is an Emmy award-winning writer, a Tony-nominated Broadway producer, a Helen Hayes Award recipient for producing, an award winning theater director and choreographer, a television producer, and an entertainment entrepreneur. Her Broadway and national tour producing credits include The Lonesome West, Little Women the musical, Billy Elliot, The Wedding Singer, Flashdance and Dreamworks' Shrek the musical (original and current national tour and international tours). For Sony Classical Records and PBS, Dani wrote the libretto (Emmy award), and directed the film of Handel's Messiah Rocks (7 Emmy noms), starring LaChanze, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. She also directed the national tour. For national television, she was the co-creator and executive producer for the series Girl Starter with Al Roker Productions (Discovery networks). Dani's award-winning regional directing and choreography credits include Mamma Mia, The Full Monty, Xanadu,  and The UMPO Series: Summer Blockbusters, Jaws at the White Lotus, Rock the Bard.  In New York: Grief Dialogues: The Experience (Virtual Stage Lab, A.R.T.), and various workshops and lab productions through spring 2025, Cindy of Arc starring Cynthia Kaplan (The Intiman, Baltimore Theater Project, Philadelphia Fringe Festival ) in residence at the Laurie Beechman Theater, raising money for voting and reproductive rights. Films: Cindy of Arc (festival laurels), Grief Dialogues, Rock Me Amadeus, Jack Kornfield and Bill Ford, an unlikely pair. Through her media production company EveryDay Dreams, Dani produced the Inner MBA Certification series for Sounds True and LinkedIn, along with annual awards shows for WBEC national and Pacific. Dani produces Broadway based benefit recording projects for various charities, and is a graduate of Duke University. She is the proud mother of two young artists, Noah and Nina, and lives in New York City www.thedanidavis.com   Photo by Kim Roderiques