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: Julie Taymor Creates World Theater Fellowship for Young Theater Directors
March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016
Each year four applicants will receive stipends to support project initiatives outside of western culture.
Bid For A Backstage Tour With AMERICAN PSYCHO's Jennifer Damiano, Support Transport Group
March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016
CharityBuzz's new on-line auction benefits Off-Broadway's Transport Group.
VIDEO: Brilliant HAMILTON Parody Depicts Rap Musical Bio of German Chancellor Angela Merkel
March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016
Don't know anything about German Chancellor Angela Merkel? You will after watching this rap video.
TWITTER WATCH: HAMILTON's Emmy Raver-Lampman Photographed In Costume Using 1839 Lens
March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016
The latest vintage HAMILTON photograph taken by Josh Lehrer.
VIDEO: Get Your Education! Genius Releases '9 Classic Rap References In HAMILTON'
March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016
The website famous for crowdsourced musical annotating demonstrates classics quoted by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hey, Mr. Producer! Donald Trump Was Once A Broadway Baby
March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016
For three months in 1970, the Trump name could be seen above a Broadway title.
AVENUE Q's Kate Monster, Unable To Appear On MSNBC's Post-Debate Show, Releases Statement On Democrats' Debate
March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016
The leading lady puppet was on stage performing when her musical was cited by CNN's Don Lemon.
VIDEO: AVENUE Q Co-Composer/Lyricist Jeff Marx Reacts To Being Quoted At Democrats' Debate
March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016
CNN's Don Lemon quotes "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist' while questioning Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
BWW Review: Site-Specific INSIGNIFICANCE Played Out In A Luxury Hotel Room
March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016
Terry Johnson's drama depicts encounters between Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joseph McCarthy and Joe DiMaggio.
BWW Review: Broadway Transfer of Danai Gurira's ECLIPSED Is a Major Achievement
March 6, 2016
March 6, 2016
Plays about the different ways women choose to respond to institutionalized rape during wartime are not standard Broadway fare.
BWW Review: Richard Nelson Offers a Taste Of A New Rhinebeck Family in HUNGRY
March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016
The playwright follows his quartet of Apple Family plays with the first of an election year trilogy.
Family Research Council President Calls FUN HOME 'New York's Latest Sexual Propaganda'
March 4, 2016
March 4, 2016
Tony Perkins, head of the DC-based organization, objects to United States U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power taking fellow ambassador's to see the tony-winning musical.
FLASH FRIDAY: When Richard Nelson Introduced The Apples of THAT HOPEY CHANGEY THING
March 4, 2016
March 4, 2016
On the night when the playwright/director introduces playgoers to a new Rhinebeck family for a trilogy of election year plays, take a look back at the play that started it all.
VIDEO: CASTING CALL, Women React To Demeaning Casting Call Character Descriptions
March 4, 2016
March 4, 2016
Actor/director Julie Asriyan brings home a serious point about the inequity of opportunities between male and female actors.
Ted Chapin, David Dorfman On Addressing CAROUSEL's Domestic Abuse Issues At Connecticut College
March 4, 2016
March 4, 2016
A college production uses revisions to emphasis a look at the musical's issues from a more modern perspective.
Bid For Private Acting or Writing Classes With Gretchen Cryer, Support Global Water Challenge
March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016
Take three one-hour sessions with the author and star of I'M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD.
VIDEOS: David Hirson, Lynn Nottage and Lynn Ahrens Show Their Support For The Drama Book Shop
March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016
After a broken pipe caused water damage and lost inventory, the Broadway community has been coming to the aid of its cherished book shop.
VIDEO: The Bats Are Looking Vicious For Adam Rapp's WOLF IN THE RIVER
March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016
Rapp directs his newest play with a cast from The Flea's resident acting company, The Bats.
VIDEO: Lucas Hnath's RED SPEEDO Features An On-Stage Swimming Pool
March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016
Audience members see actor Alex Breaux swimming through Plexiglas walls.
Study Shows Stephen Karam's THE HUMANS Reflects Real-Life Phenomenon Among Middle-Aged White Americans
March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016
Stephen Karam's play opens at a time when the death rate of middle-aged white Americans is increasing.
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