Don Grigware - Page 33
Don Grigware was a writer for BroadwayWorld through December 2019.
Don Grigware is an Ovation nominated actor and journalist/writer whose contributions to theatre through the years have included 6 years as theatre editor of NoHoLA, a contributor to LA Stage Magazine and currently on his own website:
www.grigwaretalkstheatre.com
Don hails from Holyoke, Massachusetts and holds two Masters Degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in Education and Bilingual Studies. He is a teacher of foreign language and ESL.
Don will soon be entering his eleventh year with BWW, currently serving as Senior Editor of the Los Angeles Page. He received a BWW Award for Excellence in 2014 as one of the top ten Regional Editors around the globe.
Don is also an author/playwright and recently published Books I, II & III of his children's fable Two Worlds Together: Donnelly's Greatest Christmas. You may purchase copies of the two volumes at amazon.com A trilogy of one-acts in a collection called Holiday Madness was recently revised and re-published, also on amazon.com. Both the story and plays are available on kindle as well as in paperback.
There are still creative writing projects on the horizon, including publishing a collection of scary mini-plays - 10-15 minutes in length - and publishing a sequel to Two Worlds Together, entitled Donnelly Tackles Technology. There is also a play in mind about my mother and her card-playing friends called Old Maid? Hell! Stay tuned for the rest of 2019, 2020 and beyond for more fun and games...and challenges!

BWW Reviews: Group rep Hits the Mark with TIGER BY THE TAIL
March 9, 2015
One faces an undeniably horrendous situation that will only get worse before it gets better.

BWW Interviews: FRAWLEY BECKER Discusses His Play Tiger by the Tail To Open Tonight at Group rep
March 6, 2015
FRAWLEY BECKER is a published book and short story author and a published and three-time prize-winning playwright.

BWW Reviews: 3-D Theatricals' SEUSSICAL Makes You Realize "How Lucky You Are"
March 3, 2015
Remember when you were a child and hated to think? Or were you like JoJo with excessively brilliant thinks? No matter! Put yourself into a Dr.

BWW Reviews: INSIDE OUT Rocks the Grove Theater Center
March 2, 2015
Inside Out/book by Doug Haverty/music by Adryan Russ/lyrics by Haverty & Russ/directed by Bruce Kimmel/The Grove Theater Center, Burbank/through March 22 Celebrating its 20th anniversary the little musical Inside Out by Doug Haverty and Adryan Russ throws a boldly bright spotlight on the positive

BWW Interviews: Cathy Rigby Talks About SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL Now in Redondo Beach
March 2, 2015
Actress/singer Cathy Rigby is finishing her run with one more weekend as the Cat in the Hat in 3-D Theatricals' production of Seussical The Musical at Redondo Performing Arts Center March 6-8.

BWW Reviews: END OF THE RAINBOW Falls Short at ICT
February 23, 2015
When I first heard that Peter Quilter's End of the Rainbow, the story of the demise of Judy Garland during her gig in December, 1968 at Talk of the Town, London, was going to be produced at ICT, Long Beach, I remember thinking 'They'd better get a super dynamic actress.

BWW Reviews: Kristin Towers-Rowles Brings A LOVELY LINEAGE to Sierra Madre
February 17, 2015
On Sunday July 24, actress/singer Kristin Towers-Rowles debuted her one-woman cabaret A Lovely Lineage at Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's to resounding success.

BWW Reviews: Glorious SOUTH PACIFIC at MTW
February 17, 2015
Like The King and I, Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific is a heartbreaking, yet uplifting story told across racial borders .

BWW Reviews: DOMA Scores Again with JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
February 17, 2015
Back in the early 70s I was enthralled by the majestic overture of Jesus Christ Superstar and by the gripping power of the lyrics.

BWW Reviews: THE NIGHT ALIVE Absorbing Drama at the Geffen
February 17, 2015
As my eyes panned across the Geffen Playhouse stage before the opening of Conor McPherson's The Night Alive, I could not help but notice the large poster of the film The Great Escape on the wall of Takeshi Kata's set of the dingy Edwardian house in Phoenix Park, Dublin that is the home of Maurice, n

BWW Reviews: ENTER LAUGHING - THE MUSICAL Lights Up Wallis Annenberg
February 13, 2015
Enter Laughing - The Musical/book by Joseph Stein/music & lyrics by Stan Daniels/directed by Stuart Ross/Lovelace Studio Theater of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills/through March 1

BWW Reviews: A CARLIN HOME COMPANION a Winner at the Falcon
February 10, 2015
Whereas contemporary parents struggle to keep their children away from drugs and alcohol, Kelly Carlin spent her girlhood trying to keep her parents clean and sober, Growing up with George Carlin and his wife Brenda was not the easiest task, as young Kelly figuratively spent many useless years on a

BWW Interviews: Iconic Singer ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK To Appear at the Saban, 2/20
February 10, 2015
Remember when English-born pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey) became a huge international sensation in the 60s after his number one hit 'Release Me' followed by 'There Goes My Everything'? His handsome looks and laid-back style made him ever so popular with female fans.

BWW Reviews: Winning Finale for LA's NEXT GREAT STAGE STAR 2015
February 10, 2015
On Sunday, February 8 LA's Next Great Stage Star 2015 came to an exciting conclusion at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal.

BWW Reviews: HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY Absorbing Theatrical Evening at Theatre 40
February 9, 2015
It all started simply enough when Dick Cavett invited author/critic Mary McCarthy on his PBS talk show on January 25, 1980.

BWW Reviews: DAME EDNA's Glorious Return
January 30, 2015
The Ahmanson Theatre welcomes back Dame Edna for the third time with Dame Edna's Glorious Goodbye The Farewell Tour.

BWW Interviews: Illustrious DICK CAVETT in Hellman v. McCarthy
January 29, 2015
Author/actor/TV talk show host Dick Cavett will star at Theatre 40 in the controversial play Hellman v.

BWW Reviews: Welk Escondido Does a Fine KING AND I
January 27, 2015
A friend referred to The King and I as a war horse, an old chestnut, for it has surely surpassed time as an enduring musical classic, but upon seeing it again, one realizes just how potent, vibrant and topical a piece it truly is.

BWW News: Carly Robyn Green to Perform at Rockwell
January 22, 2015
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