REVIEWS
TORCH SONG
(UPTOWN PLAYERS)
"His TOUR DE FORCE was truly something to behold..."
"Phillip Cole White is A TRUE GIFT to the audience... and we should be thankful"
"WATCHING WHITE onstage in Torch Song WAS LIKE WATCHING MAGIC UNFOLD."
"White had a lot of dialogue to learn but the way it rolled out of him displayed his deep dive into Arnold. His immersion into the character was PHENOMENAL... there was no trace of the actor on stage – just Arnold."
"White was ebullient and flamy and delivered MONUMENTAL LAUGHS with snappy reads and queer quips."
"In his more dramatic scenes... White was HEARTBREAKING or DEEPLY TENDER..."
-Dallas Voice
"White is VULNERABLE and HILARIOUS..."
"A PRO at knowing how to land a smart-ass crack or a painful punch line."
-Onstage NTX
"Phillip Cole White CAPTIVATES in Uptown Players' Torch Song."
-Dallas Observer
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE
(WATERFRONT PLAYHOUSE)
"With supporting characters like the GIFTED Phillip Cole White as Rexy-"Anorexia Nervosa"-as well as landlord Jason, the play feels like a wondrous revamp of the Carol Burnett Show."
-Keys Weekly
"The VERSATILE Phillip Cole White does double duty as drag queen with a drinking problem and Casey's gentle landlord/friend."
-Konk Life
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
(KEY WEST THEATER)
"Phillip Cole White is so INCREDIBLE and was BORN TO PLAY THIS ROLE."
-Key West Weekly
"Phillip Cole White as Hedwig is a TRIUMPH."
-Florida Weekly
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
(THEATREXP)
"Poor, young stuttering Billy played by Phillip Cole White STEALS MANY SCENES"
-Keys Weekly
"Phillip Cole White is an OUTSTANDING Billy Bibbit."
-Keys Weekly
ALTAR BOYZ
(THEATRE ARLINGTON)
"I couldn’t stop watching him.”
-The Column
"Superbly talented!"
-The Column
"You won’t need any prompting to relish the over-the-top antics of White as Mark. Altar Boyz will make you want to seek divine guidance about how to stop laughing.”
-Fort Worth Star Telegram
URINETOWN
(TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY)
"Phillip Cole White is the menacing and manipulative Caldwell B. Cladwell, who due to the smart costume design evokes images of Batman’s Joker circa 1960. There’s nothing like a good villain, and it’s clear by his winks and wry smiles that WHITE DELIGHTS IN THE ROLE. He plays Cladwell as a cartoony, sneaky, evil tyrant whose appetite for money is rivaled only by his penchant for secretaries in miniskirts. VILLAINS ARE RARELY AS ENTERTAINING AS THIS.”
-BroadwayWorld.com
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
(ONSTAGE IN BEDFORD)
"WHITE TAKES THE TITLE OF SHOW-STEALER with his humorous portrayal of the begrudged Mahoney. In a role typically played as a black character, the ironically named White fills the role as more of a emo-punkish juvenile delinquent type. Any number of reasons could have contributed to the director’s choice to go against demographic casting. On the simplest level, it may have been a dearth of black auditioners. But, more likely it was the complexity White gave the character. Starting as a reluctant multiple offender, Mahoney eventually finds gratification in his role and truly surrenders himself to the dejected spellers and the audience.”
-TheaterJones
"Phillip Cole White, in full Goth mode, conceives a perpetual sight gag as the comfort counselor (working off his community service) who bequeaths each contestant a hug and juice box when they are eliminated from the bee.”
-EDGE
"MR. WHITE MAKES A STRONG IMPRESSION AS MAHONEY, The Official Comfort Counselor, who hands out juice boxes to contestants who misspell their words. He also takes a hilarious 180 degree turn as one of Logainne’s gay dads.”
-The Column
KIMBERLY AKIMBO
(THEATRE ARLINGTON)
"THE STANDOUT IS PHILLIP COLE WHITE as Kimberly’s high school love interest, Jeff. His line deliveries as an overly perceptive teen-age boy are HYSTERICAL, like the best-written characters his age on any number of WB dramas.”
-Fort Worth Star Telegram
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