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 MOST HAPPY FELLA Is Sublimely Sung and Acted
April 6, 2014
April 6, 2014
Encores! serves up Frank Loesser's superb score with a 38 piece orchestra and an excellent cast.
BWW Reviews: Kenny Leon's Sterling Second Go at A RAISIN IN THE SUN
April 4, 2014
April 4, 2014
If Kenny Leon would like to keep on mounting productions of Lorraine Hansberry's riveting classic every decade I'd be most happy to go see them all.
BWW Reviews: Cliques and Jocks Get Theirs in HEATHERS
April 3, 2014
April 3, 2014
Outcast high-schoolers knock off the cool kids in Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe's musical version of the '88 film.
BWW Reviews: Divided Musical IF/THEN Explores Not Having It All
April 2, 2014
April 2, 2014
Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's ambitious new musical splits a woman's life between marriage and career.
BWW Reviews: Sterling Elder Female Cast Graces I REMEMBER MAMA
March 31, 2014
March 31, 2014
He may have passed away over 50 years ago, but you might say John Van Druten is the hottest playwright in New York right now.
BWW Reviews: MOTHERS AND SONS Favors Compassion In The Face Of Intolerance
March 25, 2014
March 25, 2014
A few days after counter-protesters display compassion for grieving members of the Westboro Baptist Church, Terrence McNally asks us to feel compassion for a grieving anti-gay mother.
BWW Reviews: Disappointing LES MISERABLES Revival Trudges to Broadway
March 24, 2014
March 24, 2014
The new design is gorgeously moody but uninspired acting and singing voices that do not seem up to their tasks plague the production.
BWW Reviews: Disney Does Musical Comedy Right With ALADDIN
March 21, 2014
March 21, 2014
The laughs are plentiful, the songs are bright and jazzy and there's not an actor dressed as an animal or inanimate object in sight .
BWW Reviews: Arianda at Her Best in TALES FROM RED VIENNA
March 19, 2014
March 19, 2014
Nina Arianda is outstanding in David Grimm's drama of a woman surviving post-war Vienna.
BWW Reviews: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST As A Sideshow Attraction
March 18, 2014
March 18, 2014
Husband and wife performing artists Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz draw parallels between their romance and de Beaumont's fairy tale.
BWW Reviews: ROCKY's Unusual Love Story Sings Beautifully
March 14, 2014
March 14, 2014
Broadway's newest musical romance is filled with honest sentiment and warmth.
BWW Reviews: HAND TO GOD is a Chilling Puppet Drama
March 11, 2014
March 11, 2014
Steven Boyer repeats his Obie-winning performance as a shy Christian teen whose sock puppet is possessed.
BWW Reviews: LBJ Goes ALL THE WAY in Schenkkan's Exciting Political Drama
March 7, 2014
March 7, 2014
Bryan Cranston leads a top-notch ensemble as LBJ politicking the country toward civil rights.
BWW Reviews: Brochu Pays Tribute to the Peculiar in CHARACTER MAN
March 6, 2014
March 6, 2014
Jim Brochu's new solo piece will warm the heart of anyone who has ever looked out from an audience with awe and wonder.
BWW Review: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Go Caribbean
March 6, 2014
March 6, 2014
Tarell Alvin McCraney's vibrant and sexy production sets the story in French-colonial Saint-Domingue.
BWW Review: Thompson a Virtuoso in the Fascinating SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF
March 4, 2014
March 4, 2014
Terry Teachout's solo play and John Douglas Thompson's completely captivating performance make for compelling tributes to an artistic original.
BWW Reviews: Ruhl's STAGE KISS is Sweet, Sexy and Screwball
March 3, 2014
March 3, 2014
You never know what might happen when two actors are assigned to kiss each other on stage.
BWW Reviews: Lucas Tackles Addiction in ODE TO JOY
March 2, 2014
March 2, 2014
It's all fun and games until your bar pick-up throws up in your mouth.
BWW Review: THE OTHER JOSH COHEN Proves Diamond is a Guy's Best Friend
March 1, 2014
March 1, 2014
Steve Rosen and David Rossmer's pop rock musical charmer riffs on Neil Diamond with lots of urban Jewish humor.
BWW Reviews: KUNG FU Makes Little Impact
February 25, 2014
February 25, 2014
David Henry Hwang's Bruce Lee bio-play is dramatically lightweight.
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