Donna Vivino (born February 22, 1978) Donna Vivino is an American actress and singer most recently nominated for a 2019 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Play for Joe Gilford’s blacklist drama “Finks” at Theatreworks Silicon Valley.
She was nominated in 2018 for a 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, starring 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 is on the cast recording singing “Castle on A Cloud”.
She starred on Broadway in "Fame Becomes Me" with Martin Short and was also on Broadway in "Hairspray" and "Saturday Night Fever".
She plays Serena Maxwell in the Broadway World web-series "Submissions Only" (also streaming on Stage Network).
Film/TV Credits also include: “The Sopranos”, “All My Children”, “Hometown” “A Gifted Man” as well as dozens of national commercials and voice-overs.
Donna studied comedy improv with Upright Citizens Brigade, Chicago City Limits and also performed with the NYC improv group “Don’t Quit Your Night Job”.
Her debut solo album “Beautiful Dreamer” can be found on iTunes and Amazon.
She has performed her solo show to sold-out audiences all across the world at venues such as 54 Below and Birdland in NYC, Opal Club in CA, Disney Cruise Lines and most recently in London at the Hippodrome Casino.
She has been a guest vocalist with the Florida Orchestra Symphony and will be releasing a new album “DNA” with the “Vivino Sisters” in Fall 2019.
Donna is an accomplished vocal coach with a studio based in Bergen County, NJ and also teaches comedy improv to kids, teens and adults in NYC and NJ.
She has traveled and worked in 48 states and 4 countries throughout her career and is proud to call New Jersey her home.
is an American actress and singer most recently 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.
She performed as Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway, previously seen starring in the role on the 1st National Tour.
She starred on Broadway in "Fame Becomes Me" with Martin Short and was also on Broadway in "Hairspray" and "Saturday Night Fever".
She plays Serena Maxwell in the BroadwayWorld webseries "Submissions Only".
Donna is the co-founder of Journey to Broadway.
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Donna is the niece of Floyd Vivino (aka "Uncle Floyd") and the daughter of Terri Vivino-Apgar and Jerry Vivino, a member of the Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band.
Vivino was raised in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where she attended Fair Lawn High School, and graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City.
She is the sister of brothers Danny Vivino, Michael Vivino and sisters Antonia and Natalia.