Don Grigware - Page 44
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: ALADDIN AND HIS WINTER WISH Brings Holiday Cheer to Pasadena Playhouse
December 13, 2013
Aladdin and His Winter Wish/written by Kris Lythgoe/directed by Bonnie Lythgoe/Pasadena Playhouse/through December 29 For a few years the prolific Lythgoe family have been entertaining us at Christmastime, first at the El Portal in NoHo and now at the Pasadena Playhouse with a British style panto

BWW Reviews: etc Offers an Intimate Production of Sondheim's Sophisticated A Little Night Music
December 12, 2013
A Little Night Music/book by Hugh Wheeler/music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim/directed by Jonathan Fox/Ensemble Theatre Company (etc) at the New Vic, Santa Barbara/through December 22 only

BWW Reviews: Laguna Playhouse Offers New Musicalized Version of Truman Capote's A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
December 10, 2013
One of my very favorite Christmas stories of all time is A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote about his boyhood growing up with his eccentric cousin Sook Faulk.

BWW Reviews: Actor Brian Dennehy Makes THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM Worthwhile
December 10, 2013
Thomas Dunne (Brian Dennehy) was historically speaking the Chief Superintendent of the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) and a Catholic loyal to the British crown, responsible for maintaining the established order in a time of revolution.

BWW Reviews: One More Weekend to Catch the Norris Theatre's Sparkling WHITE CHRISTMAS
December 9, 2013
White Christmas, always a treat on film (1954), creates a unique and refreshing glow on stage.

BWW Interviews: Triple Threat Rebecca Johnson Talks About Playing Little Miss Scrooge at the Rubicon
December 9, 2013
Actress Rebecca Ann Johnson recently played Elizabeth in MTW's Young Frankenstein and will play in Little Miss Scrooge at the Rubicon in Ventura for one week only beginning December 18.

BWW Reviews: Bette Midler a Triumphant Sue Mengers at the Geffen
December 6, 2013
Bette Midler and Sue Mengers.

BWW Reviews: An Uber Cool Spider Saloff Brings Her Cool Yule to Rockwell
December 5, 2013
On Tuesday December 3 sublime singer Spider Saloff appeared at Rockwell Table and Stage for an evening of Cool Yule accompanied by electric jazz pianist Richard Eames.

BWW Reviews: GCT's Annual CHRISTMAS CAROL Has a Bright New Look
December 3, 2013
GCT's all new version of their annual holiday hit A Christmas Carol has Dickens' heartwarming classic story, incorporating the atmosphere, texture and mood of dingy, poverty-stricken London of the 19th century with great set pieces and costumes, music, dance and some pretty amazing special effects.

BWW Reviews: Encore Offers A Sinatra Christmas Songfest Through the Holidays
December 3, 2013
Singer Henry Prego wanted to produce a staged Christmas show that is reminiscent of the nostalgic 60s TV specials at the Hollywood Palace with himself as host singing Frank Sinatra holiday favorites and introducing some talented guest star acts.

BWW Reviews: Continue to PLAY DEAD - If You Dare - at the Geffen Through the Holidays
December 3, 2013
Todd Robbins classifies Play Dead as a spooky entertainment; it may or may not scare you.

BWW Reviews: A Mirthful Kritzerland Christmas III Plays Sterling's
December 3, 2013
On Sunday, December 1 Kritzerland Records presented its 40th show and annual Christmas presentation entitled A Kritzerland Christmas III at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal with special guest star Terri White.

BWW Interview: Triple Threat Tracy Lore Explores A CHRISTMAS MEMORY and Extols Her Life as a Character Actress
December 2, 2013
ust having completed her stint as Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein at MTW in Long Beach at the Carpenter Center, versatile actress/singer/dancer Tracy Lore is in rehearsal to assume a strong featured role in the new musical based on Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory at Laguna Playhouse, Laguna op

BWW Reviews: Colony Theatre's MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET A Deliciously Amusing, Thought-Provoking Holiday Diversion
November 25, 2013
Tom Dudzick's Miracle on South Division Street is an eclectically funny holiday comedy whose characters could easily be your next door neighbors, if you live in a small city like Buffalo, NY on the East Coast, where in a cockeyed way it seems almost politically correct to be ethnic, intolerant, and

BWW Reviews: Pantages Brings Back Ever Reliably Appealing LION KING for the Holiday Season
November 25, 2013
The Lion King/book by Roger Allers & Irene Mecchi/music & lyrics by Elton John & Tim Rice/additional music & lyrics by Hans Zimmer, Lebo M.

BWW Reviews: Bourne Amazes and Thrills with New SLEEPING BEAUTY
November 25, 2013
No matter how you feel about the vast number of liberties Matthew Bourne takes in creating his scenario for The Sleeping Beauty, you must admit the end result is vibrantly imaginative, magical and fascinating to watch.

BWW Interviews: Actress/Singer Spider Saloff Talks About the Music Business and Her Appearance at Rockwell on December 3
November 20, 2013
Actress/singer Spider Saloff will appear at Rockwell in Hollywood December 3 with her award-winning Cool Yule Christmas show.

BWW Reviews: Reinvented SIDE SHOW World Premieres at La Jolla Playhouse
November 19, 2013
Side Show/book & lyrics by Bill Russell/music by Henry Krieger/directed by Bill Condon/La Jolla Playhouse/through December 15

BWW Reviews: Actor Gordon Goodman Offers Memorable BARRYMORE Performance for GPTC
November 18, 2013
Barrymore/by William Luce/directed by Janet Miller/Good People Theatre Company (GPTC)/Greenway Court Alliance Theatre/through December 1
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