Lainie Munro is a New York-based director, choreographer, and performer. Most recently, she performed in the Cameron Mackintosh/ National Theatre of Great Britain production of My Fair Lady, which toured 26 cities across the U.S.A., including the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C. Regional roles include Velma in Chicago, Diana in Of Thee I Sing, Helene in Sweet Charity, Kristine in A Chorus Line and Phyllis in the European tour of 42nd Street.
Her choreography credits include an episode of “Hope and Faith” starring Kelly Ripa, Oklahoma! starring Rue McClanahan for the Broadway Series of Charlotte, Das Barbecu for the Arvada Center in Denver, Crazy For You for FSU’s Mainstage, and regional productions of Seven Brides…, Barnum, Grand Hotel, Fiddler on the Roof, and Joseph…Dreamcoat. Her directing credits include Great Day for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Cabaret for Weathervane Rep, That’s Entertainment and Swing Time, two revues she created for Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth 2, a staged reading of Rainbow starring Jerry Hadley at CAMI Music Hall in NYC, and a New York City reading of Fine and Dandy starring Noah Racey.
In addition to her work as a director, choreographer, and performer, Lainie also has an extensive teaching career and is a frequent guest artist for master classes in Musical Theatre on both the East and West coasts. She taught Broadway Theatre Dance for the Musical Theatre Intensive Program at NYU’s C.A.P. 21 Conservatory. Currently she is on the Theatre Dance and Tap faculty at Broadway Dance Center in New York, where she is also the Artistic Director of “The Broadway Big Brother/ Big Sister Program,” a program she created in 2001 that pairs Broadway dancers with aspiring young performers, giving them an opportunity to work together through rehearsals and performances. Lainie was selected as a finalist for the 2003 Woman’s Day Magazine Awards, “Women That Inspire Us,” for her work with the Broadway Big Brother/ Big Sister Program.
Lainie holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Florida State University. She is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and the Actors’ Equity Association.