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BIO

John Gromada (Composer/Sound Designer) has composed music or designed sound for more 40 Broadway productions, including All My Sons, Torch Song, The Elephant Man, The Trip to Bountiful with Cicely Tyson (Tony nomination), Gore Vidal's The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Seminar, Man and Boy, The Columnist, Next Fall, A Bronx Tale, Prelude to a Kiss, Proof, A Streetcar Named Desire, Twelve Angry Men, and the original A Few Good Men. His other New York credits include Amy and the Orphans, Bruce Norris' Domesticated, Old Hats, Measure for Measure (Delacorte Theater), The Orphans? Home Cycle (Drama Desk and Henry Hewes Awards), Shipwrecked! (Lucille Lortel Award), The Singing Forest, Julius Caesar, The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (OBIE Award) and many more. His television and film credits include a score for the Emmy nominated The Trip to Bountiful, and Showing Roots . Gromada has received the National Endowment for the Arts Opera/Music Theatre Fellowship and grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. For more info and music visit www.johngromada.com or itunes.

Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 2022]
Original Music
Sound Design
 
[West End, 2022]
Composer & Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2022]
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Sound Design
 
[Washington, DC (Regional), 2020]
Original Music
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2020]
Original Music & Sound Design
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Sound Designer
 
[Chicago (Regional), 2019]
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Sound Design and Original Music
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Original Music and Sound Design
 
[Boston, 2018]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Sound Designer
Original Orchestrations
 
[Regional (US), 2017]
Sound Designer
 
[Regional (US), 2017]
Sound Designer
 
[Regional (US), 2017]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016] [Replacement]
Original Music[Replacement]
Sound Design[Replacement]
 
[San Diego, CA (Regional), 2016]
Original Music and Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016]
Original Music and Sound Design
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Sound Design
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Original Music, Sound Design
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Sound Designer
 
[West End, 2015] [Replacement]
Music and Sound Design[Replacement]
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Sound Design and Original Music
 
[Off-Broadway, 2013]
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2013]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2012]
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2012]
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Sound Designer
Composer
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Sound Designer
Composer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
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[Off-Broadway, 2009]
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Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2008]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Sound Designer
Composer
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Sound Designer
Composer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
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[Broadway, 2007]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Composer
Sound Desginer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Composer
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
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[Broadway, 2006]
Sound Designer
Composer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
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[Broadway, 2006]
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[Off-Broadway, 2005]
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[Off-Broadway, 2005]
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[Broadway, 2005]
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[Broadway, 2005]
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[Off-Broadway, 2005]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
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Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2004] Cancelled
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
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Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2004]
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Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 2004]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
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[Off-Broadway, 2003]
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[Broadway, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 2003]
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[Off-Broadway, 2002]
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[Off-Broadway, 2002]
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[Off-Broadway, 2002]
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[Off-Broadway, 2001]
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[Broadway, 2000]
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[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Composer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
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[Broadway, 2000]
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[Off-Broadway, 1999]
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[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Composer
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[Off-Broadway, 1998]
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[Off-Broadway, 1998]
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[Off-Broadway, 1997]
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[Off-Broadway, 1997]
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[Off-Broadway, 1997]
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[Off-Broadway, 1996]
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[Off-Broadway, 1996]
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[Broadway, 1996]
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[Broadway, 1996]
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[Off-Broadway, 1996]
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[Off-Broadway, 1996]
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[Off-Broadway, 1996]
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[Off-Broadway, 1996]
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[Off-Broadway, 1996]
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[Off-Broadway, 1996]
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[Broadway, 1996]
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[Broadway, 1995]
Composer
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[Off-Broadway, 1995]
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[Off-Broadway, 1995]
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[Off-Broadway, 1995]
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[Off-Broadway, 1995]
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[Off-Broadway, 1994]
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[Off-Broadway, 1994]
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[Off-Broadway, 1994]
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[Broadway, 1994]
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[Off-Broadway, 1994]
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[Off-Broadway, 1994]
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[Off-Broadway, 1994]
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[Off-Broadway, 1993]
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[Broadway, 1993]
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[Off-Broadway, 1993]
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[Off-Broadway, 1993]
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[Off-Broadway, 1992]
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[Off-Broadway, 1992]
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[Off-Broadway, 1992]
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[Off-Broadway, 1992]
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[Off-Broadway, 1992]
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[Broadway, 1991]
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[Off-Broadway, 1991]
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[Off-Broadway, 1990]
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[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
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Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
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[Off-Broadway, 1990]
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[Off-Broadway, 1989]
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[Broadway, 1989]
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[Off-Broadway, 1989]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1989]
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[Off-Broadway, 1988]
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[Off-Broadway, 1988]
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[Off-Broadway, 1988]
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[Off-Broadway, 1988]
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[Off-Broadway, 1988]
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[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Sound Designer
 
[Broadway, 1972]
Sound Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 0]
Original Music & Sound Designer

Writing


Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical)

John Gromada, Jasper

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Sound Design

John Gromada, All My Sons

Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Sound Design in a Play

John Gromada, Lives of the Saints

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Sound Design of a Play

John Gromada, The Trip to Bountiful


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2012 - Outstanding Sound Design in a Play

John Gromada, Gore Vidal's The Best Man


winner
The Hewes Awards - 2010 - Notable Effects - Production Design, Sound

John Gromada, The Orphans' Home Cycle

The Lortels - 2010 - Outstanding Sound Design

John Gromada, The Orphans' Home Cycle

Drama Desk Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Sound Design

John Gromada, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself)


winner
The Lortels - 2009 - Outstanding Sound Design

John Gromada, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment

The Lortels - 2004 - Outstanding Sound Design

John Gromada, Small Tragedy


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1996 - Outstanding Sound Design

John Gromada, The Skriker

Drama Desk Awards - 1994 - Outstanding Sound Design

John Gromada, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992


winner
Obie Awards - 1991 - Sound design

John Gromada, Machinal

Drama Desk Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Sound Design - Play

John Gromada, Machinal

Drama Desk Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Sound Design - Play

John Gromada, Machinal

Videos

News


CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER to Launch $39 Rush Tickets
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 6, 2025

Conversations with Mother, a new comedy by Matthew Lombardo starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle is launching a rush ticket policy. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
NATIVE GARDENS to be Presented at Westport Country Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 31, 2025

Westport Country Playhouse will stage “Native Gardens,” a comedy about well-intentioned neighbors who become feuding enemies in February. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER Reveals Full Creative Team
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2025

Rehearsals for Matthew Lombardo’s new off-Broadway comedy, Conversations with Mother, starring Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle, will begin next week. Find out who has joined the creative team here!
Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards; HAIRSPRAY at Burnsville Summer Theatre Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards; YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Elmwood Playhouse Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards; CATS at Spokane Civic Theatre Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards; Burnsville Summer Theatre Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards; The Schoolhouse Theater Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards; Spokane Civic Theatre Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards; HAIRSPRAY at Burnsville Summer Theatre Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 16, 2024

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards; YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Elmwood Playhouse Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 16, 2024

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards; CATS at Spokane Civic Theatre Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 16, 2024

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Seattle Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 9, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Rockland / Westchester Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 9, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 9, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
A SHERLOCK CAROL Comes to Westport Country Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Dec 4, 2024

Westport Country Playhouse will stage “A Sherlock Carol,” a family-friendly holiday production based on two classic tales, “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,” a classic Sherlock Holmes story, and “A Christmas Carol.'
First Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 2, 2024

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis / St. Paul Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
First Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Rockland / Westchester Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 2, 2024

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Rockland / Westchester Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
First Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Seattle Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 2, 2024

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Capital Repertory Theatre Presents A SHERLOCK CAROL
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2024

Capital Repertory Theatre has announce the upcoming production of 'A Sherlock Carol' by Mark Shanahan, a captivating blend of mystery and holiday cheer, set to take the stage Nov. 22 through Dec. 22.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has John Gromada written?

John Gromada has written 11 shows including The Art of Success (Music), When She Danced (Music), Little Egypt (Music), The Swan (Music), Vita & Virginia (Music), The Amazing Metrano (Music), The Skriker (Music), The Red Devil Battery Sign (Music), Minutes from the Blue Route (Music), Thief River (Music), Pig Farm (Music).

What awards has John Gromada been nominated for?

Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Jasper, Outstanding Sound Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for All My Sons, Outstanding Sound Design in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Lives of the Saints, Best Sound Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Trip to Bountiful, Outstanding Sound Design in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Gore Vidal's The Best Man , Notable Effects - Production Design, Sound (The Hewes Awards) for The Orphans' Home Cycle, Outstanding Sound Design (The Lortels) for The Orphans' Home Cycle, Outstanding Sound Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) , Outstanding Sound Design (The Lortels) for Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Outstanding Sound Design (The Lortels) for Small Tragedy, Outstanding Sound Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Skriker, Outstanding Sound Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Sound design (Obie Awards) for Machinal, Outstanding Sound Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Machinal and Outstanding Sound Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Machinal.

What awards has John Gromada won?

- Outstanding Sound Design in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Gore Vidal's The Best Man - Notable Effects - Production Design, Sound (The Hewes Awards) for The Orphans' Home Cycle - Outstanding Sound Design (The Lortels) for Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - Outstanding Sound Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Skriker - Sound Design (Obie Awards) for Machinal

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