LAINIE SAKAKURA
writer • director • choreographer
AWARDS
2015 Joe A. Callaway Award Recipient for Best Choreography
Red Eye Of Love
Dicapo Theater, Off Broadway
2003 Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination for Best Choreography
Hot Mikado, Marriott Theatre
2002 Joseph Jefferson Award Recipient for Best Choreography
Damn Yankees, Marriott Theatre
REVIEWS
ONCE, Pioneer Theater Company 2019
Choreography: Lainie Sakakura
Rave reviews Deseret News, BroadwayWorld
Dancing Majesty Takes the Stage in Fisher's THE LITTLE DANCER, Theatre 71, NYC "Directed by Richard Vida and choreographed by Lainie Sakakura, The Little Dancer is dazzling Upper West Side audiences with the poignant story it has to tell. This musical has every lovable quality a person can ever desire..." (READ MORE)
BWW Review: ONCE at Pioneer Theatre Company Fully Captivates
"Credit the Choreographer Lainie Sakakura with the director how each scene efficiently flows on the tastefully used rotating set by Scenic Designer Yoon Bae."

Packed Majestic Theater Sees Unforgettable Tribute To Broadway's Great Composer-Lyricist Cy Coleman
"...as the full compliment of dance hall floozies belted out "Hey, Big Spender!" from "Sweet Charity," Bob Fosse's fabulous choreography of that slice of lowbrow sex life in New York re-created by Lainie Sakakura, featuring the still-sexy, God bless them, Ann Reinking and Chita Rivera."

Staging of 'Syncopation' That's Seamless
The choreographer Lainie Sakakura's grasp of the interpretive possibilities of even the most elementary tangos and fox-trots are in step with Mr. Knee's narrative and the characters' quirks of temperament...(READ MORE)

Damn Yankees, Marriott Theatre
"The big blessing, however, is the hard-hoofing ensemble: directed by Bell and Lainie Sakakura, the dances are a joyful force of nature."

‘Hot Mikado’ swings with engaging style"… with sensational choreography by Lainie Sakakura the addition of swing notes, tap dance, zoot suits and all around jazzification in “Hot Mikado” sweeps away the Victorian fustiness of Gilbert & Sullivan’s original operetta, “The Mikado,” and infuses it with a playful touch of naughtiness..."
VIDEO
Trumpet Solo - FOSSE Broadway
Broadhurst Theatre, NYC 1999
Original Choreography: Bob Fosse
Performer: Lainie Sakakura
Gypsy of the Year
The Palace Theater, NYC 2000
Original Choreography: Bob Fosse
Recreated and Staged by Lainie Sakakura
Performers: Lainie Sakakura, Alex Sanchez, JP Christensen
Tony Awards - FOSSE
The Gershwin Theater, NYC 1999
Winner Best New Musical
Dance Reconstruction - Lainie Sakakura & Brad Musgrove
Performing: Full Original Cast of Fosse