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.
TWITTER WATCH: Historic Photo of Controversial Composer/Lyricist Marc Blitzstein at Marie's Crisis
July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016
When this photo was taken, Blitzstein was best known for having written a musical that the US Government tried to prevent from opening.
VIDEO: It's SMASH Vs GLEE When Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison Join The New York Pops
July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016
The two Broadway favorites will join the great New York orchestra for a July 7th concert at Forest Hills Stadium.
Reasons To Get Excited: Broadway's Summer Openings
July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016
There are only two Broadway productions scheduled to come in during July and August this year, but this recent hit and old favorite are sure to heat things up.
VIDEO: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Michael C. Bernardi, Alexandra Silber, George Psomas Look Up Their Immigrant Ancestors at Ellis Island
July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016
Three cast members of the hit Broadway revival visit the landmark where so many refugees took their first steps in America.
ART's Diane Paulus To Theatre-Makers: 'You Are Here To Evoke Passion'
July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016
The director of Broadway's WAITRESS and FINDING NEVERLAND, and Artistic Director of ART, speaks on engaging audiences.
MOVING IN, MOVING OUT: Broadway's Monthly Real Estate Report - July 2016
July 3, 2016
July 3, 2016
A complete rundown of when productions are closing and when new ones are coming in.
Bid For Dinner For Two With Tony/Emmy-Winner Tyne Daly, Support The Actors Fund
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016
Charitybuzz's new online auction offers dinner with the great star of television's 'Cagney and Lacey' and Broadway's GYPSY.
HAMILTON's Leslie Odom, Jr. Says He'd Return To Aaron Burr 'Anywhere In The World At Anytime'
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016
Though he's leaving the show to embark on his jazz career, the Tony-winner says he'll be back.
VIDEO: AN ACT OF GOD's Sean Hayes Talks AVENUE Q Film, Oscar Levant Play With Seth Rudetsky
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016
The character he plays at the Booth Theatre created the universe in less than a week, but Sean Hayes is required to take things at a more human pace.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Alexandra Silber's Upcoming Novel Tells of Life 'After Anatevka'
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016
Though she plays Tzeitel in the current Broadway revival, Silber wrote a continuation of Hodel's story after playing that role on the West End.
TWITTER WATCH: Lesli Margherita Offers Aspiring Performers Encouragement With Essay 'Here Is What I Know'
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016
The Olivier Award-winner warns of the danger of losing your confidence because of negative feedback.
UPDATE: Arizona Theatre Company's Season Can Be Saved By Matching $1 Million Pledge
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016
The company's fundraising deadline has been extended to avoid cancellation of its 50th Anniversary Season.
VIDEO: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES' Liev Schreiber Auditions For HAMLET As Ray Donovan
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016
Liev Schreiber has played Shakespeare's Prince of Denmark on stage, but is his character from the hit Showtime series 'Ray Donovan' up to the task?
VIDEO: Naked Man Dancing On Top Of Times Square TKTS Booth Screams About Donald Trump (NSFW)
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016
This morning social media was filled with photos and videos showing a naked man parading around Times Square.
TWITTER WATCH: CAGNEY Celebrates 100th Performance in Yankee Doodle Style.
June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016
Co-author and star Robert Creighton celebrates with the cast of Off-Broadway's musical about Hollywood's tough guy in tap shoes.
Bid To Meet Broadway Legend, BLUE BLOODS Star Len Cariou, Support The Actors Fund
June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016
Charitybuzz's new auction offers a chance to meet the BLUE BLOODS star who terrified Broadway as SWEENEY TODD.
VIDEO: Matt Bogart, Lianne Marie Dobbs and Michael McCormick Perform Selections From HIMSELF AND NORA
June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016
He's played rocker types on Broadway but now Matt Bogart plays a literary bad boy.
AUDIO: Debating NY Politician Attributes HAMILTON Quote To Alexander Hamilton
June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016
A candidate for a New York congressional seat passionately quotes a Lin-Manuel Miranda lyric as though the words were Alexander Hamilton's.
Fraunces Tavern Museum Presents Talk On 'Alexander Hamilton: Spymaster'
June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016
Author Michael Newton tells of Hamilton's intricate spy network feeding information to patriots and misinformation to the enemy.
VIDEO: The Jazzy Hollywood Love Triangle of Cirque du Soleil's PARAMOUR
June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016
Cirque du Soleil's first Broadway musical tells a tale of romance and dreams of movie stardom.
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