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.
Open Book: TUCK EVERLASTING's Bookwriters Claudia Shear and Tim Federle; Providing Dirt For A Garden
May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016
Award-winning actor/playwright and award-winning actor/novelist team up for their first Broadway musical book.
VIDEO: HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda's University of Pennsylvania Commencement Speech
May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016
Add an honorary doctor of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania to the list of Lin-Manuel Miranda's accomplishments.
Jane Little, World's Longest Serving Orchestra Musician, Dies While Performing 'There's No Business Like Show Business'
May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016
She spent 71 years with the orchestra, starting at age 16.
Broadway Pedestrian Plazas Getting Glitzy Permanent Makeover
May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016
The stretch of Broadway connecting Times Square and Herald Square will have trees and a raised road bed.
Tony Award Countdown: 30 Years In 30 Days, Michael Crawford in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, 1988
May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016
Before taking on the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's international smash, Crawford was best known for his physical comedy.
BWW Review: Quiara Alegria Hudes' Warm and Inviting DAPHNE'S DIVE Is Worth A Visit
May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016
The Pulitzer-winner's new play takes on the familiar scenario of bar regulars forming a family.
Tony Award Countdown: 30 Years In 30 Days, James Earl Jones in August Wilson's FENCES, 1987
May 15, 2016
May 15, 2016
One of America's great actors played a riveting scene from one of America's great plays on the 1987 telecast.
BWW Review: THE SENSUALITY PARTY Is All Talk
May 15, 2016
May 15, 2016
Justin Kuritzkes' site-specific play is loaded with monologues about a college orgy and its aftermath.
VIDEO: A Backstage Q&A Session With HAMILTON's Renee Elise Goldsberry
May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
The first-time Tony Award nominee has been an in-demand actor since making her Broadway debut in THE LION KING.
TWITTER WATCH: SHUFFLE ALONG's New Star Rhiannon Giddens Gets Her First Taste of Tap Dancing
May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
Her singing has helped her win a Grammy, but her Broadway debut will require her to learn tap dancing.
VIDEO: Wisconsin Company Presents First Community Theatre Production of Elton John's BILLY ELLIOT
May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
La Crosse,Community Theatre takes on the demanding West End and Broadway hit.
Bid On Signed Prints from 'On Broadway: From Rent to Revolution,' Support BC/EFA
May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
The just-released book features classic Broadway poster art and never-before-published preliminary posters
Tony Award Countdown: 30 Years In 30 Days, Bernadette Peters in SONG AND DANCE, 1986
May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016
Today we go back to 1986, when Bernadette Peters won her first Best Actress In A Musical prize for her breathtaking performance in SONG AND DANCE, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's unusual musical that told the story of a fractured romance with a song cycle first act and a full-length ballet second act.
FLASH FRIDAY: The Stephen Sondheim DO I HEAR A WALTZ? Lyric Richard Rodgers Rejected
May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
A lyric that audiences are enjoying so much at this weekend's Encores! concert is not the one that was originally heard on Broadway.
Nice Work And She's Got It: Kathleen Marshall On Directing Charles Aznavour's MY PARIS at Long Wharf
May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016
The three-time Tony winner is hoping to bring the new musical based on the life of Toulouse-Lautrec.to Broadway.
VIDEO: Barbra Streisand Honored as 'Star Of The Decade' at 1970 Tony Awards
June 1, 2016
June 1, 2016
This year Barbra Streisand will appear on the Tony Award telecast for the first time since winning a special honor.
TWITTER WATCH: HAMILTON Posts Updated Cancellation Line Policies
May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016
The updated policies will help insure that fans, not scalpers, will have access to same-day seats made available at the last minute.
Seattle Rep Employee Speaks Out On Stagehand Using N-Word On The Job
May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016
Initially, none of the actors nor administrative employees were willing to reveal their names when commenting on the incident.
BWW Review: Rodgers and Sondheim's DO I HEAR A WALTZ? Elegantly Presented By Encores!
May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016
The 1965 musical version of Arthur Laurents' THE TIME OF THE CUCKOO is the only Rodgers and Sondheim musical.
Oprah Winfrey Looking For The Right Play For Her Broadway Debut
May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016
There have been possibilities in the past, but the mega-star is still searching for the words she'll want to say onstage every night,
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