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Video Footage: Donna Vivino performs at 54 Below
0Check out these videos of Donna Vivino (s/b Elphaba – Broadway; former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour) performing at 54 Below in NYC on September 11, 2012. The videos were just uploaded to YouTube last month. In the first video, Ms. Vivino performs the “What if celebrities were in WICKED?” impersonations she is known for, then performs “The Wizard and I” as herself. In the second video, she sings “When Somebody Loved Me” from TOY STORY 2. Credit goes to YouTube user FamousInNY for the videos, which are embedded below for your convenience.
Video Footage: Donna Vivino performs “When She Loved Me”
0Check out this video of Donna Vivino (s/b Elphaba – Broadway; former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour) performing “When She Loved Me” from TOY STORY 2 at at the “A Better Holiday” concert offered by the It Gets Better organization. The concert was offered to benefit The Ali Forney Center last month. Credit goes to YouTube user clintalexander for the video, which is embedded below for your convenience.
Nessa’s Niblets: December 11, 2012
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Michael DeVries (Witch’s Father, u/s Wizard, u/s Dillamond – Broadway) understudied Adam Grupper (Wizard – Broadway) in the role of Dr. Neville Craven in THE SECRET GARDEN.
Donna Vivino (s/b Elphaba – Broadway; former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour) replaced Nicole Parker in MARTIN SHORT: FAME BECOMES ME.
Helen Dallimore (original Glinda – West End) and Pippa Grandison (former Elphaba – Sydney) appeared as Nurses in the 2001 ABC made-for-television movie of SOUTH PACIFIC.
Vivino and Haas to Perform at National Museum of American History
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Donna Vivino (s/b Elphaba – Broadway; former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour) and Tiffany Haas (s/b Glinda – Broadway; former Glinda, former ensemble, u/s Glinda, u/s Nessarose – 2nd Ntl. Tour; former swing, u/s Nessarose – Broadway, 2nd Ntl. Tour) will perform at SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. This is a special performance at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC to celebrate the donation of an Elphaba Act 2 dress and broom to the museum. In addition to Vivino and Haas, WICKED costume designer Susan Hilferty will also be present.
This free event is scheduled for 11:15 AM on December 17.
Donna Vivino to Perform “The Wizard and I” on Sirius XM
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Donna Vivino (s/b Elphaba – Broadway; former Elphaba, s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour) tweeted tonight that she will be performing “The Wizard and I” live on Saturday, November 24, 2012, on Seth Rudetsky’s show on Sirius XM at 11:00 am Eastern Time. Be sure to tune in and catch her performance.
If clips become available after the show, we will post them on the blog.
Cast Update: Broadway, 1st National Tour
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Donna Vivino has returned as the standby for Elphaba, replacing Jennifer DiNoia.
Tiffany Haas has replaced Kate Fahrner as the standby for Glinda.
1st National Tour
Kyle Brown has replaced Luis Augusto Figueroa in the ensemble.
Nessa’s Niblets: October 30, 2012
0- Carmen Cusack (former Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour; former s/b Elphaba – Sydney, Chicago) & Donna Vivino (s/b Elphaba – Broadway; former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour) have both appeared as Rizzo in productions of GREASE. In the production where Ms. Vivino played Rizzo, Kristine Reese (former Nessarose – 2nd Ntl. Tour, 1st Ntl. Tour; former swing, u/s Nessarose – 1st Ntl. Tour) and Kristy Cates (former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba–Chicago; former ensemble, u/s Elphaba–Broadway) also performed.
- Deedee Magno Hall (former Nessarose – San Francisco, 1st Ntl. Tour) and Cliffton Hall (former Fiyero – 1st Ntl. Tour), who are married and performed together as Nessarose and Fiyero, respectively, met while touring internationally with MISS SAIGON.
- Marcie Dodd (former Elphaba – San Francisco, 2nd Ntl, Tour, Broadway; s/b Elphaba – Los Angeles; principal Nessarose & u/s Elphaba – Los Angeles; ensemble, u/s Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour) is the only women who has played both Elphaba and Nessarose full time.
Nessa’s Niblets: October 8, 2012
0Dee Roscioli (Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour; former Elphaba – Broadway, Chicago; former s/b Elphaba – San Francisco, Chicago) replaced Anne Brummel as Grizabella in the national tour of CATS.
Annaleigh Ashford (former Glinda – Chicago, Broadway; former ensemble, u/s Glinda – 1st Ntl. Tour), Courtney Corey (former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – Los Angeles, Chicago), Christine Dwyer (Elphaba – 2nd Ntl. Tour; former s/b Elphaba, former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – 2nd Ntl. Tour), Eden Espinosa (former Elphaba – San Francisco, Los Angeles, Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour; former s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour, Broadway), Kendra Kassebaum (former Glinda – San Francisco, Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour), Caissie Levy (former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – Los Angeles; former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – Broadway), Idina Menzel (original Elphaba – West End, Broadway, Pre-Broadway), and Julie Reiber (former s/b Elphaba – Broadway, Los Angeles) have all played Maureen Johnson in RENT.
Laura Bell Bundy (former s/b Glinda – Broadway), Shoshana Bean (former Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour, Broadway; former s/b Elphaba, u/s Nessarose – Broadway), Adam Fleming (former ensemble, u/s Boq – Broadway, Chicago; former Boq – Chicago), Richard H. Blake (former Fiyero – Asian Tour, Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour), Caissie Levy (former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – Los Angeles; former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – Broadway), Kate Loprest (former ensemble, u/s Glinda, u/s Nessarose – Chicago), Alli Mauzey (upcoming Glinda – Broadway; former Glinda – 1st Ntl. Tour, San Francisco, Broadway; former s/b Glinda – Broadway), Constantine Rousouli (former ensemble, u/s Fiyero – Broadway), Aaron Tveit (former Fiyero – Broadway), Donna Vivino (former s/b Elphaba – Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour; former Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour), and Bryan West (former ensemble, u/s Fiyero – Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour) all performed in the Broadway production of HAIRSPRAY.
Cast Update: Broadway
0Jennifer DiNoia has temporarily returned to the company as the standby for Elphaba, replacing Donna Vivino.
John Schiappa has temporarily returned to the company in the ensemble, as the Witch’s Father/Ozian Official, and understudy for The Wizard and Dr. Dillamond, replacing Michael DeVries.
Vivino and Brightman Cast in STARS OF DAVID
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Donna Vivino (s/b Elphaba – Broadway; former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour) and Alex Brightman (former Boq – Broadway) have been cast in the upcoming world premiere of the new musical, STARS OF DAVID. STARS OF DAVID gives “a snapshot of Jewish identity” and includes music by several major musical theatre writers, including William Finn, Duncan Sheik, Tom Kitt, Jeanine Tesori, and one of the last songs written by the late Marvin Hamlisch. STARS OF DAVID will play at the Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Suzanne Roberts Theatre from October 17-November 18. Opening night is scheduled for October 24.
For tickets and more information, please visit philadelphiatheatrecompany.org.