BACKSTAGE PASS with Lia Chang: HADESTOWN Star Lillias White Receives Caricature at Sardi's

BACKSTAGE PASS with Lia Chang
Tony, Obie and Emmy Award winner Lillias White, who plays Hermes in Hadestown, was honored with a caricature by Richard Baratz, presented by Sardi's owner Max Klimavicius at Sardi's on December 2. On Nov. 28, she received a 2022 AUDELCO for Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in the New Group's off-Broadway production of Tariq Trotter's Black No More, which opened in January 2022. Lillias White's performance in Cy Coleman's Broadway musical, The Life, won her the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She was nominated for a second Tony Award for her brilliant work in Fela! Additional Broadway credits include Barnum, Dreamgirls, Cats, Carrie, Once on This Island, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Chicago. Other Off-Broadway and regional credits include The Public Theater's Romance in Hard Times, for which she won the Obie® Award, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (directed by Phylicia Rashad), for which she won the NAACP Award, and the Carnegie Hall Concert version of South Pacific, starring Reba McEntire, which was also broadcast on PBS' Great Performances. In addition to receiving Broadway acclaim, White is internationally recognized for her TV and film work. She received the Daytime Emmy Award for her role as Lillian Edwards for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series on Sesame Street in 1992 and is beloved by audiences around the world for voicing the lead muse Calliope in Disney's animated feature Hercules. Film credits include Pieces of April (starring Katie Holmes) and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (starring Jim Carrey). TV credits include the Baz Luhrmann-directed Netflix series "The Get Down," as well as "Russian Doll" and "Search Party." She has appeared in cabarets and concert halls around the world, including The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Sydney Opera House. She can be heard on several Broadway cast albums, in addition to her critically acclaimed albums Get Yourself Some Happy! and From Brooklyn to Broadway. She starred on Broadway in the musical, CHICAGO, as Matron "Mama" Morton and off-Broadway in Tariq Trotter's Black No More, which opened in January 2022.

[RomeNeal]

Thank you Lia for sharing this historical moment with us! Lillias is so deserving of her caricature at Sardi's!

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