 Starting in 1992, and for the next decade, she starred in the National Touring Companies of "Sunset Boulevard" (as Betty Schaefer opposite Petula Clark), "Big" (originating Susan Lawrence), "The Secret Garden" (as Lily), "Miss Saigon" (as Ellen, a role she later played on Broadway in 2000), and in 2008, she played Mama Who for the seasonal Broadway Production of "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" playing her home town of Boston.During her year with "Miss Saigon", Donovan was granted a leave of absence to perform as Nellie in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's "Sweet Adeline" at the nationally celebrated City Center Encores!concert series on Broadway.