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Michael Dale 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.

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The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs: I Remember It Well

April 10, 2007

In Transport Group's production of William Inge's classic, director Jack Cummings III takes a bold and extremely effective risk in interpreting the piece impressionistically as a nightmarish memory.

Exits And Entrances: Curtain Lines

April 8, 2007

Athol Fugard's new play based on his experiences with 'the Olivier of South Africa' is a healthy serving of theatrical comfort food.

Talk Radio: Fighting Words

April 2, 2007

The new Broadway production Eric Bogosian's 1987 comedy/drama shows that its themes not only haven't dated, they've been amplified.

Some Men: Love, American Style

March 27, 2007

Terrance McNally's new play argues in favor of gay marriage rights through simple romanticism and good-natured humor.

Marilyn Maye: Sublimely Sophisticated

March 25, 2007

At 70-something years of age, Marilyn Maye's pipes are still golden and her engagement at The Metropolitan Room is about the closest you'll get to an evening composed entirely of showstoppers.

Ernest In Love: A Wilde Affair

March 25, 2007

Musicals Tonight!'s reading of Lee Pockriss and Anne Croswell's musical version of Oscar Wilde's classic is fun and entertaining.

The Pirates Of Penzance... In Yiddish!

March 23, 2007

In Al Grand's zesty and fun Yiddish translation of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic, young Frederick is a former Yeshiva student and the Major General is an Orthodox Jew who bakes fine honey cakes and is a friend of Benjamin Disraeli.

Tall Grass: Splendor In The Audience

March 20, 2007

Brian Harris' innocuous trio of one-act comedies isn't nearly as entertaining as the attractive young couple sitting directly in front of me who were fondling, tickling, massaging, kissing and snuggling each other throughout the play.

King Hedley II: The Tragedie of...

March 18, 2007

The final production in the Signature Theatre Company's outstanding August Wilson season is the 1980's entry of the author's cycle of ten plays depicting a decade-by-decade account of black experiences in the 20th Century.

The Pirates of Penzance: It's...

March 14, 2007

Director Lillian Groag draws on Lewis Carroll and Monty Python in New York City Opera's new production of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic.




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