Terri White
Terri White | |
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Birth name | Terri White |
Born | ca. 1948 |
Genres | Musical theater, Cabaret, Standards |
Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
Instruments | Vocals |
Website | http://www.officialTerriWhite.com |
Terri White is an American singer and actress, raised in Palo Alto, California.
Career
She has appeared in Nunsense 2: The Sequel (1994),[1] Ain't Misbehavin' (1988),[2] Barnum (1980),[3] Welcome to the Club (1989),[4] and Bubbling Brown Sugar.
After a period of homelessness in 2008, White was recognized by an NYPD police officer David Taylor in Manhattan's Greenwich Village 6th Precinct, who helped her find a place to live. Shortly thereafter, White was cast in the 2009 City Center Encores! and Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow.[5][6][7] She received the nomination for 2010 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for Finian's Rainbow.[8] She later assumed the role of Mama Morton in the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago in April 2010.
White appeared in the Kennedy Center production of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical Follies as Stella Deems, from May 2011 until the musical closed in June 2011.[9] This production moved to Broadway's Marquis Theatre where previews began August 7, 2011. The official opening was September 12, 2011.[10]
She has performed her solo cabaret act in several venues. She performed at Sardi's Restaurant (New York City) in 2007.[11] She performed at the Arthur Newman Theater in Palm Desert, California in 2013.[12] In October 2015, after performing her cabaret act at the Kennedy Center, White announced that she was retiring from live performing, due to health and other issues.[13]
Personal
White and Donna Barnett were married in a same-sex marriage ceremony at the St. James Theatre on July 25, 2011.[14]
References
- ↑ " Nunsense 2: The Sequel Off Broadway" lortel.org, accessed November 18, 2016
- ↑ " Ain't Misbehavin' Broadway" Playbill (vault), accessed November 18, 2016
- ↑ " Barnun Broadway Playbill (vault), accessed November 18, 2016
- ↑ " Welcome to the Club Broadway" Playbill (vault), accessed November 18, 2016
- ↑ CBS News report on White's homelessness
- ↑ Dominus, Susan. "From No Home to Back Home on Broadway", The New York Times, October 26, 2009
- ↑ "Terri White story", nydailynews.com; accessed March 6, 2016.
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced; 'Ragtime' and 'Scottsboro' Top List" Playbill, May 3, 2010
- ↑ Gans, Andrew."Broadway-Bound Follies Plays Final Performance at Kennedy Center June 19" playbill.com, June 19, 2011.
- ↑ Follies details, IBDB; accessed March 6, 2016.
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Traina Will Welcome Barnum Star White Oct. 9 at Sardi's" Playbill, October 7, 2007
- ↑ "Broadway Star Terri White Comes to Arthur Newman Theater" visitpalmsprings.com, accessed November 18, 2016
- ↑ "Terri White Announces Farewell from Concert Stage at DC Concert" broadwayworld.com, October 16, 2015
- ↑ Gans, Andrew and Hetrick, Adam. " 'Follies' Star Terri White and Donna Barnett Will Be Among Same-Sex Couples Married at the St. James" Playbill, July 22, 2011