About Me:

Margaret Lebre White is a New York City based performer, originally from Richmond, Virginia. She has had the privilege to be in many fun productions, such as Little Red Riding Hood (Into The Woods), Cinderella U/S / Dance Ensemble (Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella), Victoria (Cats), Rumpleteazer (Cats), Odette/Ensemble (Anastasia), and Hope Harcourt (Anything Goes), along with many more rewarding projects, including cabarets and short films. She is a talented and trained dancer with experience in Ballet, Pointe, Theater, Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Lyrical, Russian Character, Tap, and Fosse and has trained with The Bolshoi Ballet and danced professionally with The Richmond Ballet. Margaret also loves to perform as many different princesses at children’s birthday parties and sing their favorite Disney songs.

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A young woman with long dark hair, wearing a white dress, is sitting on a moss-covered log in a forest reading a book. There are two other books placed on the ground beside her. The forest has tall, leafless trees and a carpet of dry leaves.
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Aside from performing, Margaret can be found jamming out to her favorite music consisting of rock music, heavy metal, emo songs, Disney bangers, or show tunes, driving with her windows down blaring David Bowie, or moshing at a Black Veil Brides concert. She also enjoys riding her bike to a nice spot to sit down with a book or climbing the trees by the river near her house. Ask her anything about history and she would gladly talk about the documentaries she has watched or the museum she visited or the history book she just read. Margaret is a very outgoing and caring person who loves to create with others and enjoys a fun project. 

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How it all began…

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A young girl dressed as a fairy holding a bouquet of flowers and a gift bag, smiling indoors on a wooden floor.
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved dressing up, reenacting Disney movies, and putting on shows for my toys.

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When I was five, my parents put me in dance classes because I wanted to be graceful and dance like a princess at a ball.

I was gifted a Cats the musical CD! This changed everything! This cast recording cemented what I wanted to do with my life at such a young age. I wanted to perform!

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I dressed up as Victoria from Cats all the time!

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I started to teach myself the original choreography from the 1998 pro-shot of Cats, practicing my “Victoria leg” from her dance solo because she was my favorite Cat.

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A birthday cake with an edible image of the musical Les Misérables, with a pink and white frosting border and the words 'Happy Birthday Margaret' written on it.

←I drew that picture of Cosette on the cake

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Still obsessed with Cats and dancing, I learned more about other musicals and the importance of singing while telling a story. I became captivated by Les Misérables! I even celebrated my joy of these shows with Cats and Les Misérables birthday parties! Yes, I had interesting birthday choice themes as a child haha!

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When I turned 14, I got to see the revival of Cats on Broadway! I remember practicing the choreography that whole day leading up to the show just in case they needed me haha!

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Young girl doing a high kick in front of a sign that reads 'The Moulin Rouge is a State of Mind'.
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Ballet brought me the opportunity to train with the Bolshoi ballet for two summers in NYC and be closer to the Broadway scene! There, I would learn the choreography to my favorite shows those summers (Beetlejuice and Moulin Rouge) and go to those theaters after class and rehearsal to listen in on the show and “rehearse” the choreography just outside. I wanted to be prepared for when I could be in those dancing tracks. That first summer I even came back from NYC and made my own Lydia Deetz (Broadway version) dress from scratch and am very proud of it!

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I continued dancing and practicing that “Victoria leg” hoping to one day pursue a musical career.

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Then came college auditions, and I was so nervous! I felt as though I knew nothing about how this process all worked and had only ever danced for auditions before, never sang. I would dance through Victoria’s solo from Cats every night before an audition, even if it was in a hotel hallway, because I thought it gave me good luck.

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…And, it did give me luck because I got into Rider University! I was so excited to finally be one step closer to being on the career path of my dreams!

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I booked my first musical as Little Red Riding Hood in Into The Woods…in Italy! How cool!

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I got to perform in Cats!

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…Twice! The second time I had the privilege to be in Cats, Naomi Naughton (cast member of Cats on Broadway from 1993-1995) directed and set the original choreography on us. I was so grateful to learn from her and perform the choreography I had been drilling since childhood!

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Now, I am so excited to see what the future hold for me and am filled with gratitude to be able to continue pursuing my dreams!

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“Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough.”

-Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

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