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.
HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda Writes An Impassioned 'Plea For Relief For Puerto Rico'
March 28, 2016
March 28, 2016
The actor/author quotes Alexander Hamilton's words about St. Croix in a plea for financial relief for the U.S. territory.
Times Square's Naked Cowboy Joins News Conference Addressing Costumed Characters & Hustlers
March 28, 2016
March 28, 2016
The city council has introduced legislation to regulate aggressive solicitation on pedestrian plazas.
TWITTER WATCH: William Daniels and Lin-Manuel Miranda Make History at HAMILTON
March 28, 2016
March 28, 2016
They've both made musical theatre history playing men who made American history
FLASH FRIDAY: When Robin Williams and BRIGHT STAR's Steve Martin Were Left WAITING FOR GODOT
March 25, 2016
March 25, 2016
If you think HAMILTON tickets are hard to come by, you should have been there in 1988, when Martin and Williams played a limited Off-Broadway run.
BWW Interview: Charles Busch Recaptures 'That Raffish, Anything Goes Feeling' With CLEOPATRA
March 26, 2016
March 26, 2016
The great playwright and drag artist recalls his early days at Alphabet City's Limbo Lounge.
VIDEO UPDATE: Chicago Area's Marriott Theatre Defends EVITA Casting, Diversity Outreach
March 25, 2016
March 25, 2016
The controversy over the lack of diversity in the production's casting began with a facebook post from actor Bear Bellinger.
BWW Review: Carmen Cusack Shines In Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's Southern Gothic BRIGHT STAR
March 24, 2016
March 24, 2016
The pleasantly earnest new show boasts nice music and fine performances, but lacks engaging storytelling.
VIDEO: DADDY LONG LEGS Celebrates 200th Off-Broadway Performance
March 24, 2016
March 24, 2016
Stars Megan McGinnis and Adam Halpin shared celebratory cake with Tuesday night's audience members.
David Hare: Artistic Directors Confuse 'What Is Popular With What Is Good'
March 24, 2016
March 24, 2016
In a recent speech at the Festival at Hampstead Theatre, the 68-year-old playwright calls for younger, cutting edge writers to be encouraged.
Boston Mayor Launches Online Survey To Access The Needs of Performing Arts Community
March 24, 2016
March 24, 2016
A new survey will help the city compare the needs of its performing artists with those who own rehearsal and performance spaces.
BWW Review: HOLD ON TO ME DARLING, A Country Music Superstar Tries Ditching Fame
March 24, 2016
March 24, 2016
Kenneth Lonergan's new play seems to have satirical intentions, but the lethargic production plays for naturalism.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lynn Nottage, Stephen Adly Guirgis Among 2016 American Academy of Arts and Letters Announces Literature Award Winners
March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016
The American Academy of Arts and Letters was established in 1898 to 'foster, assist, and sustain an interest in literature, music, and the fine arts.'
VIDEO: Watch Klea Blackhurst and Company Rehearse Drury Lane Theatre's HAZEL
March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016
Like THE ADDAMS FAMILY before it, the new musical HAZEL is based on a one-panel comic strip, though audiences are bound to be far more familiar with the character's hit TV series.
VIDEO: Daveed Diggs Recalls The Surreal Moment Performing HAMILTON For The Nation's First Black President
March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016
Daveed Diggs never expected to be on Broadway, but it's been an unexpectedly emotional experience.
Five Great Broadway Songs That Many Don't Know Are Broadway Songs
March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016
Broadway has given the world some of it's greatest songs, but the Broadway beginnings of some classics aren't known to all.
BWW Review: Sarah Burgess' DRY POWDER, an Aridly Humored Exercise in Corporate Ethics
March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016
Thomas Kail's bracing production matches the playwright's vicious verbal chess match with plenty of pop and vibrancy.
Bid For Tickets & Party Invite For Opening Night Of AMERICAN PSYCHO, Support Public Counsel
March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016
Catch Benjamin Walker on opening night of the new Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa musical.
VIDEO: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA's Jeremy Hays Conducts a 25-Minute Backstage Tour of The Majestic Theatre
March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016
The dashing Raoul takes viewers backstage and reveals secrets of the production's 28-year history.
VIDEO: AVENUE Q Celebrates World Puppetry Day In Times Square With a Crowd Of Hand-Held Pals
March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016
The celebration goes on despite a puppet Donald Trump's insistence that he was going to build a wall to keep all the puppets out,
VIDEO: SCHOOL OF ROCK's Sierra Boggess Sings National Anthem at New York Knicks Game
March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016
Though the home team lost a close one, the glimmering Broadway soprano got the evening started on a winning note.
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