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.
VIDEOS: Composer Chris Miller and Lyricist Nathan Tysen Preview Selections From TUCK EVERLASTING
March 11, 2016
March 11, 2016
The new Broadway musical based on Natalie Babbitt's best-selling and award-winning novel begins previews March 31st for an April 26th opening.
FLASH FRIDAY: James Earl Jones' Riveting Tony Award Performance in THE GREAT WHITE HOPE
March 11, 2016
March 11, 2016
One of America's great actors in the role that made him a star.
VIDEOS: Dancing Classrooms Helps Children Learn Empathy and Respect Through Ballroom Dance
March 11, 2016
March 11, 2016
The New York based non-profit benefits the emotional development of children in disadvantaged areas through dance.
VIDEO: Frank Langella Plays A Former Tap Dancer in Florian Zeller's THE FATHER. Or Does He?
March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016
The 3-time Tony Award-winner returns to Broadway in Florian Zeller's Moliere Award winner.
VIDEO: Mark Rylance's Academy Award Takes A Surprise Bow At NICE FISH
March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016
Steven Spielberg watches his BRIDGE OF SPIES star get a surprise.
HAMILTON's Popularity Increases Tourism At The Founding Father's Gravesite
March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016
Alexander Hamilton, Eliza Hamilton and Hercules Mulligan are all buried in Lower Manhattan's Trinity Church.
VIDEO: Partially Paralyzed Michael Patrick Thornton Uses Robotic Exoskeleton As RICHARD III
March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016
The co-founder of Chicago's Gift Theatre had been acting from a wheelchair since spinal strokes.
AUDIO CLIP: THE PATRIOTIC TRAITOR's Laurence Fox Apologizes For Scolding Audience Heckler
March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016
The actor says the disruptive man in the front row was making the play 'unperformable.'
BWW Review: David Harrower's Olivier-Winning BLACKBIRD Challenges Society's Attitude On A Discomforting Subject
March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016
Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels are excellent, playing out a controversial situation.
BLACKBIRD's Jeff Daniels On Doing The Plays That Scare You
March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016
Not satisfied with the way he played the role Off-Broadway in 2007, the actor searches deeper into disturbing emotions.
VIDEO: Scenes from Danai Gurira's Warm and Evocative Family Drama, FAMILIAR
March 9, 2016
March 9, 2016
With ECLIPSED transferring to Broadway and FAMILIAR extended at Playwright's Horizons, Danai Gurira is one of New York's hottest playwrights.
Elizabeth Hamilton's Efforts Made HAMILTON Possible, Says Biographer Ron Chernow
March 9, 2016
March 9, 2016
The widow knew she needed to work hard to preserve her late husband's legacy against those who would erase it.
Casting Controversy: Cincinnati Production of AVENUE Q Dreams Of A White Christmas Eve
March 9, 2016
March 9, 2016
The company defends their casting choice despite the actor's non-Japanese appearance.
VIDEOS: The 1970s Disaster Movies That Inspired DISASTER!
March 9, 2016
March 9, 2016
From earthquakes to tidal waves to shark attacks, it wasn't safe to go to the movies that decade.
BWW Review: DISASTER! is Goofy Fun Set To A Campy 1970's Beat
March 9, 2016
March 9, 2016
Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick's musical send-up of 1970s disaster flicks has a solid company of pros having fun.
Bid To Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda When He Signs Your Advance Copy of HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION, Support Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance
March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016
CharityBuzz's new on-line auction benefits The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance.
VIDEO: Take a Bottle Dance Lesson From FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Dance Captain Marla Phelen
March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016
It's one of Broadway's most famous dances. Can you keep your balance?
SHUFFLE ALONG's Audra McDonald: The Intentionally Unglamorous Broadway Life
March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016
The six-time Tony winner's consistent presence on Broadway has made her a symbol of its increasing diversity.
Broadway 'Previvals': How Might LES MISERABLES Been Cast In 1964?
March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016
Theatre fans love to fantasy cast revivals, but what if the show you're casting played on Broadway earlier than it actually did.
BWW Review: Marco Ramirez's Inventively-Crafted Boxing Drama THE ROYALE Spars With Racism
March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016
Director Rachel Chavkin offers a tense, rhythmic and evocative mounting of a play inspired by the career of Jack Johnson
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