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Peter Donovan is an astute musical storyteller. His perceptive songs span genres and feature narratives based on both real-life and fictitious characters, written with a contemplative heart. After finding success and a dedicated fanbase with Seattle’s All The Real Girls and his side project The Rose Petals (alongside Elijah Ocean), Donovan returns in 2022 with his first proper solo album, This Better Be Good.

His previous releases spun expertly-crafted character sketches that earned plaudits from Paste Magazine, Consequence of Sound, American Songwriter, and more. With This Better Be Good, Donovan spreads his wings, combining the plaintive soul of indie rock, the heartfelt sincerity of Americana, and the stirring studio pageantry of ‘70s singer-songwriters, drawing them together to explore more intimate depths.

This Better Be Good is Donovan’s most personal effort yet; a loose concept record about the ups and downs of an ultimately doomed romance between two people. The songs are more reflective than bitter; more nostalgic than sad. It’s an album about learning and growing from lived experiences and reflecting on past failures in the interest of future successes. Donovan has managed to create an album that is sonically nostalgic and modern at once, both soul-stirring and dripping with heartache. It’s a roadmap of his past seen through fresh eyes, and a triumphant first step in this new chapter.

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[Broadway, 2006]
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Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: WEEKEND ROUNDUP at Toronto Fringe


Reviews of Frankenstein(esque), Paz, Featherhead, Our Little Secret, All of Our Parents are Asian, and Constellation Prize at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Photos: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates Reopening Night with DJ, Andrew Lloyd Webber!


The Phantom of the Opera is officially back and Broadway is Broadway again! As a part of the celebration, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Cameron Mackintosh took the stage for a special speech, and afterwards Webber took to the streets for a special DJ set in front of The Majestic. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night!

Casa Mañana Announces New Online Academy; Classes Start June 8


Casa Mañana introduces new Online Academy to its education program, connecting industry professionals directly with aspiring theatre students. Students can take classes from Broadway veterans in subjects like vocal techniques, building your audition book, choreography, acting for film or how to best use social media. Private voice lessons are also available. Classes available for ages 3 a?" 19.

Photo Flash: Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana, Will Swenson and More Join Princeton Symphony Orchestra for THE BIG TIME


On Friday, January 31, Broadway stars and musicians of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra performed a concert reading of The Big Time, a new musical comedy from Douglas Carter Beane, author of Broadway's Sister Act, Cinderella, and Xanadu.

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates Another Broadway Birthday!


Fantasies unwound last night at the Majestic Theatre, where the longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, celebrated its 30th Anniversary.

Exclusive Photo Coverage: CINDERELLA Cast Brings a Little Christmas to Carols For A Cure!


BroadwayWorld is excited to continue our exclusive photo coverage of the recording sessions for this year's album with the cast of Cinderella who sing 'Christmas Cinderella.' Check out photos of cast members Judy Kaye, Sherri Shepard and more below!

BWW Interviews: Jacquelyn Piro Donovan on Getting Green in THE WIZARD OF OZ


BroadwayWorld's Alan Aronshtam sat down for an interview with THE WIZARD OF OZ's Wicked Witch, Jacquelyn Piro Donovan!

BWW Reviews: Broadway’s Marin Mazzie is AMAZingly Sexy and Nostalgic in 54 Below Show


In her current cabaret show at 54 Below, Marin Mazzie, who has starred in Passion, Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate, Man of La Mancha, Spamalot and Next to Normal, pays homage to her childhood and teenage years in Rockford, Illinois, to the songs her parents loved, and to some of the 1960s and 1970s hits that fed Mazzie's passion to be a singer. ("These songs were the foundation for what was to come.") And man, was she sexy doing it.

Audra McDonald to Return From 'Private Practice' Hiatus on Dec. 2 Episode


Fans of ABC's 'Private Practice' have been missing co-star Audra McDonald, who plays Naomi Bennett, for weeks.

The Metropolitan Room Announces Piano Lounge Schedule For July


JULY AT THE METROPOLITAN ROOM. Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our nightly piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

McDonald Sets Record Straight Regarding Erroneous NY Daily News Item


Tony Winner Audra McDonald has released a statement in regards to The New York Daily News' incorrect report regarding her personal life.

Barbara Cook Opens Pops With a Bang


Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops open 124th season festivities with the consummate cabaret and concert star Barbara Cook and her trio

Barbara Cook Presents New 6-Week Concert Engagement at Cafe Carlyle


The Carlyle Hotel is pleased to present Barbara Cook in a limited six-week engagement in 'Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You' from March 4 through April 12.

Barbara Cook: She Still Has the Magic


The legendary Broadway, concert and cabaret star thrilled hundreds of proper Bostonians Saturday night in her 'No One Is Alone' concert at Symphony Hall

Barbara Cook & Audra McDonald �" The Power of Two


This delightful duo left an indelible impression on the guests at Verizon Hall, and Philly can't stop 'talking about them, and talking about them.'

Audra McDonald: Living Her Dream


'The only thing I've ever wanted to do in my entire life is to be on Broadway' ~ Audra McDonald upon winning her fourth Tony Award and Broadway is all the better for it!

Nonesuch to Release Audra McDonald's New CD, Sept. 26


Four-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald's fourth solo CD will be released by Nonesuck Records on September 26th

LaChiusa, Flaherty, Others Featured in Works & Process Celebration of Muldoon, Oct. 2 & 3


Musical settings by Michael John LaChiusa, Stephen Flaherty, Kirsten Childs and Jeff Blumenkrantz will be performed by Darius de Haas at the Works & Process celebration of poet Paul Muldoon on October 2nd and 3rd

DC Review: An Ageless Barbara Cook at the Strathmore Music Center


The Golden Age of Broadway may be dead and gone, but its melodies linger in Barbara Cook's ageless voice.

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