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Tony Award-Winning Singer Lillias White: Hot & Sassy August Night at HighLine Ballroom

Title: Lillias White: Hot & Sassy August Night (website)
Venue: HighLine Ballroom (New York City, NY)
Full Price: $45.00   Our Price: $22.50
Rating: 3.8 stars

Rated 3.8 by 4 members who went.

HighLine Ballroom welcomes Lillias White in concert. Her role in 1997's The Life won her Broadway's prestigious Quadruple Crown: the Tony Award®, Drama Desk Award®, People's Choice® Award and The Outer Critics Award® for Best Actress in a Musical. She's also performed in many other Broadway and touring productions, and has a thriving recording career.

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Members Who Went Said:

3 Star Rating
Written on
Aug 12 2008

Anonymous Member

Miss Lillias White was superb, soulful, eclectic and delicious.
The venu, the Highline Ballroom was disorganized, under staffed and the drinks were wretched. The bar staff was also loud during the performance.

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4 Star Rating
Written on
Aug 11 2008

Harry A

Harry A

More than 10 million served

Lillias is a FORCE OF NATURE! Don't miss a chance to see and hear this great lady, if you have it! The Highline Ballroom also is a really nice venue. (My one criticism is that it would've been nice if they'd instructed the staff on the 2nd level not to scream at each other at various times during the show...disrespectful!)

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4 Star Rating
Written on
Aug 11 2008

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Travis Moser

NYC Theater/Concert Lover

Lillias White is an amazing performer and The Highline Ballroom is such a fun/unique venue! I will not hesitate to purchase tickets to see Lillias White the next time she is in New York City!

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Event Highlights

  • "She can hold a note longer than Carmen McRea, and sounds like a cross-pollination of Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington." --Rex Reed

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Lillias White has been recognized on Broadway with the Tony Award®, Drama Desk Award®, Peoples Choice® Award and The Outer Critics Award® for Best Actress in a Musical -- Broadway's Prestigious Quadruple Crown -- for her 1997 role as Sonja in the "The Life." In 1990 she won The Obie Award® for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Hennie in "Romance in Hard Times". In addition, she won The Drama Logue Award® for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the national tour of "Dreamgirls." Other theater credits include the Broadway productions of "How to Succeed in Business", "Once on This Island", "Rock n' Roll: The First 5,000 Years ( Aretha Franklin )," "Barnum, " "Carrie" and "Dreamgirls," as well as the off Broadway productions of "Crowns," "The Vagina Monologues," "Waiting for Godot," "The Princess & The Black-Eyed Pea," and "Dinah Was". Lillias White has also gone on the national and international tours for "Ain't Misbehavin', "Tintypes" and "The Wiz" .

Lillias White's TV and Film credits include featured roles in the films, Pieces of April, The Grinch That Stole Christmas, Gloria, North and Disney's Hercules. In 1992, Ms. White won an Emmy Award® for her role as Sesame Street's Lillian Edwards. Other television credits consist of recurring roles and guest spots on Outreach, Law & Order, NYPD Blue and The Jury. In 2004 Ms White was cast opposite Eddie Griffith in HBO's pilot "Pryor Offenses" (The Richard Pryor Story ).

Lillias White the recording artist, has an extensive list of recordings which include cast records and featured vocalist performances. Most recently she recorded Dream Girls : The Concert, Too Hot To Handle (The Gospel version of Handle's Messiah ") and was featured with Tony Bennett on Cy Coleman's most recent record. Lillias White CDs include "From Shubert Alley to Jazz Alley" and " From Brooklyn to Broadway". She regularly appears in concert at The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, as well as, a guest soloist on the PBS Special, such as, "A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald" and "In Performance at The White House".