Marcia Milgrom Dodge
MARCIA MILGROM DODGE made her Broadway directing and choreographing debut with the critically acclaimed revival of Ragtime after its sold-out run at the Kennedy Center (7 Tony Award Nominations including Best Director of a Musical, 9 Drama Desk Award Nominations, 2 Drama League Award Nominations, 2 Astaire Award Nominations, 4 Helen Hayes Awards including Outstanding Director of a Resident Musical). Marcia's work as a director and choreographer has been seen throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain and South Korea. Some of her projects include: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Reprise Theatre Co/ Los Angeles); Seussical for TheatreworksUSA (Off-Broadway and National Tour, 2 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations for Outstanding Choreography and Revival); Off-Broadway's Cookin', Radio Gals, Closer Than Ever, Romance In Hard Times (New York Shakespeare Festival), The Loman Family Picnic (Manhattan Theatre Club) and The Music Man at New York City Opera. At the Kennedy Center, Marcia directed Tell Me On A Sunday (starring Alice Ripley) and choreographed Ken Ludwig's Sullivan & Gilbert. At Arena Stage she choreographed Of Thee I Sing (Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography), Merrily We Roll Along and On The Town. Her 1991 Virginia Stage production of Ain't Misbehavin' played in several regional theatres receiving two Barrymore Award nominations at the Philadelphia Drama Guild. Bay Street Theatre, The Pittsburgh Public Theatre and the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston also produced Marcia's version. She has directed many shows at Sacramento Music Circus, Bay Street Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Lyric Stage, Pittsburgh Public, Goodman Theatre and Goodspeed. Her collaborators on new musicals and plays include Julie Andrews (Simeon's Gift), Rupert Holmes (Thumbs!), Robert Falls and John Logan (Riverview) and Des McAnuff (Elmer Gantry). Also a playwright, Marcia and her husband Anthony Dodge have written the books for two musicals: Look Homeward Honky Tonk Angel (with songs by Larry Gatlin) and Hats! Their first play was the Edgar Award nominated Sherlock Holmes & The West End Horror. Devoted to the training of young performers, Marcia has been a frequent guest director and instructor at New York universities and conservatories including Fordham College, University at Buffalo, New York University, Marymount Manhattan College and The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). Marcia is a proud Executive Board member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). Bio as of December, 2010. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Website: www.marciamilgromdodge.com