John Gromada
Latest News on John Gromada:
Review: BOB & JEAN: A LOVE STORY at Arizona Theatre Company (Apr 13, 2025)
CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER To Play Final Performance In April; National Tour To Begin Later This Year (Apr 11, 2025)
Casts Set for A FREEKY INTRODUCTION and LOWCOUNTRY at Atlantic Theater Company (Apr 8, 2025)
Review: BOB & JEAN: A LOVE STORY at Arizona Theatre Company (Apr 13, 2025)
CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER To Play Final Performance In April; National Tour To Begin Later This Year (Apr 11, 2025)
Casts Set for A FREEKY INTRODUCTION and LOWCOUNTRY at Atlantic Theater Company (Apr 8, 2025)
BIO
John Gromada (Composer/Sound Designer) has composed music or designed sound for more 40 Broadway productions, including All My Sons, Torch Song, The Elephant Man, The Trip to Bountiful with Cicely Tyson (Tony nomination), Gore Vidal's The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Seminar, Man and Boy, The Columnist, Next Fall, A Bronx Tale, Prelude to a Kiss, Proof, A Streetcar Named Desire, Twelve Angry Men, and the original A Few Good Men. His other New York credits include Amy and the Orphans, Bruce Norris' Domesticated, Old Hats, Measure for Measure (Delacorte Theater), The Orphans? Home Cycle (Drama Desk and Henry Hewes Awards), Shipwrecked! (Lucille Lortel Award), The Singing Forest, Julius Caesar, The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (OBIE Award) and many more. His television and film credits include a score for the Emmy nominated The Trip to Bountiful, and Showing Roots . Gromada has received the National Endowment for the Arts Opera/Music Theatre Fellowship and grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. For more info and music visit www.johngromada.com or itunes.
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Productions
[Off-Broadway, 2016] [Replacement]
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[Off-Broadway, 2009]
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[Off-Broadway, 2009]
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[Off-Broadway, 2009]
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Awards and Nominations
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical)
John Gromada, Jasper
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Sound Design
John Gromada, All My Sons
Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
John Gromada, Lives of the Saints
Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Sound Design of a Play
John Gromada, The Trip to Bountiful
winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2012 - Outstanding Sound Design in a Play
John Gromada, Gore Vidal's The Best Man
winner
The Hewes Awards - 2010 - Notable Effects - Production Design, Sound
John Gromada, The Orphans' Home Cycle
The Lortels - 2010 - Outstanding Sound Design
John Gromada, The Orphans' Home Cycle
Drama Desk Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Sound Design
John Gromada, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)
winner
The Lortels - 2009 - Outstanding Sound Design
John Gromada, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
The Lortels - 2004 - Outstanding Sound Design
John Gromada, Small Tragedy
winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1996 - Outstanding Sound Design
John Gromada, The Skriker
Drama Desk Awards - 1994 - Outstanding Sound Design
John Gromada, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
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Obie Awards - 1991 - Sound design
John Gromada, Machinal
Drama Desk Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Sound Design - Play
John Gromada, Machinal
Drama Desk Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Sound Design - Play
John Gromada, Machinal
Videos
Video: Go Inside The Guthrie Costume Shop For DIAL M FOR MURDER
by Joshua Wright - 2024-01-31 11:30:08
Video: Director Tracy Brigden On Bringing DIAL M FOR MURDER to the Guthrie
by Joshua Wright - 2024-01-22 13:25:24
VIDEO: Watch The Making of Jacob Marley from Hartford Stage's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Blair Ingenthron - 2023-11-25 12:05:42
VIDEO: Get A First Look At HARRY TOWNSEND'S LAST STAND at New York City Center
by Alan Henry - 2019-12-03 15:37:54
TV: Annette Bening, Tracy Letts & More Get Ready to Bring ALL MY SONS to Broadway!
by Nicole Rosky - 2019-03-17 14:01:00
TV: Debra Jo Rupp Hits the Kitchen in Highlights from MTC's THE CAKE
by Nicole Rosky - 2019-03-05 09:39:14
TV: Go Behind the Camera at Roundabout's AMY AND THE ORPHANS Photo Shoot with Jamie Brewer and More
by BroadwayWorld TV - 2017-11-16 12:08:06
VIDEO: Watch a Trailer for OLD HATS, Starring Bill Irwin and David Shiner, Airing on THIRTEEN's THEATER CLOSE-UP
by BWW News Desk - 2017-06-08 15:57:19
STAGE TUBE: Meet the Cast of A.R.T.'s TRANS SCRIPTS, PART I: THE WOMEN
by Stage Tube - 2017-01-20 15:43:02
VIDEO: Jerry O'Connell & Jeff Goldblum Discuss Co-Starring in Broadway's SEMINAR
by Caryn Robbins - 2016-06-15 07:23:46
VIDEO: Tim Daly Talks Return to Stage in THE RUINS OF CIVILIZATION on 'Live'
by Caryn Robbins - 2016-04-25 15:48:53
VIDEO: Classic Vaudevillians Bill Irwin and David Shiner Mix With Rising Songstress Shaina Taub in OLD HATS
by Michael Dale - 2016-01-22 18:56:12
VIDEO: Shaina Taub Set To Clown With Old Pros Bill Irwin and David Shiner in OLD HATS
by Michael Dale - 2016-01-15 14:44:15
VIDEO: Bill Irwin and David Shiner Bring Hilarious OLD HATS Back To The Signature
by Michael Dale - 2016-01-07 20:59:14
VIDEO: Darren Pettie Delivers Powerful Arthur Miller Speech From INCIDENT AT VICHY
by Michael Dale - 2015-11-17 19:26:29
STAGE TUBE: Watch Highlights from Long Wharf's THE SECOND MRS. WILSON Premiere
by Stage Tube - 2015-05-14 17:59:41
VIDEO: THE ELEPHANT MAN's Bradley Cooper Does His DeNiro Impression on 'Live'
by Caryn Robbins - 2015-01-15 12:26:26
News
Review: BOB & JEAN: A LOVE STORY at Arizona Theatre Company
by Zach Wetzel - Apr 13, 2025
Bob & Jean: A Love Story at Arizona Theatre Company is beautiful. Directed by Matt August, the play is about a distant romance set during World War II.
by Zach Wetzel - Apr 13, 2025
Bob & Jean: A Love Story at Arizona Theatre Company is beautiful. Directed by Matt August, the play is about a distant romance set during World War II.
CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER To Play Final Performance In April; National Tour To Begin Later This Year
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 11, 2025
Conversations with Mother, the new comedy by Matthew Lombardo starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle will play its final performance on Monday, April 21.
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 11, 2025
Conversations with Mother, the new comedy by Matthew Lombardo starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle will play its final performance on Monday, April 21.
Casts Set for A FREEKY INTRODUCTION and LOWCOUNTRY at Atlantic Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 8, 2025
Atlantic Theater Company has revealed the casts for the upcoming world premieres of A Freeky Introduction and Lowcountry. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 8, 2025
Atlantic Theater Company has revealed the casts for the upcoming world premieres of A Freeky Introduction and Lowcountry. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Michael Shannon To Produce Brett Neveu's REVOLUTION Off-Broadway This Spring
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 4, 2025
Revolution, a new play by award-winning playwright Brett Neveu (Eric LaRue, Traitor), will make its New York premiere from May 15 through June 7, 2025.
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 4, 2025
Revolution, a new play by award-winning playwright Brett Neveu (Eric LaRue, Traitor), will make its New York premiere from May 15 through June 7, 2025.
Video: Watch Teaser For THE MOUSETRAP at the Guthrie Theater
by Michael Major - Mar 27, 2025
The Guthrie Theater has released a teaser video for its production of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, directed by Tracy Brigden. A group of strangers quickly become suspects as they race to uncover the murderer among them.
by Michael Major - Mar 27, 2025
The Guthrie Theater has released a teaser video for its production of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, directed by Tracy Brigden. A group of strangers quickly become suspects as they race to uncover the murderer among them.
DIAL M FOR MURDER to Open at Shea's 710 Theatre This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 26, 2025
Shea's Performing Arts Center and Road Less Traveled Productions will present Dial M for Murder at Shea's 710 Theatre. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 26, 2025
Shea's Performing Arts Center and Road Less Traveled Productions will present Dial M for Murder at Shea's 710 Theatre. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
Guthrie Theater Presents Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2025
The Guthrie Theater has announced the company and related events for its upcoming production of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, directed by Tracy Brigden.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2025
The Guthrie Theater has announced the company and related events for its upcoming production of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, directed by Tracy Brigden.
Photos: Inside Opening Night of CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER
by Jennifer Broski - Feb 24, 2025
Conversations with Mother, a new comedy by Matthew Lombardo starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle just celebrated its opening night at Theater 555 for a limited run through May 11. Checko ut photos from the special occasion here!
by Jennifer Broski - Feb 24, 2025
Conversations with Mother, a new comedy by Matthew Lombardo starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle just celebrated its opening night at Theater 555 for a limited run through May 11. Checko ut photos from the special occasion here!
Review: NATIVE GARDENS at Westport Country Playhouse
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - Feb 24, 2025
Karen Zacarías’s Native Gardens is a 90-minute one-act that thrives at the proven winner Westport Country Playhouse. Directed with verve by JoAnn M. Hunter, Native Gardens is a funny but meaningful play about harmony in the neighborhood and in nature.
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - Feb 24, 2025
Karen Zacarías’s Native Gardens is a 90-minute one-act that thrives at the proven winner Westport Country Playhouse. Directed with verve by JoAnn M. Hunter, Native Gardens is a funny but meaningful play about harmony in the neighborhood and in nature.
Photos: Westport Country Playhouse Presents NATIVE GARDENS
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2025
Westport Country Playhouse will stage “Native Gardens,” a comedy about well-intentioned neighbors who become feuding enemies, playing February 18 through March 8. Check out photos from the production.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2025
Westport Country Playhouse will stage “Native Gardens,” a comedy about well-intentioned neighbors who become feuding enemies, playing February 18 through March 8. Check out photos from the production.
Photos: CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER Starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2025
Conversations with Mother, a new comedy by Matthew Lombardo starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle will officially open this weekend. Check out all new photos here!
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2025
Conversations with Mother, a new comedy by Matthew Lombardo starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle will officially open this weekend. Check out all new photos here!
CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER to Launch $39 Rush Tickets
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 6, 2025
Conversations with Mother, a new comedy by Matthew Lombardo starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle is launching a rush ticket policy. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 6, 2025
Conversations with Mother, a new comedy by Matthew Lombardo starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle is launching a rush ticket policy. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
NATIVE GARDENS to be Presented at Westport Country Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 31, 2025
Westport Country Playhouse will stage “Native Gardens,” a comedy about well-intentioned neighbors who become feuding enemies in February. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 31, 2025
Westport Country Playhouse will stage “Native Gardens,” a comedy about well-intentioned neighbors who become feuding enemies in February. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER Reveals Full Creative Team
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2025
Rehearsals for Matthew Lombardo’s new off-Broadway comedy, Conversations with Mother, starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle, will begin next week. Find out who has joined the creative team here!
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2025
Rehearsals for Matthew Lombardo’s new off-Broadway comedy, Conversations with Mother, starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle, will begin next week. Find out who has joined the creative team here!
Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards; HAIRSPRAY at Burnsville Summer Theatre Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024
This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024
This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards; YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Elmwood Playhouse Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024
This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024
This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards; CATS at Spokane Civic Theatre Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024
This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024
This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards; Burnsville Summer Theatre Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024
This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024
This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards; The Schoolhouse Theater Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024
This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024
This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards; Spokane Civic Theatre Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024
This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024
This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many shows has John Gromada written?
John Gromada has written 11 shows including The Art of Success (Music), When She Danced (Music), Little Egypt (Music), The Swan (Music), Vita & Virginia (Music), The Amazing Metrano (Music), The Skriker (Music), The Red Devil Battery Sign (Music), Minutes from the Blue Route (Music), Thief River (Music), Pig Farm (Music).
What awards has John Gromada been nominated for?
Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Jasper, Outstanding Sound Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for All My Sons, Outstanding Sound Design in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Lives of the Saints, Best Sound Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Trip to Bountiful, Outstanding Sound Design in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Gore Vidal's The Best Man , Notable Effects - Production Design, Sound (The Hewes Awards) for The Orphans' Home Cycle, Outstanding Sound Design (The Lortels) for The Orphans' Home Cycle, Outstanding Sound Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) , Outstanding Sound Design (The Lortels) for Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Outstanding Sound Design (The Lortels) for Small Tragedy, Outstanding Sound Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Skriker, Outstanding Sound Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Sound design (Obie Awards) for Machinal, Outstanding Sound Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Machinal and Outstanding Sound Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Machinal.
What awards has John Gromada won?
John Gromada has received the following awards: - Outstanding Sound Design in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Gore Vidal's The Best Man - Notable Effects - Production Design, Sound (The Hewes Awards) for The Orphans' Home Cycle - Outstanding Sound Design (The Lortels) for Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - Outstanding Sound Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Skriker - Sound Design (Obie Awards) for Machinal.
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