portraying Sonja in Cy Coleman's The Life. She was nominated for a Tony Award again in 2010 for her work as Funmilayo in Fela Kuti's Fela!. White is also known for her roles as Calliope in the Disney film Hercules (1997), and its animated series of the same name; Evette in the film Pieces of April (2003); and as Fat Annie in the Netflix…

On stage

12 productions, 37 years

1982

CatsBroadway Winter Garden Theatre. Original. Directed by Trevor Nunn

7,485 performances

1982

Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 YearsBroadway St James Theatre. Original. Directed by Bob Gill

9 performances

1987

DreamgirlsBroadway Ambassador Theatre. Revival. Directed by Michael Peters

177 performances

1990

Once on This IslandBroadway Booth Theatre. Original

469 performances

1995

How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingBroadway Revival

548 performances

1996

ChicagoBroadway Richard Rodgers Theatre. Revival. Directed by Walter Bobbie

9,999 performances

1997

The LifeBroadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Original. Directed by Michael Blakemore

466 performances

2001

DreamgirlsBroadway Ford Center For The Performing Arts. Revival. Directed by Brenda Braxton

1 performance

2002

Once on This IslandBroadway Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre. Revival

2 performances

2004

HairBroadway New Amsterdam Theatre. Revival

1 performance

2009

Fela!Broadway Eugene O’Neill Theatre. Original. Directed by Bill T. Jones

463 performances

2019

HadestownBroadway Walter Kerr Theatre. Original. Directed by Rachel Chavkin

1,700 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names

Orfeh 3 productions
Norm Lewis 3 productions
Milton Craig Nealy 3 productions
Chuck Cooper 3 productions
Bobby Daye 3 productions
Afi McClendon 3 productions
Adriane Lenox 3 productions
Steve Geary 2 productions
Stephen Reed 2 productions
Shoshana Bean 2 productions
Sheila Gibbs 2 productions
Rich Hebert 2 productions

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