As musicals were revived, the productions occasionally used his designs, and also true for Fall River Legend for the American Ballet Theatre.
[4] Costume designer William Ivey Long referred to Miles White as "his hero," in a recording made of the March 20, 2000, memorial service at the York Theater.
[citation needed] Douglas Colby, expert on theater design, tells the story of accompanying White to a performance of Fall River Legend several years ago.
He said, "The distinguished costume designer Patricia Zipprodt approached the urbane, monocled gentleman I was accompanying, my friend Miles White, and introduced him to her guests as 'God.'
[citation needed] As reported in The New York Times, Mary C. Henderson in her book Theater in America, mentioned that Miles White's designs were inspired by the dance and the circus.