photo by Jeremy Daniel
DANIEL GOLDSTEIN (Director) was most recently represented on Broadway by the revival of GODSPELL. He has directed over 100 plays and musicals worldwide, including work at major theaters across America and Asia.
His recent and upcoming projects include the Broadway: GODSPELL, Off Broadway: WALMARTOPIA, LOWER NINTH by Beau Willimon, INDOOR/OUTDOOR; Regional: VENUS IN FUR, FALSETTOS, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES and GOD OF CARNAGE (Huntington), HELLO, DOLLY! and DAMN YANKEES (Goodspeed), ANNA CHRISTIE (Old Globe), ARTIFICIAL FELLOW TRAVELER by Ethan Sandler (The Public New Work Now!, Ars Nova, Williamstown Theatre Festival, TRUE WEST (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and MISS MARGARIDA’S WAY (Bay Street Theatre, with Julie Halston). He is also developing and writing a solo show with Wayne Brady.
As a writer, Daniel is currently under commission by the Public Theater, for which he is writing a musical adaptation of Tori Murden McClure's memoir A PEARL IN THE STORM with singer/songwriter Dawn Landes. He was the recipient of an inaugural Calderwood Commission from the Huntington Theatre Company, for which he wrote an original musical with Michael Friedman entitled UNKNOWN SOLDIER, which was developed at the Manhattan Theater Club, O’Neill National Music Theater Conference and The McCarter Theater. With Michael, he is also the author of THE SONG OF SONGS, an adaptation of the Sholem Aleichem novella.
He is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Performance Studies.
He has extensive experience shadowing television directors such as James Burrows (The Class), James Widdoes (Til Death, Two and a Half Men), Pamela Freyman (How I Met Your Mother), Andy Ackerman (Rules of Engagement), Roxann Dawson (Crossing Jordan), Allison Liddi-Brown (Scandal), Rich Correll (See Dad Run)