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.
Bid For A Backstage Tour From SHUFFLE ALONG's Brooks Ashmanskas, Support Transport Group
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016
One of Broadway's funniest performers offers a backstage tour in a new Charitybuzz auction.
VIDEO: Sibling Stars Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway Duet WICKED's 'For Good'
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016
One's a jazz baby, the other's a Broadway baby, but when these sisters harmonize, it's a beautiful blend.
TWITTER WATCH: HAMILTON's Gregory Haney Photographed In Costume Using 1839 Lens
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016
The talented triple-threat is the latest subject in HAMILTON's series of vintage portraits by photographer Josh Lehrer.
Howard Panter, Rosemary Squire Step Down From Ambassador Theatre Group, Plan 'Distinguished Theatre Productions' For Trafalgar
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016
They say the international theatre management and production company they founded has gone 'very mainstream.'
Tony Award Countdown: 30 Years In 30 Days, Nathan Lane and Gregory Hines Get In Touch With Their Feminine Sides, 1995
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016
The evening's musical comedy highlight was the pair belting out a medley of musical theatre hits written for women.
BWW Review: Marin Mazzie and Daniel Dae Kim Bring New Luster to THE KING AND I
May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016
The dynamic between its new stars gives the hit revival new dramatic textures.
Tony Award Countdown: 30 Years In 30 Days, Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn Honored For Lifetime Achievement, 1994
May 22, 2016
May 22, 2016
The great couple of the theatre was presented with the first-ever Tony Award for a lifetime of work.
Open Book: ALADDIN's Chad Beguelin Finds A Whole New Way To Deliver An Old Favorite
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016
The bookwriter of ELF, ALADDIN and THE WEDDING SINGER says you can't just write a carbon copy of the source.
BWW Review: Joe Morton Spectacular as Dick Gregory in Gretchen Law's Dynamic TURN ME LOOSE
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016
The actor convincingly recreates the finesse, the sublimated anger and the stinging wit of the comedy trailblazer and civil rights activist.
Tony Award Countdown: 30 Years In 30 Days, Chita Rivera's Triumphant Return in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, 1993
May 21, 2016
May 21, 2016
The Broadway legend returns after an injury that required 18 screws to be inserted into her broken leg.
ALADDIN's Alan Menken Chimes In His Choices For The Next Disney Film On Broadway
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
Three of his Disney musicals have transferred from film to stage. Which do you think should be next?
VIDEO: THE TEMPEST Performed Outdoors By Nude All-Woman Cast In Central Park (NSFW)
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society makes a point about attitudes towards nudity with their first theatre production.
INSTAGRAM CHECK: UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT's Tituss Burgess Sings With Joy Before Filming With Julie Andrews
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
The Broadway and television star can't control his excitement when about to work with the living legend.
Transgender Actor MJ Rodriguez Thanks Telsey + Company For HAMILTON Audition
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
The 2011 Clive Barnes Award winner as Angel in RENT was seen for Peggy Schuyler.
VIDEO: Rehearsal Preview of Robert Cuccioli in 5th Avenue Theatre's PAINT YOUR WAGON
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
The Lerner and Loewe classic score will be performed with a new book by Pulitzer finalist Jon Marans.
London's National Theatre Will Limit Critics To Just One Press Comp
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
The long-time tradition of offering two press comps to reviewers will be discontinued in August.
Tony Award Countdown: 30 Years In 30 Days, The Great Gregory Hines in JELLY'S LAST JAM, 1992
May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016
Twenty-four years before SHUFFLE ALONG, Gregory Hines starred in another George C. Wolfe musical about African-American performing artists.
VIDEO: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES' Christina Bianco's Hilarious MARY POPPINS DIVA MEDLEY
May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016
Filmed live at Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Bianco sings a medley of Sherman Brothers classics as Barbra Streisand, Britney Spears, Idina Menzel, Liza Minnelli and many more.
CATS' Choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler On Unfolding The Familiar To Find Something Deeper
May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016
The IN THE HEIGHTS and HAMILTON choreography looks to honor CATS' past while creating something deeper.
VIDEO: Shoshana Bean's Stunning Rendering of 'Stone Cold' For Postmodern Jukebox
May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016
The soon to be star of North Shore Music Theatre's FUNNY GIRL puts her personal stamp on Demi Lovato's hit.
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