Lillias White

On stage 12 productions, 37 years

1982	Cats Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Trevor Nunn	7,485 perf.
1982	Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 Years St James Theatre · Original · directed by Bob Gill	9 perf.
1987	Dreamgirls Ambassador Theatre · Revival · directed by Michael Peters	177 perf.
1990	Once on This Island Booth Theatre · Original	469 perf.
1995	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Theatre unknown · Revival	548 perf.
1996	Chicago Richard Rodgers Theatre · Revival · directed by Walter Bobbie	9,999 perf.
1997	The Life Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Blakemore	466 perf.
2001	Dreamgirls Ford Center For The Performing Arts · Revival · directed by Brenda Braxton	1 perf.
2002	Once on This Island Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre · Revival	2 perf.
2004	Hair New Amsterdam Theatre · Revival	1 perf.
2009	Fela! Eugene O’Neill Theatre · Original · directed by Bill T. Jones	463 perf.
2019	Hadestown Walter Kerr Theatre · Original · directed by Rachel Chavkin	1,700 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in. That is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 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

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership. A long-running company puts the same forty people together every night, but it is where one would start looking. 3 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature8 passages

• After more than two hours, Lillias White finally got the chance to sing an eleven o’clock number that did offer its rewards. Never, however, did she convince that she was Fela’s mother, for she more resembled a Broadway performer.Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia
• When they show opened, they saw that it was sung by Sonja (Lillias White) and Queen, two tough prostitutes who’d just been released. That wasn’t as palatable.Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia
• Cast: Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Jonathan Freedmen, Victoria Clark, Luba Mason, Gerry Vichi, Lillias White, Ronn CarrollBroadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell
• Cast: Sahr Ngaujah, Kevin Mambo, Saycon Sengbloh, Lillias White, Ismael Kouyaté, Gelan LambertBroadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell
• Finally, Brett Macias had orchestrated "Don't Rain On My Parade" for Lillias White, but we wound up not doing it on the first night of the cruise in the Barbra show. But I didn't want to deprive the audience of her brilliance, so as an encore to Chicago , I kept Lillias onstage and started the vamp. Needless to say, she sounded amazing .…Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky
• At Sirius, I got to interview one of the best singers on Broadway, Tony Award-winner Lillias White. What a voice, and what a spirit! We had an amazing afternoon. When she arrived, she told me that she was vocally exhausted because she was up the night before doing her gig at The Triad and singing 'til 2 AM. She needed to rest her voice so…Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky

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