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.
BWW Reviews: THE QUALMS Plays Like Sex in Clybourne Park
June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015
Bruce Norris' latest Pam MacKinnon-directed offering keeps echoing the second act of his Pulitzer-winner.
BWW Reviews: GUARDS AT THE TAJ Considers the Ugly Cost of Beauty
June 13, 2015
June 13, 2015
Rajiv Joseph's thoughtful and engaging new entry is suggested by a gruesome legend regarding the Taj Mahal.
BWW Reviews: EVER AFTER Trades Cinderella's Fantasy for Human Ingenuity
June 7, 2015
June 7, 2015
Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich's adaptation of the 1988 film treats the fairy tale with realism.
BWW Reviews: Greenspan Interprets Stein in COMPOSITION... MASTER-PIECES... IDENTITY
June 6, 2015
June 6, 2015
David Greenspan approaches three Gertrude Stein pieces in a graceful solo performance.
BWW Reviews: A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT; Interviews With a Political Assassin
June 4, 2015
June 4, 2015
Nicholas Wright's engrossing and superbly acted drama deals with the man South Africans called Prime Evil.
BWW Reviews: Eisenberg's THE SPOILS Tests The Limits of Compassion
June 3, 2015
June 3, 2015
The playwright/actor's hyper-charged character drama is intriguing and well-acted.
BWW Reviews: LaBute Goes Soft in THE WAY WE GET BY
June 2, 2015
June 2, 2015
The playwright best known for displaying the uglier side of human nature takes a shot at quirky romance.
BWW Reviews: Bio-Musical CAGNEY Has Legs but Needs To Pack More Heat
May 30, 2015
May 30, 2015
Composer/lyricist Robert Creighton gives a gutsy performance as Hollywood's tough-guy song and dance man.
2015 Tony Awards - Michael Dale's Live Blog from Backstage at Radio City in the Press Room!
June 7, 2015
June 7, 2015
Welcome to Michael Dale's 2015 Tony Awards Live Blog! Follow along with him, live from backstage at Radio City Music Hall's press room where he'll be reporting on the winners as they come backstage, scoops and much more!
BWW Reviews: Parsons Preaches It in AN ACT OF GOD
May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015
Jim Parsons appears as God appearing as Jim Parsons in the first Broadway play based on a Twitter account.
BWW Reviews: Mobile Shakespeare Unit's MACBETH Settles Into The Public
May 23, 2015
May 23, 2015
Edward Torres' gritty and energetic portable production opens a limited run after touring NYC prisons and shelters.
BWW Reviews: Elevator Repair Service's THE SOUND AND THE FURY is of Questionable Significance
May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015
The concept of the company's presentation of William Faulkner's text proves more interesting than watching its execution.
BWW Reviews: Thou Shalt and Shalt Again in Askins' PERMISSION
May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015
Robert Askins' irreverent comedy of Domestic Christian Discipline has couples spanking for Jesus.
BWW Reviews: Annie Baker's THE FLICK Unapologetically Returns
May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015
Director Sam Gold's original production of Annie Baker's controversial Pulitzer winner returns to Off-Broadway.
BWW Reviews: Kristine Nielsen's a Bad Influence in WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015
A.R. Gurney's 1983 coming-of-age warmedy pushes many of the familiar buttons.
BWW Reviews: THE PAINTED ROCKS AT REVOLVER CREEK Honors Outsider Artist Mabusa
May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015
Athol Fugard's touching new drama is inspired by a South African rock garden.
BWW Reviews: New York Pops Salutes Rob and Kathleen Marshall
May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015
A dazzling display of Broadway stars come out to celebrate the careers of one of the theatre's most successful brother/sister dance combos.
BWW Reviews: Kander, Ebb & Stein's Underappreciated ZORBA! Gets a Robust Encores! Production
May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015
John Turturro and Zoe Wanamaker are terrific in a concert mounting that incorporates some past revisions and, thankfully, dismisses others.
BWW Reviews: Brant's GROUNDED a Chilling Drama of Drone Warfare
April 27, 2015
April 27, 2015
Anne Hathaway is excellent in Julie Taymor's striking production.
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