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.
STAGE TUBE: A.R. Gurney Records SYLVIA's Pre-Show Announcement
October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015
It isn't easy getting audience members to turn off their cell phones before a performance and it isn't easy recording the pre-show announcement either.
PHOTO FLASH: Dog Owners at SYLVIA Promised a Paw-sitively Wonderful Surprise
October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015
Just share a photo on Instagram or Twitter when you come to the theatre, using the hashtag #WeLoveSylvia.
FiveThirtyEight Determines Hip-Hop As The Only Musical Genre Fast Enough For HAMILTON
October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015
Statistical proof that HAMILTON contains far more words per minute than conventional musicals.
VIDEO: Audience Members Required To Use Their Phones Throughout Performances of ELEMENTS OF OZ
October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015
A live performance that requires audience members to download an app to fully view the performance.
BWW Review: Eve Best, Clive Owen and Kelly Reilly Bring Heat and Iciness To Harold Pinter's OLD TIMES
October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015
Is that a big slab of ice upstage center?
BWW Review: Caryl Churchill's CLOUD NINE Parallels Colonialism and Sexual Oppression
October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015
The Atlantic Theater Company mounts a terrific revival of her 1979 dark comedy.
Director Taylor Hackford, Presenter Hershey Felder, Co-Authors Sued Over Geffen Playhouse Production of LOUIS & KEELY 'LIVE' AT THE SAHARA
October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015
A play about the off-stage troubles between Louis Prima and Keely Smith is having its own off-stage troubles.
STAGE TUBE: DAMES AT SEA Company Talks About The Tap Dancers Who Influenced Them
October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015
From Ginger Rogers to Hal Le Roy to Eleanor Powell to Tommy Rall.
STAGE TUBE: HAND TO GOD's Tyrone McHansely Says 'It's Never Too Late' in Brand New Motivational Monday
October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015
Time for this week's sage advice from Hand to God's kind and even-tempered patron saint of self-control, Tyrone McHansely.
VIDEOS: James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson Laugh and Reminisce at THE GIN GAME Photoshoot
October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015
Cicely Tyson reminds James Earl Jones of the first time they appeared on stage together, then see how the leading man loves to make his leading lady laugh.
VIDEO: Hugh Jackman, Shaquille O'Neal, Blue Man Group Play Crazy Trivia Game on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON
October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015
It looked like a scene out of A NIGHT AT THE OPERA when Hugh Jackman and Shaquille O'Neal played trivia with Jimmy Fallon.
TWITTER WATCH: More Updates From THE WIZ LIVE!'s First Rehearsal
October 5, 2015
October 5, 2015
Enjoy more Tweets and photos as the company gets ready for the December 3rd telecast.
TWITTER WATCH: Photo From THE WIZ LIVE! First Day of Rehearsals, Stephanie Mills Has 'Cast In Tears'
October 5, 2015
October 5, 2015
Producer Neil Meron posts a pic of the company getting to work and reports on their reaction to hearing Stephanie Mills sing.
BWW Review: Austin McCormick's Company XIV Puts Their Erotic Spin on CINDERELLA
October 5, 2015
October 5, 2015
A sexy and spectacular telling of Charles Perrault's baroque fairytale.
Echo Theater Cancel's Tommy Smith's GHOST LIGHT After Playwright Urges Public and Media to Boycott The Production
October 4, 2015
October 4, 2015
The playwright had begun urging audiences and the media not to attend or cover the production, claiming, 'I literally have had my play stolen from me.'
Westboro Baptist Church Responds To BroadwayWorld as BroadwayWorld Readers Respond To Westboro Baptist Church Re: Kristin Chenoweth Protest
October 3, 2015
October 3, 2015
BroadwayWorld's satirical article in response to Westboro Baptist Church's Plans to Protest a Kristin Chenoweth concert draws response from both sides.
Got $7.75 Million? Purchase Noel Coward's Connecticut Retreat
October 4, 2015
October 4, 2015
The theatrical genius frequently stayed there while entertaining guests such as Sir Laurence Olivier, Gertrude Lawrence, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne and, of course, Elaine Stritch.
Five Rap References Used in HAMILTON, As Annotated By Genius
October 3, 2015
October 3, 2015
The website aims to fully annotate the entire score of HAMILTON with its historic and musical references.
STAGE TUBE: LAByrinth Theater Company Gives A Tease of Daphne Rubin-Vega in EMPANADA LOCA
October 2, 2015
October 2, 2015
She kills. He cooks. The empanadas are to die for.
HAND TO GOD's Tyrone Responds To THERÈSE RAQUIN Incident
October 2, 2015
October 2, 2015
While the issue of actors' safety is not one to be taken lightly, the good people at HAND TO GOD were never ones to shy away from a little irreverent fun.
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