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On this episode I talked with Donna Vivino about making her Broadway debut at only eight years old when she originated the role of Young Cosette on Broadway in Les Miserables, what goes through a young kid’s mind when they’re making their Broadway debut, her experience being the youngest in the cast of Les Miserables, her favorite Hairspray moments, her audition experience for Wicked, the number of times she played Elphaba in Wicked (comment below if you know the exact number), how she’s similar to Elphaba and how she’s different from Elphaba, how her Elphaba changed as she played the role more, what advice she gave to her sister Natalia before going on the road to tour with Wicked as the Elphaba Standby, her experience playing Grizabella on the Cats National Tour for a short time pre-shut down, the company she founded Broadway Unlimited and getting to teach young, up and coming performers, and MUCH MORE!
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Donna Vivino is an American actress and singer most recently seen in the 2019 - 2020 Broadway revival national tour of “Cats” as Grizabella which closed due to the Covid-19 crisis. She was nominated for an SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Award for Best Actress in Play for “Finks” in 2019 and nominated for a 2018 Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Mary Flynn in "Merrily We Roll Along" Directed by Michael Arden and opposite Wayne Brady. She performed as Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway, previously seen starring in the role on the 1st National Tour. Donna has been on a Broadway stage since the age of 8; she was the original Young Cosette in Les Miserables on Broadway and on the cast recording. She starred on Broadway in "Fame Becomes Me" with Martin Short and was also on Broadway in "Hairspray" and "Saturday Night Fever". Favorite roles include Diana Goodman in “Next to Normal” at Bristol Riverside Theatre and Serena Maxwell in the webseries "Submissions Only". Donna is also the co-founder of the intensive program “Broadway Unlimited".
