a NIce Life, winning the 2006 Outstanding Ensemble NYMF Excellence Award, and most recently, the title role in The York Theatre's production of I Remember Mama, as part of their Musicals in Mufti Series 2010. In 2004, Donovan 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 world premiere of the musical Nevermore. She won a Connecticut Critics Circle Award in 2005 for her portrayal of Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Goodspeed Opera House. On May 2, 2011, it was announced that Donovan would take over the title role in Hello, Dolly!, produced by North Carolina Theatre, late in rehearsals. Cybill Shepherd had withdrawn from the production after sustaining injuries in a mishap on stairs at her apartment complex. Almost exactly one year later, on May 11, 2012, history repeated itself when it was announced she would replace an injured Lorna Luft as Dolly in the North Shore Musical Theater's production of the same show. From 2013 to 2014, she played Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch of the West in the North American tour of The Wizard of Oz. Stage credits Gypsy (Louise) Westchester Broadway Theatre 1991 References American musical theatre actresses Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni Living people Singers from Massachusetts Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women