[2] Peter Marks, in an article summing up the fate of the Ragtime revival, noted: "Marcia Milgrom Dodge, the director-choreographer...came up with a sleekly beautiful concept for a show with a complex, interwoven narrative about blacks, Jews and white Anglo-Saxons in New York at the turn of the 20th century.
She directed Mark Brown's Around The World In 80 Days for Pittsburgh Public Theatre, then a new production of The Music Man for Glimmerglass Festival.
[citation needed] In 2011, Dodge directed and choreographed "The Three Musketeers" at the Fredericia Theater in Denmark, by George Stiles, Peter Raby, Paul Leigh and Francis Matthews, Cabaret and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles, the Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, NY, productions of Simeon's Gift, The Who's Tommy, Once On This Island, and Hair and director of Fit To Print.
She has directed and choreographed productions at the Music Circus in Sacramento, California, including The Unsinkable Molly Brown with Susan Egan, South Pacific with Kerry O'Malley (2006),[6] and Guys and Dolls (2009) with Gary Beach.
[7] World premieres include Knight Life: The Girl Who Would Be King by Robert Sternean, Prudence Fraser, and Jeff Barry (Riverside Theatre); Rupert Holmes' Thumbs, starring Kathie Lee Gifford and Diana Canova (Helen Hayes Theatre Company); Cookin' (New Victory, Monette Lane, South Korea, and International Tour); One Foot On The Floor by Jeffrey Hatcher (also conceived, Denver Center Theatre Co.); Off-Key by Bill C. Davis and Richard Adler (George Street Playhouse); Elmer Gantry by John Bishop, Mel Marvin, and Robert Satuoff (La Jolla Playhouse); and Casino Paradise by William Bloom and Arnold Weinstein (American Music Theatre Festival).
As resident director of the Phoenix Theatre Company at SUNY Purchase, Dodge directed and choreographed Ken Ludwig's Sullivan & Gilbert, starring George Grizzard, as well as High Spirits.
At the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., she choreographed On The Town (1989), Closer Than Ever, Merrily We Roll Along (1990),[8] and Of Thee I Sing (1992)[9] (Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Choreography).
Dodge's production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at Olney Theatre Center was met with a positive reception from critics, with People Magazine stating the work as: “a tale as old as time [that] feels refreshingly new.” Olney Theatre brought back the production in November, 2022, with leads Jade Jones as Belle and Evan Ruggiero as The Beast.
[18] Devoted to the training of young performers, Dodge is a frequent guest director at universities: For Marymount Manhattan College she directed & choreographed Droid.