David Alpert is an award-winning New York City based director whose work has been applauded by both the New York Times and The New Yorker. As a director of both plays and musicals, his work has taken him across the country, and has brought him into rehearsal rooms with some of the leading players in the Broadway community.
Selected directing credits include The Apple Boys by Ben Bonemma & Jonothon Lyons (Bucks County Playhouse, HERE Arts), All Shook Up (MacHayden Theater), Our Brother’s Son (The Linney at Signature Theater Off-Broadway), A Scythe of Time (June Havoc Theatre/NYMF), Fully Committed (Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Wilde Award Winner for Best Director), It’s Only a Play (Farmers Alley Theatre), Runway Princess by Kate Reinders & Paul Gordon (Muskegon Civic Theatre), as well as Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel’s “A Season of Love Tour” which played at Carnegie Hall, as well as the “Take Me or Leave Me Tour” which toured the country.
David helped develop The Homily of a Precious Child (written by Nick Jaech, NYC presentation March 2025), and is currently writing a new play: The Darlings.
David was the founding Artistic Director of BroadwayCon, the premiere fan convention for Broadway, is on the Board of the Broadway Green Alliance (and directs their annual “Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert” in Times Square, serves on the Acting Faculty at New York University Steinhardt, has worked with the Dramatist Guild Foundation, has directed corporate events for American Express and Amazon, and frequently collaborates with Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel (and can be seen on Disney+ in Idina’s “Which Way to the Stage” documentary)
On Broadway he served as the Associate Director on If/Then (written by the Pulitzer Prize winning team of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, directed by Michael Greif), the Tony-Award winning production of The Trip to Bountiful starring Cicely Tyson & Vanessa Williams (also at the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles), and assisted on The Best Man starring James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergen, John Larroquette, Eric McCormack, and John Stamos, as well as the revival of Guys & Dolls.
He is also the creator and host of “E-Ticket to Broadway,” a podcast that features Broadway stars sharing their love and stories of the Disney Theme Parks—guests include Susan Egan, Idina Menzel, Andrew Barth Feldman, Keala Settle, Jessie Mueller, Jodi Benson, Jonathan Freeman, Tituss Burgess, and many more.
Every year, David proudly presents the “Living for Today” concert series, which brings together Broadway performers for a night of music to benefit Gilana’s Fund, a non-profit organization that uplift and support organizations which celebrate and promote equality, justice, inclusion, & acceptance of our communities, each other, and ourselves. The concert has attracted such stars as Candace Bergen, Vanessa Williams, Jim Dale, Idina Menzel, Alice Ripley, LaChanze, Tituss Burgess, Lena Hall, Paige Davis, Kate Mulgrew, Bebe Neuwirth, and many more. The Fund was created in 2007 after David’s sister Gilana passed away at the age of 26, and to date, Gilana’s Fund has raised over $100,000.
David is a member of SDC, and graduated summa cum laude from Western Michigan University with a BA in Theatre Studies (Directing). Upon graduation he was awarded both of the Department's top honors: the Presidential Scholar, and the Conspicuous Achievement in Theatre Award, and in 2016 was selected as a Distinguished Alumni of the University.
