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: KELLI AND MATTHEW: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Reunites O'Hara and Morrison
December 22, 2014
December 22, 2014
The Broadway team shows great chemistry as they're joined by the New York Pops.
BWW Reviews: NOT THE MESSIAH (HE'S A VERY NAUGHTY BOY), Eric Idle's Newest Testament
December 20, 2014
December 20, 2014
Monty Python's tale of the fellow born in the stable next to Jesus' has gone from blasphemous to delightful family fun.
BWW Reviews: Misery Hates Company in POCATELLO
December 17, 2014
December 17, 2014
Samuel D. Hunter's drama of a mundane little community is in itself a rather mundane evening.
BWW Reviews: SOUL DOCTOR's Shortened Length is a Mitzvah
December 15, 2014
December 15, 2014
After a two-month Broadway run, the story of the rockstar rabbi returns Off-Broadway with a pared-down script.
BWW Reviews: THE ELEPHANT MAN is a Curiosity, But Far From Intriguing
December 8, 2014
December 8, 2014
Bernard Pomerance's one Broadway play is a clinical, alienating drama.
BWW Reviews: A CHRISTMAS MEMORY Can Use a Few More Memories
December 7, 2014
December 7, 2014
Truman Capote's short story doesn't provide enough plot for this two-act musical.
BWW Reviews: Paper Mill's ELF is Heavy on the Showbiz Fun
December 7, 2014
December 7, 2014
Director Eric Ankrim's solid mounting is bursting with brassy talent.
BWW Reviews: OUR LADY OF KIBEHO Tells of a Holy Prelude to Tragedy
December 2, 2014
December 2, 2014
Kateri Hall's drama dares the audience to accept a miracle.
BWW Reviews: Mills and Reichel's THE UNDERCLASSMAN Dazzles With Wit, Melody and Intelligence
November 30, 2014
November 30, 2014
Peter Mills and Cara Reichel revamp their wonderful F. Scott Fitzgerald musical of nearly ten years ago.
BWW Reviews: A PARTICLE OF DREAD (OEDIPUS VARIATIONS) Lacks Clear Vision
November 27, 2014
November 27, 2014
Sam Shepard's riff on Sophocles is a chore to comprehend.
BWW Reviews: A DELICATE BALANCE Stirs, but Doesn't Shake
November 23, 2014
November 23, 2014
Pam MacKinnon's starry production has its stumbling points.
BWW Reviews: Doyle's ALLEGRO Played in Cut Time
November 21, 2014
November 21, 2014
John Doyle cuts Rodgers and Hammerstein's experimental musical extensively and casts actor/musicians.
BWW Reviews: Lee's STRAIGHT WHITE MEN Debates The Price of Being an Ally
November 20, 2014
November 20, 2014
Young Jean Lee's new drama may actually be a satire.
BWW Reviews: New and Improved SIDE SHOW Fleshes Out Its Story of Conjoined Twins
November 18, 2014
November 18, 2014
The 1997 flop with a big cult following returns with major revisions.
BWW Reviews: Hyper-Charged PUNK ROCK Explores Uncontrolled Adolescent Dynamics
November 17, 2014
November 17, 2014
Simon Stephens' tense and chilling drama attempts to explain why the unthinkable is becoming more commonplace.
BWW Reviews: Butterworth's THE RIVER Drowns in Its Own Ambiguity
November 16, 2014
November 16, 2014
Hugh Jackman stars in the longest 90 minutes on Broadway..
BWW Reviews: Faith and Absolution Sensitively Questioned in GRAND CONCOURSE
November 16, 2014
November 16, 2014
Quincy Tyler Bernstine offers beautiful understated pathos in Heidi Schreck's touching new drama.
BWW Reviews: Alda sends Bergen M*A*S*H Notes in LOVE LETTERS
November 15, 2014
November 15, 2014
Candice Bergen and Alan Alda may be among the most endearing and believable pairs to take on A.R. Gurney's Pulitzer finalist.
BWW Reviews: LOST LAKE Wastes Excellent Acting on an Unbelievable Premise
November 12, 2014
November 12, 2014
John Hawkes does some stellar work in David Auburn's intimate drama.
BWW Reviews: Entertaining THE BAND WAGON Nixes Nostalgia
November 11, 2014
November 11, 2014
Douglas Carter Beane and Kathleen Marshall whip a movie classic into a fun new musical.
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