What does it take to sustain a decades-long directing career? In this episode of our Director Mini-Series, Jennifer chats with director and choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who has been shaping stories on stages across the country for more than 40 years.
Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Director & Choreographer) directed and choreographed the acclaimed Kennedy Center & Broadway revivals of Ragtime. She received a 2010 Tony Award nomination for Best Director of a Musical, two Drama Desk Award nominations for Direction & Choreography and an Astaire Award nomination for Choreography.
Birth Place: Detroit, MI
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BIO
Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Director & Choreographer) directed and choreographed the acclaimed Kennedy Center & Broadway revivals of Ragtime. She received a 2010 Tony Award nomination for Best Director of a Musical, two Drama Desk Award nominations for Direction & Choreography and an Astaire Award nomination for Choreography. Marcia also received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction of a Resident Musical. Her work as a director & choreographer has been seen throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, South Korea and Denmark. New York productions include Venus Flytrap by Anthony Dodge (Active Theater), Seussical (Theatreworks USA, Lortel Award nomination for Choreography), Cookin’, Radio Gals, Closer Than Ever, Romance In Hard Times (The Public) and The Music Man (New York City Opera.) Regional: Reprise Theatre Company (Cabaret, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying; Garland Award for Choreography), Flat Rock Playhouse (Chicago), many shows at Sacramento Music Circus, Maltz Jupiter Theatre (Anything Goes, Carbonell Award for Choreography), Bay Street Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Lyric Stage, Goodspeed, Huntington and Arena Stage. Exciting collaborations with Julie Andrews (Simeon’s Gift), Stephen Sondheim (Merrily We Roll Along at Arena Stage), Rupert Holmes (Thumbs!), Robert Falls & John Logan (Riverview at The Goodman) and Des McAnuff (Elmer Gantry at La Jolla Playhouse). Television choreography: Sesame Street and AMC'S Remember Wenn. Also a published and produced playwright, her first play, Sherlock Holmes & The West End Horror, was co-written with her husband Anthony Dodge and received a 2002 Edgar Award nomination for Best Play from the Mystery Writers of America. Faculty: American Musical & Dramatic Academy. Proud SDC Executive Board member.
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Marcia Milgrom Dodge has written 1 shows including Hats! (Bookwriter).
Outstanding Director, Resident Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for Ragtime, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Ragtime, Outstanding Choreography (Drama Desk Awards) for Ragtime, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Ragtime and Outstanding Choreographer (The Lortels) for Seussical.
Marcia Milgrom Dodge has won the Outstanding Director, Resident Musical award at the Helen Hayes Awards for Ragtime.
Podcasts
#42 - Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Auditioned Choreographer
Marcia Milgrom Dodge dishes on her audition to choreograph Into the Woods and how--at the eleventh hour--James Lapine invited her back to the final workshop for one more look, just in case. Join host Ben Rimalower for this candid conversation exploring how Sondheim and Lapine went Into the Woods.
#2 - Fredi Walker-Browne, Marcia Milgrom Dodge & Cady Huffman
Joanne Jefferson, in the original cast of RENT on Broadway, Fredi Walker-Browne is an actor, director, singer, producer and teacher. Fredi toured nationally with THE LION KING in the role of Rafiki. She is the founder and president of Big Spoon Productions.


