Stage director

It is 7:04pm on a Thursday. To the average audience member of THE COLOR PURPLE, the most important person waiting backstage is one of the above-the-title stars (Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Holliday or Danielle Brooks). But those in the industry know that, at this particular moment, the most important person is a woman sitting stage right in front of three monitors. That woman, with a headset on and binder in front of her, is Stage Manager Sharika Niles. She is the one who will soon give the word…

There really is nothing quite like a great Broadway show, in the words of theatre director Augusto Boal, ‘Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves.’ Shows bring storytelling to a level that movies and books just can’t compete with. Maybe it’s the magic of live-acting; the orchestra; or the charming theatre architecture. Perhaps it’s simply the shared entertainment experience, or getting out and off the couch! Whatever the draw, theatre is a superb night out whether with family or your…

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Watch any performance by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and it's impossible to deny the level of passion onstage.