Douglas' co-starring role in Coachella Valley Rep's production of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT ( April 10-28, 2024), garnered him a number of rave reviews.
"Graham as the fast-talking, wise-cracking, Cookie takes the stage like a well-seasoned comedian and long-time theatre gypsy. Timing and stage presence raise this gangster character to Co-star billing status. Some of the best laughs of the night came from this funny man."
-Gilmore Rizzo, Broadwayworld.com
"Graham, who is a seasoned Broadway dancer and singer, has said that he never had a comic acting role like this. But you’d never know it. He is grounded in his body, graceful in his movement, and powerfully commands the stage as a hysterically funny fully fleshed-out character."
Jason Mannino, StageandCinema.com
"In a production of this quality, it’s hard to say that any actor steals the show, but the one who comes closest is local favorite Douglas Graham, as Cookie McGee. Graham treats us to his usual strong vocals and sharp dance moves, but it’s his comedic chops that really stand out. His timing and one-liners in the wedding-luncheon scene are reminiscent of a good Carol Burnett sketch."
Bonnie Gilgallon, CV Independant
November 2022
Douglas appeared in concert as "Max" in SUNSET BOULEVARD with Karen Mason
March 2021
Douglas choreographed a production of SOUND OF MUSIC in Palm Springs
March 2, 2022
"THE ANNIVERSARY"
Douglas' latest creative project was a full length feature film called "The Anniversary" which premiered at the Annenberg Theatre downtown Palm Springs. This feature film, produced by the Palm Springs Dance Project and directed by acclaimed director Stephen Agisilaou, features a plethora of Palm Springs iconic sites and scenes, and upwards of 50 local dancers. The film is a huge passion project and made possible by a vast number of artistic and industry friends and supporters. With only two words in the entire script, "The Anniversary" reveals its story through the universal language of dance. Besides having a role in the film, dance icons Shea New, Joe Istre, and cameo by Caitlyn Wheeler of Cirque de Soliel also appear. This engaging evening celebrates our local dance community through the medium of film, featuring a slick original dance short film, our full-length feature film, and a Q&A event with the films' producer, director, and cast. Following the premiere in Palm Springs, the film heads off on the film festival circuit, representing the dance community of Palm Springs, traveling the world from 2022-2025! Palm Springs Dance project is a local, grassroots 501(c)(3) organization, building a thriving dance community through dance education, performance, and community programs. Get your tickets now as this will sell out. https://www.psmuseum.org/events/palm-springs-dance-project-22
Douglas' Jazz & Theatre Dance Classes Continue
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Live and in-person at Step By Step Dance Studio in downtown Palm Springs,
316 N. Palm Canyon Drive.
EVERY FRIDAY 10AM-12:30PM
suggested donation $15
It's been a tough year for some, so if you can't afford that, pay what you can. If you can afford a little more for this full 90-minute class, feel free to do that too!
(760) 902-8303
Back by popular demand, Douglas brought his successful cabaret show, "Douglas Graham: Dancin' Man" to the Arthur Newman Theatre in Palm Desert. New songs, more dancing, with the addition of two dancers accompanying him, Douglas explored the highs and lows, tears and laughs of his life and career.
Douglas got rave reviews in his appearance as "Harry (the Noodle)" in CV Repertory Theatre's sold-out run of the musical "Ballroom". BroadwayWorld.com said "...a standout comic turn by Douglas Graham as Harry (the Noodle)." And CV Independent wrote: "...Local favorite Douglas Graham nearly steals the show as the odd but highly skilled dancer Harry “The Noodle.” He commands the stage every time he appears; too bad we don’t get to see more of him.'
Nov. 2016 • Douglas performed in the 3rd annual season opening Gala for the Desert Ensemble Theatre's DETC Scholarship Fund with fellow performers Charles Herrera and Jerome Elliott.
May 2016 • Douglas appeared as "Bishop"
in Musical Theatre University's production of Les Miz
also starring fellow Broadway performers,
Davis Gaines and Danny Gurwin
March 2016 • Douglas appeared with fellow Broadway alums Jason Graae, Annaleise Ven der Pol
and Teri Ralston in a Disney themed concert, "Broadway in the Park" Rancho Mirage Amphitheatre.
July 25-26, 2015
Douglass parody of Fosse's CHICAGO
in the Palm Springs Unified School District's "Forbidden Broadway".
Helene Galen Performing Arts Center at Rancho Mirage, CA High School
March 29, 2015, Douglas' "back by popular demand"
Fosse Master Class, Premier Centre for the Arts, Middleton, DE. http://www.pcade.com/
Milton, Delaware - Saturday, March 21, 2015.
Douglas co-produced, directed and performed alongside former fellow Delaware theatre pros who have gone on to make a career in show biz. It was an evening of singing, dancing and acting to benefit the historic Milton Theatre.
On December 17, 2014, Douglas starred alongside Lindsay Mendez (Broadway WICKED) and Annaleise VanDerPol (Broadway Beauty and the Beast) in a concert reading of "LUCKY STIFF"
In February 2015, Douglas appeared in Script 2 Stage 2 Screen's production of
"The Frowning Vajayjays of Shady Pines"
Watch a clip from Cabaret Theater West's (cabarettheatrewest.com) 2013 season where Douglas performed in and choreographed the shows, for which he garnered The Desert Star Award for Best Choreography.
Douglas roaming around the Palm Springs area every Christmas season dressed ala 'Dickens' singing tenor .
W
th the Palm Springs based Desert Carolers (desertcarolers.com) and the LA based, The Caroling Company
Starring as Rum Tug Tugger "CATS"
Woodminister Amphitheatre, Oakland, CA
Sept. 7-16, 2012 WOODMINISTER.COM
"PERFECTLY IMPERFECT"
"An exploration in song and dance of life, love
with a healthy dose of dysfunction!"
Musical Director, Joel Baker
FRIDAY, SEPT. 21; SUNDAY, OCT. 19, 2012
Unitarian Universalist Church of the Desert, 72425 Via Vail,
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
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"Douglas Graham has done a lot of performing since moving to the desert five years ago but it pails by his credits as a Broadway 'gypsy' which is a long list indeed - there's CATS, Chicago, Phantom Of The Opera, A Chorus Line, Dancin', 5,6,7,8 Dance, Woman Of The Year, Dreamgirls, Damn Yankees, Will Rogers Follies, and 7 Brides For 7 Brothers, just to name a few. Locally he continues to sing and dance and recently recreated his Rum Tug Tugger role in CATS for Palm Canyon Theater. As a choreographer, Doug is a 2012 Desert Theater League nominee for both his work on Broadway Tonight and Hooray For Hollywood for Cabaret Theater West.
For this new one-man show, "Perfectly Imperfect," Douglas has compiled a roster of song selections from Broadway, The Great American Songbook, and Popular music that he feels describe himself, but most likely the audience will see a little of themselves in more than a few. The show begins at 2 PM on Sunday, August 19th at the Arthur Newman Theater located in the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert. Local musical director Joel Baker will accompany Doug on piano for the show."
"Perfectly Imperfect" is presented as part of the Les Michaels' Sundays In Summer Cabaret Concert Series that runs through October 28 with a new show each Sunday. The box office opens at 1 PM and tickets are $10 cash at the box office. For more information, call 760-325-2731.
Arthur Newman Theatre at The Joslyn Center is located at 73-750 Catalina Way in Palm Desert, CA 92260. Doug Graham's show plays Sunday, August 19, 2012, at 2 p.m. (doors open at 1 p.m.)
Douglas helped mount the first two shows of the 2012 season for Cabaret Theatre West. "BROADWAY TONIGHT" Apr. 2012 "HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD" Feb. 2012 "HOORAY FOR THE USA" Mar. 2012
In the final show of the 2012 season, he conceived, created, directed, choreographed and performed Broadway songs and dances from the '50s-'60s. ______________
Four seasons as part of Coachella Valley's only professional Christmas Carolers troupe, THE DESERT CAROLERS
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Douglas' premiere performance of an all-male dance troupe "MENERGY"
took flight at the 2nd Annual Czarina Diversity Ball fundraiser for the Harvey Milk Foundation.www.milkfoundation.orgto help troubled LGBT youth.
Hotel Zoso, downtown Palm Springs, CA Dec. 2011
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Main Stage Monday Oct. 31, 2011
Arenas Road in downtown Palm Springs
Azul
Nov. 1, 2011
Palm Springs, CA 760.325.5533
Palm Springs Pride Festival
Big Top Cabaret, US Bank Main Stage
Saturday, Nov 5
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"BUTTERFLY MADAM"
Septimus & other roles
Joslyn Theatre, Palm Desert, CA Oct. 2011
Douglas appeared in and choreographed a brand new original, four-person musical written by Stanley Walden (composer of "Oh! Calcutta!") with book by Burt Peachy called "Butterfly Madam".
Douglas played, among other roles, the part of Septimus Hewson, one of "Madam's" many suitors in her adventurous, very not-so-Victorian life.
FEATURED SINGER
BELLA DA BALL'S CABARET REVUE
AZUL, PALM SPRINGS, CA
AUGUST 30, 2011
BROADWAY BOOT CAMP
DELAWARE ARTS CONSERVATORY
AUGUST 15-19, 2011
3-HR. FOSSE INTENSIVE
DESERT DANCE ACADEMY
PALM DESERT, CA
SUNDAY JULY 31, 2011
FOSSE MASTER CLASS
PREMIER CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
MIDDLETOWN, DE
JULY 11, 2011
BELLA DA BALL
1st YEAR ANNIVERSARY
AZUL
PALM SPRINGS, CA
JUNE 7, 2011
THE BELLA DA BALL DINNER REVUE
AZUL
PALM SPRINGS, CA
FEB. 22, 2011
SOLO NIGHT
BLAME IT ON MIDNIGHT
PALM SPRINGS, CA
JAN. 1, 2011
CAFE PALETTE
PALM SPRINGS, CA
DEC. 15, 2010
AZUL
PALM SPRINGS, CA
DEC. 18, 2010
DINK'S RESTAURANT & ULTRA-LOUNGE
PALM SPRINGS, CA
NOV. 28, 2010
DINK'S RESTAURANT
& ULTRA-LOUNGE
PALM SPRINGS, CA
SEPT. 16, 2010
JOSLYN CENTER THEATRE
PALM DESERT, CA
SEPT 18, 2010
LA Premiere! GARDENIA CABARET
HOLLYWOOD, CA
SEPT. 29, 2010 (SEE REVIEWS)
Palm Canyon Theatre
Palm
Springs, CA
Oct. 8-24, 2010 STARRING DOUG GRAHAM AS "RUM TUM TUGGER"
MALASHOCK DANCE
SAN DIEGO, CA
SEPT. 4, 2010
AUGUST 13, 2010
Broadway Theatre Master Class
"Music and the Mirror"
original Broadway choreography
from "A CHORUS LINE" Delaware Arts Conservatory in Bear, DE www.delarts.com
MARCH '09 - Doug choreographed and presented a showcase for a brand new revue show for the resort/casino/spa Agua Caliente in Palm Desert, CA.
It was a resounding success.
JULY '09 & AUGUST '08 - "Back by popular demand," Doug's SUMMER DANCE CAMPS offered his original Broadway repertoire to more up-and-coming talented students, Doug's Workshops, Intensives and MASTER CLASSES continue to inspire and empower students to keep reaching for their dreams!
2008 - DELWARE ARTS CONSERVATORY www.delarts.comDoug held a three-hour Intensive, teaching the original audition combination for the show heading back to Broadway May, '09, Bob Fosse's Dancin'!
APRIL 2007 - The Hartt School, Hartford CT - Doug taught two separate weeks of Master Classes in the Fosse style (with original choreography from Bob Fosse's DANCIN' which opens on Broadway, May '09) and repertoire from the current Broadway production of A CHORUS LINE. The roster included Doug's unique workshops - "Audition Technique for Musical Theatre" and "The Nuts and Bolts of Show-Biz," explaining the current lay of the land about pictures, resumes, agents and surviving in NY as a dancer ... and more.
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