Michael Dale - Page 156

Michael Dale 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.




Cocktails With Coward: Mad About The Green Carnations
July 28, 2005

A delightful Noel Coward revue that presents his songs in the uncloseted atmosphere that wasn't acceptable in his lifetime

Man 1 Bank 0: Bank Error in Your Favor, Collect $95,093.35
July 25, 2005

Patrick Combs' real life story is both hilarious and an edge of your seat adventure

Springtime For Somers: A Gay Romp with Suzanne and the Thigh Master on Broadway
July 21, 2005

Christmas came early to Broadway this year, and guess who they stuffed in our stockings -- Suzanne Somers!

The Skin Game: Civility Wars
July 19, 2005

The Mint Theater revives John Galsworthy's 1920 anti-war drama

Primo: A Man's Year in Auschwitz
July 13, 2005

Sir Antony Sher's solo play is adapted from Primo Levi's book of imprisonment in Auschwitz

Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy (or Don't Be The Bunny)
July 11, 2005

Corey Feldman stars in a wacky spoof of Greek drama and a classic '80's flick

Swimming in the Shallows: Jumping the Shark (and Cuddling Afterward)
July 9, 2005

Adam Bock's funny and frisky surreal romantic comedy ain't just another boy meets shark story

Guy and Doll: Can Do
July 7, 2005

Brian Tom O'Connor and Debra Vogel explore male/female relationships through showtunes

Driving On The Left Side: Slow-Moving Vehicle
July 5, 2005

There are some reviews a critic just hates having to write.

The Constant Wife: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Don't Wait Up For Me
June 29, 2005

A sparkling Kate Burton stars in the Roundabout's fresh and funny revival of W. Somerset Maugham's comedy of marriage

People Are Living There: Don't Bother Knocking
June 24, 2005

Athol Fugard's comedy/drama is relocated from Johannesburg, South Africa to Elizabeth, New Jersey

Ragtime: A Small Production That Hits Major Chords
June 21, 2005

Missing Paper Mill's intimate production would be the crime of the century... and it's only 2005

Manuscript: Writing Wrongs
June 15, 2005

Paul Grellong's play of literary larceny plays more like an early draft

Mark Twain Tonight!: A Classic That's Always Brand New
June 10, 2005

Hal Holbrook has been performing this one-man play for 51 years and every performance is scripted differently

After the Night and the Music: Shut Up and Dance
June 9, 2005

Only the first of Elaine May's trio of one-acts manages to kick up its heals

Flight: The Cost of Celebrity
June 8, 2005

Garth Wingfield's play explores America's hero-worship and hatred of Charles Lindbergh

Sweet Charity: They'd Never Believe It
May 31, 2005

It doesn't need Bob Fosse or Gwen Verdon, but Sweet Charity requires much more than this revival offers

Thrill Me... Or At Least Wake Me Up
May 28, 2005

Stephen Dolginoff's musical of Leopold and Loeb barely inspires a twitter

Songs From An Unmade Bed: Comfy and Playful
May 27, 2005

Mark Campbell's theatrical song cycle features sharp, witty lyrics and lots of bedsheets

Glengarry Glen Ross: The Really Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
May 23, 2005

David Mamet's exquisitely ugly play performed beautifully under Joe Mantello's direction



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