Tickets are now on sale for an album release concert from Lillias White—Lillias White – Divine Sass: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan, playing from Wednesday, March 26, 2025 to March 29 at 54 Below, 7 PM. Purchase here. Music director is Mathis Picard.
The show is a journey through the music, life, and times of “the Divine One,” Sarah Vaughan, from her remarkable win at the world-famous Apollo Theatre amateur night contest, through her collaborations and tours with renown musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstein, Erroll Garner, George Gershwin, and more. Songs featred are “Misty,” “The Man I Love” and “If You Could See Me Now,” among many others.
White made her Broadway debut in Barnum. Other Broadway credits include Hadestown, Cats, Carrie, Dreamgirls, Once On This Island, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Chicago, and Fela! For her role in The Life, she won Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Off-Broadway, White performed in The New Group’s Black No More, The Public Theater’s Romance in Hard Times (Obie Award), Dinah Was at the Gramercy Theatre, Second Stage Theatre’s Crowns (Audelco Award) and Texas in Paris at the York Theatre Company.
Her credits include many oncert performances, her one-woman shows (From Brooklyn to Broadway and The Lillias White Effect). television appearances and many screen credits. White holds an honorary Ph.D in Fine Arts from the City University of New York.
Cover charges are $67.50 (includes $7.50 in fees) – $78.50 (includes $8.50 in fees). Premiums are $128 (includes $13 in fees) – $133.50 (includes $13.50 in fees). $25 food & beverage minimum.
54 Below (is located at 254 West 54th Street (Cellar), NYC
