Michael Dale - Page 153

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.




Grey Gardens: If Ever I Would Leave You
March 9, 2006

Christine Ebersole is sublime in the most perfectly matched starring role of her career

Bernarda Alba: If Mama Was Married
March 6, 2006

With a majestic, flamenco-inspired score by Michael John LaChiusa, dynamic dance-infused direction by Graciela Daniele and a powerful, anguished performance by Phylicia Rashad in the title role, <I>Bernarda Alba</I> is a captivating ninety minutes of intense and inspired musical drama

Barefoot In The Park: Make Them Hear You
March 6, 2006

A leading lady who yells her lines and a director going for too much realism saps much of the humor from this Neil Simon classic

Rabbit Hole: Buried Emotions
March 4, 2006

Daniel Sullivan provides a pitch-perfect cast in David Lindsay-Abaire's sensitive and surprisingly normal drama

The Pajama Game: One Hundred and Eleven Bucks Doesn't Buy a Hell of a Lot
February 28, 2006

Kathleen Marshall's mostly bland production only comes alive when the supporting players are allowed to inject their own personal sparkle and musical comedy expertise

Soldier's Wife: Fighting For Their Marriage
February 26, 2006

Rose Franken's 1944 comedy tests a couple's marriage after wartime separation

The Wooden Breeks: Grave Errors
February 25, 2006

Glen Berger's dark, yet whimsical fairy-tale comedy is an enjoyable tale full of quirky charm

Fanny Hill: A Little Too Much Junk in the Trunk
February 20, 2006

Ed Dixon's musical version of the infamous erotic novel plays like a promising work in progress

Milla Ilieva: So Many Nights, So Many Men
February 17, 2006

A descendant from old White Russian nobility whose grandfather served as a general in the Imperial Guards of Czar Nicholas II, Milla Ilieva seems on her way to joining the ranks of cabaret royalty

I Love You Because: A Perfect Mismatch
February 15, 2006

In this romantic musical comedy Ryan Cunningham's laugh-filled book and cleverly constructed lyrics matched with Joshua Salzman's light jazz/pop score is a winning combination

Kismet: Girls! Gags! Tunes!
February 13, 2006

This musical Arabian night is more of a tired businessman show gleefully passing itself off as high art

The Right Kind of People: The Wrong Kind of Play
February 13, 2006

Charles Grodin's unbearably unfunny comedy about the bigotry of a co-op board at a Fifth Avenue luxury building

Bridge and Tunnel: The Play About The Borough
February 8, 2006

Set in the most racially diverse place on the planet, Sarah Jones' play deals with the uneasy assimilation that is a part of this nation of immigrants

Bush Wars: Not So Friendly Fire
February 6, 2006

In this song-and-sketch spoof, writer Nancy Holson isn't afraid of making enemies or even of making her friends feel a little uncomfortable.

Huck and Holden: Play It Again, Singh
February 2, 2006

Rajiv Joseph's hilarous comedy of sex and romance suggests a Woody Allen classic by way of J.D. Salinger

The Diary of Anne Frank: Re-Imagining the Truth
January 31, 2006

Wendy Kesselman's adaptation of the 1955 play contains sides of his daugher Otto Frank did not want to be made public

Christine Jorgensen Reveals: A Hymn to Her
January 15, 2006

Bradford Louryk plays the first famous transsexual in a unique and interesting performance piece

Almost, Maine: It's Wicked Romantic and Funny, Ayuh
January 13, 2006

John Cariani's romantic comedy might be giving jaded New Yorkers a welcome case of the warm fuzzies this winter

The Dancer's Life: Co-Starring Chita Rivera
January 3, 2006

Leave it to Chita Rivera to share the spotlight in a show about her own career. Arguably musical theatre's greatest living performer, she spends most of <i>The Dancer's Life</i> singing and dancing the praises of others.

The Woman in White: Broadway's First Zoetrope Musical
December 28, 2005

Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical is seen through the workings of a Victorian moving picture viewer



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