After 20-odd years singing, dancing and acting in dinner theatres, summer stocks and the ever-popular audience participation murder mysteries (try improvising with audiences after they?ve had two hours of open bar), Michael Dale segued his theatrical ambitions into playwriting. The buildings which once housed the 5 Off-Off Broadway plays he penned have all been destroyed or turned into a Starbucks, but his name remains the answer to the trivia question, "Who wrote the official play of Babe Ruth's 100th Birthday?" He served as Artistic Director for The Play's The Thing Theatre Company, helping to bring free live theatre to underserved communities, and dabbled a bit in stage managing and in directing cabaret shows before answering the call (it was an email, actually) to become BroadwayWorld.com's first Chief Theatre Critic. While not attending shows Michael can be seen at Citi Field pleading for the Mets to stop imploding. Likes: Strong book musicals and ambitious new works. Dislikes: Unprepared celebrities making their stage acting debuts by starring on Broadway and weak bullpens.
VIDEO FLASHBACK: How JERSEY BOYS Changed The Jukebox Musical
November 7, 2015
November 7, 2015
From fluffy entertainments to serious dramas, JERSEY BOYS has helped the jukebox musical grow.
Lion's Tooth: Musical Theatre Major Can't Believe No One Recognizes His SPRING AWAKENING Halloween Costume
November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015
The satirical website based in Boston's Emerson College posts an article whose scenario is all too familiar with Broadway fans come every October 31st.
Is Seattle Theatre Critic Selling Press Comps On Craig's List?
November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015
An ad in the Men Seeking Women section of the free classified website offers to sell press seats for below face value.
VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda Adds His Own Annotations To HAMILTON on Genius
November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015
Fascinating insight into dramatist's determination to present a story that was a true representation of the founding fathers translated into the vernacular of a 20th and 21st Century musical form.
Jubilee: Theatres Pledge To Promote Diversity For Full 2020-2021 Season
November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015
A movement for American theatres to produce only work by women, people of color, artists of varied physical and cognitive abilities, and LBGTQA artists in the 2020-2021 season.
Actors' Equity Releases Statement Re: Equity Waiver Lawsuit, Asner vs. Actors' Equity
November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015
Actors' Equity Releases Statement Re: Equity Waiver Lawsuit, Asner vs. Actors' Equity
A Masked Thief At SLEEP NO MORE? Is Everyone A Suspect?
November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015
When audience members are required to wear masks, how do you identify the person who stole your wallet?
VIDEO: ALADDIN's Genie, James Monroe Iglehart, Works His Magic At The Drama Book Shop
November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015
The Tony winning song and dance Genie takes time out to give an impromptu plug for the New York institution.
Deaf Audience Members Offer Critiques on Deaf West's SPRING AWAKENING
November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015
Five Deaf New Yorkers and one hearing ASL-English interpreter give their impressions of the Broadway revival.
BWW Review: KING CHARLES III, The History Play Shakespeare Has Yet To Write
November 1, 2015
November 1, 2015
Mike Bartlett's abundantly clever and thoroughly engaging drama envisions controversy during the reign of England's next monarch.
BWW Review: Daphne Rubin-Vega is Chilling and Endearing in EMPANADA LOCA
November 3, 2015
November 3, 2015
Daphne Rubin-Vega is completely captivating in a solo performance that requires her to sit perfectly still for most of its 100 minutes,
More Support For Rosie's Theater Kids! More Costumes Worn By Boy George on Broadway in TABOO Up For Bids
October 31, 2015
October 31, 2015
Bid on costumes worn by Boy George in his role as Leigh Bowery in TABOO.
AMERICAN HORROR STORY, SCREAM QUEENS Ryan Murphy's Moving Speech at amfAR AIDS Research Gala
October 31, 2015
October 31, 2015
Honored by amfAR, Murphy talks of living through the AIDS crisis when so many around him were dying.
INTERVIEW: David Suchet in West End THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Plays U.S. Cinemas November 3rd For One Night Only
October 31, 2015
October 31, 2015
David Suchet's talks about playing Lady Bracknell, a performance that will be seen for one night only in U.S. Cinemas.
HAMLET's Benedict Cumberbatch Shocks Audience During Post-Performance Appeal For Save the Children
October 30, 2015
October 30, 2015
The actor has been critical of the British government's decision to allow only 20,000 refugees over five years.
Does FROZEN Turn Little Girls Into Lesbians? Three Presidential Candidates May Think So
October 30, 2015
October 30, 2015
Three GOP candidates attending conference held by pastor who believes FROZEN contains messages intended to indoctrinate 5-year-old girls into becoming lesbians.
From HAMLET To CASPER, From Scary To Sexy; A Sampling Of Theatre's Ghost Stories
October 30, 2015
October 30, 2015
Broadway loves a good ghost story, but not all ghost stories are the scary kind.
TWITTER WATCH: Boy Genius? HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda Posts Puberty Pic
October 30, 2015
October 30, 2015
Could this young guy have ever dreamed that the President of the United States would call a musical he wrote an example of the kind of creativity needed to teach history to our kids?
TWITTER WATCH: HAMILTON's Anthony Ramos Photographed In Costume Using 1839 Lens
October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015
HAMILTON releases the fourth in its series of vintage style photographs taken by Josh Lehrer.
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Patti LuPone, Kevin Kline and Barry Bostwick in THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM
October 30, 2015
October 30, 2015
The 1975 limited Broadway premiere run of THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM proved so popular, it was brought back in 1976.
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