Terri White

This article is about the American singer. For the Oklahoma social worker, see Terri White (commissioner).
Terri White
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

  1. ↑ " Nunsense 2: The Sequel Off Broadway" lortel.org, accessed November 18, 2016
  2. ↑ " Ain't Misbehavin' Broadway" Playbill (vault), accessed November 18, 2016
  3. ↑ " Barnun Broadway Playbill (vault), accessed November 18, 2016
  4. ↑ " Welcome to the Club Broadway" Playbill (vault), accessed November 18, 2016
  5. ↑ CBS News report on White's homelessness
  6. ↑ Dominus, Susan. "From No Home to Back Home on Broadway", The New York Times, October 26, 2009
  7. ↑ "Terri White story", nydailynews.com; accessed March 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced; 'Ragtime' and 'Scottsboro' Top List" Playbill, May 3, 2010
  9. ↑ Gans, Andrew."Broadway-Bound Follies Plays Final Performance at Kennedy Center June 19" playbill.com, June 19, 2011.
  10. ↑ Follies details, IBDB; accessed March 6, 2016.
  11. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Traina Will Welcome Barnum Star White Oct. 9 at Sardi's" Playbill, October 7, 2007
  12. ↑ "Broadway Star Terri White Comes to Arthur Newman Theater" visitpalmsprings.com, accessed November 18, 2016
  13. ↑ "Terri White Announces Farewell from Concert Stage at DC Concert" broadwayworld.com, October 16, 2015
  14. ↑ 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
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