Michael Dale - Page 155

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.




Absurd Person Singular: Hell's Kitchens
October 22, 2005

Alan Ayckbourn's darkly comic farce gets a funny, if not exactly insightful, revival

Latinologues: Who's Afraid of Ethnic Stereotypes?
October 17, 2005

Rick Najera's play combines stand-up comedy, solo character-driven theatre and sketch comedy for ninety minutes of Latin American humor

A Naked Girl On The Appian Way: Here's the Story... Of a Liberal Lady...
October 18, 2005

Richard Greenberg's new comedy may remind you of a certain Brady Bunch fantasy

Moscow Cats Theatre: But Can They Sing 'Memory'?
October 11, 2005

Cats trained to walk tightropes, jump on cue and perform death defying balancing acts

Einstein's Gift: The Horrors of Great Discoveries
October 11, 2005

Vern Thiessen's historical morality play focuses on Fritz Haber, a German-Jewish chemist whose work saved many lives and destroyed many lives

Slut: Almost Like Being In Love... NOT!!
October 3, 2005

Save your long-term love affairs for <i>Guys and Dolls</i> or <i>South Pacific</i>. <i>Slut</i> is a musical to enjoy one crazy night with and vaguely remember a week from now.

Colder Than Here: Good Grief
October 2, 2005

Laura Wade's drama deals with the bereavement that occurs before a loved one dies

In The Wings: When Bad Plays Happen to Good Actors
September 29, 2005

Aside from natural disasters, acts of war and innocent people spending years in jail for crimes they didn't commit, there are few things as sad as talented theatre artists making fine contributions to a really lousy play.

Fran's Bed: A Bit Too Soft
September 28, 2005

This may very well be the least controversial play ever written about whether or not to cut off a hospital patient's life support

Walking Down Broadway: Young Romance in the Jazz Age
September 27, 2005

The Mint Theater premieres Dawn Powell's 1931 comedy/drama of finding love and adventure in New York

The Ladies of the Corridor: A Rich Revival of a Dorothy Parker Rarity
September 20, 2005

The Peccadillo Theatre Company brings back their outstanding production of Dorothy Parker and Arnaud d'Usseau's comedy/drama

Vivien: The Troubled World of Vivien Leigh
September 19, 2005

Janis Stevens is impressive in Rick Foster's solo play of the legendary actress with bi-polar disorder

Silk Stockings: Cole Porter Fights The Cold War
September 15, 2005

Lost Musicals presents a staged reading of Cole Porter's 1955 musical political satire

Silence! The Musical: Anything But Quiet
September 2, 2005

With a tremendous amount of buzz, Silence! The Musical delivers the kind of outrageous laughs theatre-goers were hoping for, plus a genuine star performance from Jenn Harris

The Last Castrato: Hits High Notes Despite Something Missing
August 24, 2005

Andy Eniger's solo play has Jeff Swearingen playing a man born without a penis dating a woman born with her skin inside out. And then it gets weird.

The Mayor Who Would Be Sondheim: I Say Don't
August 17, 2005

A slight political drama featuring a song-and-dance mayor

Joy: Let's Face the Music and Laugh
August 16, 2005

John Fisher's romantic comedy is a frothy bit of sexy comic charm mixing high style and romantic silliness

Lennon: Give Yoko A Chance
August 14, 2005

An immensely entertaining and informative show that positively bursts with both silliness and sincere emotions while examining an artist who tried to use his celebrity to help save the world.

Elena Shaddow Sings Maury Yeston's December Songs
August 13, 2005

A young Broadway performer brings Yeston's classical work to the cabaret stage

The Persians... a comedy about war with five songs: A Cry For Peace from Ancient Greece
August 8, 2005

Waterwell Productions turns Aeschylus' classic into musical sketch comedy



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