Michael Dale - Page 148

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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My Fair Lady: He's Listening

March 8, 2007

Kelsey Grammer, Kelli O'Hara and Brian Dennehy join The New York Philharmonic for Lerner and Loewe's classic

Bill W. and Dr. Bob: Missteps

March 7, 2007

Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey's uninspired telling of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous is done in by Rick Lombardo's misdirection

Romance, Romance: Taking Center Stage Again

March 5, 2007

Newlyweds Matt and Jessica (nee Boevers) Bogart star in The Paper Mill's production of Keith Herrman and Barry Harman's sly-humored and tuneful double feature

Journey's End: Over There

March 5, 2007

Andrea Marcovicci: I'll Be Seeing You...Love Songs of WWII

February 26, 2007

To see Andrea Marcovicci live in performance is to truly experience the difference between merely a great singer and a great cabaret artist.

Sealed For Freshness: Giving Bad Taste a Bad Name

February 25, 2007

'I write plays for people who hate theatre,' says playwright Doug Stone.

Mary Rose: ...But From Where?

February 23, 2007

Director Tina Landau adds her own twist to J.

The Madras House: After A Fashion

February 20, 2007

With its depictions of men controlling women's fashions, sexual politics and warnings of a rising economic force in the Middle East, Harley Granville-Barker's drama, getting a fine and stately production at The Mint Theatre, is one of those plays that inspires musty old sayings like 'It's as relevan

Marat/Sade: Cage Match

February 20, 2007

An excellent acting ensemble is featured in The Classical Theatre of Harlem's thrillingly disturbing environmental production of Peter Weiss' drama.

Blind Lemon Blues: How Many Blues Can One Musical Have?

February 18, 2007

A misical biography of Blind Lemon Jefferson features 65 songs and very little story

A Very Common Procedure: Affairs of the Heart

February 17, 2007

Courtney Baron's play about a grieving couple and the doctor who operated on their newborn is oddly more entertaining than moving.

Donna Lynne Champlin's Finishing The Hat: Attend The Tales

February 15, 2007

With the skill of a seasoned physical comic and the wry sense of humor of someone who has been there and back, Donna Lynne Champlin's cabaret debut tells us of career misadventures, disappointing boyfriends and freakishly odd personal experiences without ever seeming self-indulgent.

Adrift in Macao: Everybody Goes To Rick Shaw's

February 14, 2007

Be sure and check your brain at the door because you might find yourself laughing your head off at Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick's hilarious and tuneful film noir spoof

Translations: Words Of Love

February 12, 2007

Garry Hynes' positively radiant production of Brian Friel's romantic and poetic political folk drama is graced with a heart-stirring ensemble cast.

Follies: Alright, Now You Know

February 12, 2007

With all due respect to William Shakespeare and Noel Coward, Broadway's never had a ghost story that mixes terror, wit and theatrical thrills quite like Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, now receiving an Encores! concert staging so loaded with achingly good moments they could loan a few

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