Jacquelyn Piro Donovan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jacquelyn Piro Donovan is an American musical theatre actress and singer. She holds the distinction of portraying both Cosette and Fantine in Les Misérables (musical), the only actor in Broadway history to do so. She is married to Pete Donovan, who recently served as head technician on the Broadway production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Born in Massachusetts, Donovan attended school at Boston University. After graduating, she got her Equity card covering Carolee Carmello in a regional theatre production.
Donovan originated the role of Cosette in the Third National and San Francisco companies of Les Misérables and later reprised the role for her Broadway debut. In 1996 and 2002, she returned to Broadway in the role of Fantine.
She is well-known to theatre audiences across the country, having starred in the National Tours of Sunset Boulevard as Betty Schaefer, big as Susan Lawrence, The Secret Garden as Lily, and Miss Saigon as Ellen (a role she later recreated on Broadway).
In 2004, she won the Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Lizzie Curry in 110 in the Shade at the Signature Theatre in Washington, D.C., where she also originated the role of Elmira in the musical Nevermore.
In 2005, Donovan won tremendous acclaim, and a Connecticut Critics Circle Award, for her portrayal of Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Goodspeed Opera House.
In June of 2007, Jacquelyn Piro Donovan will star opposite Marc Kudisch, Christiane Noll, and Emily Skinner in the American Premiere of The Witches of Eastwick at the Signature Theatre. Donovan will play Sukie Rougemont, the role she created in the show's original reading.
 |
This article is uncategorized.
Please help improve this article by adding it to one or more categories, so it may be associated with related articles (how?). Please remove this tag after categorizing, but not before. |
