Dori Berinstein

Dori Berinstein

Director / Producer / Writer
Dramatic Forces

Dori Berinstein is a four-time Tony-Winning Broadway Producer and an Emmy-winning Filmmaker.

Full Bio
Dori is a four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer, an Emmy-award-winning director, producer and writer of film and television and the founder and CEO of The Broadway Podcast Network.
As a Broadway Producer, Dori s most recent production is The Prom (Best Musical Drama Desk Award), an entirely original musical comedy with gigantic heart and an urgent message of tolerance and acceptance. Dori is a Producer on the Ryan Murphy Netflix adaptation of the film which stars Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Cordon, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells and Kerry Washington.
Dori s other Broadway shows include: Marianne Elliot s revival of Company, Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Tony Award Best Play Revival). Legally Blonde: The Musical (Olivier Award Best Musical), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award Best Musical), The Crucible, One Flew Over The Cuckoo s Nest (Tony Award Best Play Revival), Fool Moon (Special Tony Award), Flower Drum Song, Enchanted April and Golden Child.
Dori is the Co-Founder and CEO of Broadway Podcast Network, the digital headquarters for top theatre Podcasts, musical podcasts & plays and virtual theatre-related programming (www.broadwaypodcastnetwork.com). She is also the host of the podcast Deep Dive Broadway .
Dori is the recipient of Broadway s Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Theatre Producing and the Jacob Burns Vision Award. She is the curator and moderator of The Jacob Burns Actor s Fund Life On Stage series. Dori is also partnered with illustrator Justin Squigs Robertson on the creation of the Lights of Broadway Trading Cards (www.lightsofbroadway.nyc) and is the co-founded Camp Broadway, an immersive behind-the-scenes Theatre Camp for kids.
As a Documentary Filmmaker, Dori directed, wrote and produced: ShowBusiness: The Road To Broadway (Showtime) chronicling the behind-the-curtain passion, exhilaration, drama, sweat and high stakes creative and financial risks of four new Broadway musicals. Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love (Emmy Award / American Masters) a deeply personal, insider and candid look at one of the greatest artists of our time. Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (Showtime) revealing the magic and vivacity of the 90-year-old icon both on stage and off. Gotta Dance (adapted for the stage as Half Time) capturing the adventures of the NBA s first-ever senior hip hop dance team. Some Assembly Required, following six teams of determined teenagers as they navigate the game of life on their quest to win the national toy invention crown and The Last Blintz, about the closing of Broadway s Cafý Edison Diner.
For Television, Dori Co-Created, Executive-Produced and Directed Eavesdropping with Alan Cumming (Oxygen) and The Isaac Mizrahi Show (Oxygen).
Dori executive produced and/or supervised over 50 feature, special f/x and/or animated productions, including Isaac Mizrahi s award-winning documentary Unzipped, Dirty Dancing (both the feature & TV series) and Jim Henson s MuppetVision 3-D. She has executive produced websites for Oprah and President Clinton. Dori has worked as a Producer and/or an Executive for DreamWorks Theatricals, Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures, NBC, MTV, Sesame Workshop, Oxygen Media, Vestron Pictures, and Walt Disney Imagineering. Dori began her professional career as an Investment Banker in Mergers & Acquisitions for Morgan Stanley.



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Professional Credits
Producer: THE PROM - Netflix 2020 (Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Cordon, Kerry Washington)
Director / Producer: JOSHUA BELL: At Home With Music, PBS, Summer 2020
Director / Producer / Writer: MARVIN HAMLISCH: What He Did For Love (Emmy), American Masters
Director / Producer / Writer: CAROL CHANNING: Larger Than Life, ShowTime
Director / Producer / Writer: GOTTA DANCE (Turned into Musical w/ Director Jerry Mitchell)
Director / Producer / Writer: SHOWBUSINESS: THE ROAD TO BROADWAY, ShowTime
ETC.....
(Each Doc. won a myriad of Best Documentary or Audience Awards at top Film Festivals)

BROADWAY PRODUCER
THE PROM (Best Musical, Drama Desk)
VIRGINIA WOOLF (Best Revival of a Play, Tony Award)
LEGALLY BLONDE: The Musical (Best Musical, Olivier Award)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Best Revival of a Play, Tony Award)
FOOL MOON (Special Tony Award)
ETC.......

STUDIO EXECUTIVE
DreamWorks, Walt Disney Imagineering, Paramount, NBC, Oxygen, Vestron Pictures....
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