{"id":2061,"date":"2010-08-06T20:13:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T20:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/?page_id=2061"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:48:43","slug":"donna-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/client\/actors\/donna-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Donna English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/English-Donna-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5889\" title=\"English, Donna 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/English-Donna-1-e1357750371903.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadway: <\/strong>U\/S Raquel in <em>Living On Love<\/em><strong>; <\/strong>Duchess\/Millicent u\/s (performed) in <em>Nice Work if You Can Get It<\/em>, Maria &amp; Julia u\/s in <em>Lend Me a Tenor<\/em>, Grace in\u00a0<em>Broadway<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>National Tours: <\/strong>Genie in <em>Beautiful<\/em>, Hope Harcourt in\u00a0<em>Anything Goes<\/em>, Violet in\u00a0<em>Sullivan &amp; Gilbert<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Off-Broadway:<\/strong> Bernadette in <em>Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary<\/em> (Douglas Fairbanks), Woman One in <em>Taking a Chance on Love<\/em> (York), Julie Andrews in <em>Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back! <\/em>(Triad), Lucy in <em>The Gig <\/em>(Manhattan Theatre Club), Judy\/Ginger in <em>Ruthless! <\/em>(Drama Desk Nom, Players Theatre), April in <em>Company <\/em>(York), Dottie in <em>Kiss Me Quick&#8230; <\/em>(York), Betty in <em>The Last Musical Comedy <\/em>(Riverwest Theatre)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Television\/Film:<\/strong> Guest Star on <em>Madam Secretary<\/em> (CBS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regional and Stock:<\/strong> Princess Dragomiroff in <em>Murder on the Orient Express <\/em>(Paper Mill), Performer in Rodgers and Hammerstein Virtual Concert (Paper Mill), Mrs. White in <em>Clue<\/em> (Cleveland Playhouse), Maria in <em>Cinderella <\/em>(Paper Mill), Madame de la Grande Bouche in <em>Beauty &amp; The Beast<\/em> (Paper Mill), <em>Christmas in Hell<\/em> (York Theatre), <em>Roman Holiday <\/em>(Golden Gate), Unsinkable Molly Brown (St. Louis MUNY), Diva Tatiana Ricon in A Comedy of Tenors, Mrs. Macafee in <em>Bye Bye Birdie <\/em>(Goodspeed), U\/S Raquel in <em>Living on Love<\/em> (Longacre), Maman in <em>My Paris <\/em>(Goodspeed Musicals),\u00a0Alice Bean in <em>Titanic <\/em>(Westchester Broadway Theatre), Auntie Em\/ Glinda in <em>Wizard of Oz <\/em>(North Shore Music Theatre), Diana in <em>Lend Me A Tenor <\/em>(Bay Street Theatre), Diana in <em>Lend Me A Tenor<\/em> (Papermill Playhouse), Elsa Schraeder in <em>The Sound of Music <\/em>(Papermill Playhouse), Velma Von Tussle in <em>Hairspray <\/em>(Papermill Playhouse), Mrs. Darbus in <em>High School Musical <\/em>(Papermill Playhouse), Mrs. Walsingham in <em>Half a Sixpence <\/em>(Goodspeed Musicals), Anna Smith in <em>Meet Me in St. Louis <\/em>(Papermill Playhouse), Mrs. Nibby in <em>Princesses <\/em>(5th Ave. Theatre), Mrs. Chasen in <em>Harold and Maude <\/em>(Papermill Playhouse), Grace in <em>Annie <\/em>(St. Louis MUNY), Anna in <em>The King and I <\/em>(Music Theatre of Wichita), Eileen Evergreen in <em>They All Laughed <\/em>(Goodspeed Musicals), Charlotte in <em>A Little Night Music <\/em>(Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Victoria in <em>Victor\/Victoria <\/em>(North Shore Music Theatre), Lily Garland in <em>On the Twentieth Century <\/em>(Goodspeed Musicals), Veranda in <em>Kudzu <\/em>(Ford&#8217;s Theatre), Amalia in <em>She Loves Me <\/em>(Cinncinati Playhouse), Rose in <em>The Secret Garden <\/em>(Papermill Playhouse), Lydia in <em>The Admirable Bashville <\/em>(Texas Stage Company), Claire in <em>On the Town <\/em>(Goodspeed Musicals), Mary Detweiller in <em>How the Other Half Loves <\/em>(Ongonquit Playhouse), Belle in <em>A Christmas Carol <\/em>(Great Lakes Theatre Fest), Cunegonde in <em>Candide <\/em>(Cleveland Play House), Luciana in <em>The Boys from Syracuse<\/em>, Jodie in <em>Quilters <\/em>(Actors Theatre of Louisville), Della in <em>The Gift of the Magi <\/em>(Actors Theatre of Louisville), Baby Doe in <em>The Unsinkable Molly Brown <\/em>(Denver Center Theatre), Miss Lynch in <em>Grease <\/em>(Papermill Playhouse).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Training:<\/strong> Northwestern University, B.S. in Theatre, NY: Charles Kakatsakis, Marge Rivingston, Jack Lee, Michael Lavine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadway: U\/S Raquel in Living On Love; Duchess\/Millicent u\/s (performed) in Nice Work if You Can Get It, Maria &amp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2061","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17816,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061\/revisions\/17816"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}