Michael Dale - Page 158

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.




Woman Before A Glass: Dripping With Class
March 11, 2005

Mercedes Ruehl stars as Peggy Guggenheim, modern art collector and collecter of modern artists

The Drawer Boy: Finally, Only 45 Minutes From Broadway
March 9, 2005

The Paper Mill presents John Mahoney in a heartwarming drama that's played all over the country, except for New York

Altar Boyz: What Would Jesus Shout-Out?
March 3, 2005

A giddy new musical spoofs Christian rock and teenage boy bands

LingoLand: Word to the Word-Wise
March 2, 2005

The York's new revue of Kenward Elmslie's lyrics, poetry and verse bubbles over with the eccentricities of American English

How To Be Perfect: Relationship Advice From Lesser Known Showtunes
February 27, 2005

Brian Tom O'Connor and Paula Vogel spoof self-help gurus in a musical comedy cabaret

The Frankenstein Summer: She's Created a Monster
February 24, 2005

Catherine Bush's light romance draws from a historic meeting of literary minds

Shockheaded Peter: Thumb-Sucking Goodness
February 23, 2005

'Sometimes we have to be cruel to be kind. And sometimes we have to be cruel... well, you know... for recreational purposes'

The Musical of Musicals - The Musicals!: The Comedy's High as an Elephant's Eye
February 15, 2005

You don't have to be a musical theatre expert to love this spoof of Broadway's most famous hits

Brooklyn Boy: Escape From The Old Neighborhood
February 14, 2005

Adam Arkin stars in a new Donald Margulies comedy/drama of dealing with the unavoidable past

Sabina: Freud, Jung and the Woman Who Came Between Them
February 11, 2005

Marin Ireland is fascinating in Willy Holtzman's sensual pschological drama

Trent and Trudy Lee in A Touch of Vegas: Awfully Funny
February 9, 2005

A hilarious spoof of tacky nightclub lounge singers

Counsellor-At-Law: A Supreme Revival
February 7, 2005

John Rubinstein stars in The Peccadillo Theater's outstanding production of Elmer Rice's 1931 drama

Good Vibrations: Better Luck at Toys In Babeland
February 3, 2005

The cast is bitchin but the show is totally bogus, dude

Little Women: Which One's Blair? Which One's Tootie?
February 1, 2005

The new musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel has all the warmth and artistry of a very special episode of a certain 80's sitcom.

Children's Letters to God CD: Heavenly Listening
January 30, 2005

The original Off-Broadway cast sings a David Evans/Douglas J. Cohen score full of bright melody and clever words.

Dirty Works: Sex, Drugs and a Lot of F***ing C***s
January 25, 2005

Stiff Upper Lip premieres Jamie Linley's drama of sex workers and drug dealers in London's slums

The Pirates of Penzance: NYGASP-ing With Delight
January 18, 2005

It's also a treat to see this G&S classic produced in a style more in keeping with its operetta roots. It is an operetta, after all.

Harold and Maude: Deeeeep In December
January 14, 2005

Try to remember their May to December; Tom Jones and new partner Joseph Thalken open their quirky and lovable new musical version of a cult favorite

The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical: Is The Fabulous Invalid Beyond Recovery?
January 13, 2005

Mark N. Grant's new book explores the fall of a once-vital art form.

Revew: Under The Bridge- Not Since Kelly
January 7, 2005

Kathie Lee Gifford and David Pomeranz offer us another example of why authors of musicals should stay away from bridges



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