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.
VIDEO: Hartford Stage's ROMEO AND JULIET Inspires High School Student To Help Mend Wounds
March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016
A student apologizes for an incident at a high school basketball game when students from both schools attend a matinee.
HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda Calls For Congress To Help Resolve Puerto Rico's Economic Crisis
March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016
His column for the Spanish-language El Nuevo Dia calls for legislation to address the U.S. territory's declining economy.
George M. Cohan and Eugene O'Neill: Two Irish-Americans Who Helped Define Broadway
March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016
A St. Patrick's Day toast to the Father of the American Musical Comedy and The Father of the American Drama.
TWITTER WATCH: Lin-Manuel Miranda Hints HAMILTON Will Remain The Ten Dollar Founding Father
March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016
Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew says HAMILTON fans will be 'very happy.'
Chita Rivera Pays Homage To Childhood Dance Teacher Doris Jones
March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016
In 1941, the Jones-Haywood Dance School in Washington D.C. was one of the country's few places where minority students could learn classical ballet.
VIDEO: Playwright Anne Washburn Says Sound Is Huge In Her New ANTILA PNEUMATICA
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
The last time Anne Washburn was represented at Playwrights Horizons, MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY was the talk of the town.
VIDEO FLASHBACK: MY FAIR LADY Opens On Broadway Sixty Years Ago Tonight
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe's superb mixture of acerbic wit and lilting romance remain's one of Broadway's greatest musicals.
VIDEO: HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda's Impassioned Speech On Rebuilding Puerto Rico
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
The Broadway star and author capped off his trip to Washington D.C. with a speech urging congress to help the island's economic growth.
VIDEO: 'Beware The Ides of March!' Shakespeare's Legendary Warning For March 15th
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
The role of the Soothsayer has but nine lines in Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR, but numbers two and three sure are memorable.
VIDEO: AVENUE Q Hits Times Square For World Puppetry Day
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
Lovers of puppetry arts have been celebrating every March 21st since 2003.
VIDEO: HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda Asked How Aaron Burr Would React to Donald Trump
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
MirandaMania has hit D.C. hard and a reporter asks the musical theatre scribe for his opinion on how Aaron Burr would feel about Donald Trump.
Bid To Meet THE KING AND I's Kelli O'Hara and Support Playwrights Horizons
March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016
Charitybuzz's latest online auction offers a chance to meet the Tony-winning star during the last month of her run.
VIDEO PROFILE: Remembering Howard Ashman On The 25th Anniversary Of His Passing
March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016
The lyricist of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THE LITTLE MERMAID and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and was lost to AIDS at age 40.
China's Theatres Zapping Cell Phone Users With Laser Beams
March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016
Arming China's theatre ushers with laser beams has effectively decreased cell phone use during performances.
Stephen Sondheim: 'Giving Young People A Hearing' Will Increase The Variety of Broadway Musicals
March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016
Broadway's greatest living composer/lyricist spoke at the National Theatre of the fragile nature of commercial theatre.
New York Superintendent Bans Swastikas From High School Production of THE PRODUCERS
March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016
Parents complained when a photo of the set was posted on a student's Facebook page.
BWW Review: Transgender-Themed SOUTHERN COMFORT, Another Groundbreaking Musical at The Public
March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016
Annette O'Toole gives an outstanding performance in a musical based on Kate Davis' documentary.
BWW Review: THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM Returns With A Rollicking And Sexy Revival
March 13, 2016
March 13, 2016
Alfred Uhry and Robert Waldman's Mississippi musical steals hearts with style.
VIDEO: Jason Kravits' Hilarious HAMILTON Parody HARRISON! Raps The Story of America's 9th President
March 11, 2016
March 11, 2016
HAMILTON parodies are all over the Internet, but here's one that's well worth a listen.
VIDEO: Frank Rich Responds To Hillary Clinton's Praise of Reagans Re: HIV/AIDS; Clinton Later Retracts
March 11, 2016
March 11, 2016
The former New York Times critic has harsh words for the presidential candidate's 'revisionist version.'
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