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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.




VIDEO: An Inside Look At Recording Kristin Chenoweth's 'The Art Of Elegance'
VIDEO: An Inside Look At Recording Kristin Chenoweth's 'The Art Of Elegance'
August 24, 2016

Kristin Chenoweth's new album, 'The Art of Elegance,' will have a will have a digital release September 23rd and a physical release on September 30th, 2016.

VIDEO: HAMILTON's Thomas Kail Discusses The Fusion of Theatre and Rap For #BARS Master Class
VIDEO: HAMILTON's Thomas Kail Discusses The Fusion of Theatre and Rap For #BARS Master Class
August 24, 2016

Growing up in Northern Virginia, the first song Thomas Kail ever memorized was Slick Rick's rap 'Mona Lisa.' Its narrative about a guy chatting up a woman he meets in a pizza place opened up Kail's mind to the concept of songs having characters and telling stories.

PHOTO FLASH: FROZEN's Robert Lopez Plays 'Let It Go' As Marie's Crisis Crowd Sings Along
PHOTO FLASH: FROZEN's Robert Lopez Plays 'Let It Go' As Marie's Crisis Crowd Sings Along
August 24, 2016

The Oscar-winning songwriting team of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez joined the fun at the Greenwich Village piano bar.

VIDEO: Jessie Mueller, Sara Bareilles and WAITRESS Cast Members Perform at CD Signing
VIDEO: Jessie Mueller, Sara Bareilles and WAITRESS Cast Members Perform at CD Signing
August 24, 2016

Grammy-nominated composer/lyricist Sara Bareilles, who made her Broadway debut last season with her Tony-nominated score for the hit musical WAITRESS, hosted a sampler of songs from the show at Manhattan's Upper East Side Barnes & Noble at yesterday's CD signing event.

VIDEO: Bette Midler On Gender Relations, Planting Trees and The Challenge of HELLO, DOLLY!
VIDEO: Bette Midler On Gender Relations, Planting Trees and The Challenge of HELLO, DOLLY!
August 23, 2016

The last time Bette Midler graced a Broadway stage, she was the sole cast member of John Logan's I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS.

FOX's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Celebrates Another Decadent Transformation Tuesday
FOX's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Celebrates Another Decadent Transformation Tuesday
August 23, 2016

FOX's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW has declared every Tuesday as #TransformationTuesday, with a new piece of Twitter content revealed every week.

PHOTO FLASH: A Sneak Peak at Brandon Victor Dixon as HAMILTON's Aaron Burr
PHOTO FLASH: A Sneak Peak at Brandon Victor Dixon as HAMILTON's Aaron Burr
August 23, 2016

Tonight, two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon makes his debut as Aaron Burr in Lin-Manuel Miranda's revolutionary smash hit Hamilton on Broadway.

Mel Brooks Is Back In The BLAZING SADDLES; Screening And Conversation at Radio City Music Hall
Mel Brooks Is Back In The BLAZING SADDLES; Screening And Conversation at Radio City Music Hall
August 23, 2016

At the end of Mel Brooks' Broadway musical adaptation of his film classic 'Young Frankenstein,' there's the quick lyrical suggestion that a song and dance version of his 1974 western spoof 'Blazing Saddles' is on the way. Does the 90-year-old comedy legend still have it in the works? Perhaps someone will ask when Mel Brooks takes the stage of Radio City Music Hall on September 1st after a 7:30pm screening of 'Blazing Saddles.'

Can Christina Bianco Just Be Herself on THE BLIND DATE PROJECT?
Can Christina Bianco Just Be Herself on THE BLIND DATE PROJECT?
August 23, 2016

The well-intended advice many will offer before a first date is to 'just be yourself," but that may not be easy for the crazily talented Christina Bianco, who's had major success being other people.

Chicago's Theater Wit To Produce Mike Daisey's THE TRUMP CARD In October
Chicago's Theater Wit To Produce Mike Daisey's THE TRUMP CARD In October
August 23, 2016

Master monologist and storyteller Mike Daisey has chosen to make his latest theatre piece, THE TRUMP CARD, completely free to download on the Internet and perform without paying royalties.

OH, HELLO's Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland 'Steamed' at New Yorker Cartoonist Matthew Diffee
OH, HELLO's Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland 'Steamed' at New Yorker Cartoonist Matthew Diffee
August 23, 2016

You might say there are three ways to tell if you've really made it on Broadway. You get your portrait up on the wall at Sardi's, you get spoofed by FORBIDDEN BROADWAY or you're the subject of a cartoon in The New Yorker.

Bid To Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda at HAMILTON's Chicago Opening, Support onePULSE Foundation
Bid To Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda at HAMILTON's Chicago Opening, Support onePULSE Foundation
August 22, 2016

Charitybuzz's new auction offers a chance to meet Lin-Manuel Miranda at the opening night party for HAMILTON on Chicago.

WAITRESS Cast Performs Tuesday at Barnes & Noble; Watch It Live On Facebook
WAITRESS Cast Performs Tuesday at Barnes & Noble; Watch It Live On Facebook
August 22, 2016

The hit Broadway musical Waitress' Tony-winning star Jessie Mueller and its Grammy-nominated composer/lyricist Sara Bareilles will be signing copies of their original cast recording at Manhattan's Upper East Side Barnes and Noble, 150 E. 86th Street, on Tuesday, August 23rd at 4pm.

The Audience Asks The Questions at AN EVENING WITH CAROL BURNETT
The Audience Asks The Questions at AN EVENING WITH CAROL BURNETT
August 22, 2016

For eleven seasons 'The Carol Burnett Show' kept America laughing with some of the cleverest and freshest sketch comedy to hit television. Some of the biggest off-the-cuff laughs came when, at the beginning of many episodes, Burnett would have the house lights turned up so she could take questions from audience members.

VIDEO: CHICAGO Designer William Ivey Long Recalls Advice He Gave To Melanie Griffith
VIDEO: CHICAGO Designer William Ivey Long Recalls Advice He Gave To Melanie Griffith
August 22, 2016

Beginning with Gwen Verdon in the original and resuming with Ann Reinking in the revival, some of Broadway's most talented triple-threats have taken on the role of Roxie Hart in Broadway's CHICAGO.

AUDIO: Kristin Chenoweth Raves About HAMILTON's Relevance In Modern America
AUDIO: Kristin Chenoweth Raves About HAMILTON's Relevance In Modern America
August 22, 2016

Kristin Chenoweth has a lot on her plate to talk about these days. In addition to her busy schedule of concert touring she's prepping to play Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray LIVE! on NBC Wednesday, December 7th at 8pm, and her new album, 'The Art of Elegance,' will have a digital release September 23rd and a physical release on September 30th, 2016.

VIDEO: Watch Complete Performance of Michael Cerveris' TAKE ME HOME Concert To Benefit West Virginia Flood Relief
VIDEO: Watch Complete Performance of Michael Cerveris' TAKE ME HOME Concert To Benefit West Virginia Flood Relief
August 22, 2016

Last night FUN HOME's Tony Award-winning star Michael Cerveris, who was raised in West Virginia, presented a very special concert to benefit the rebuilding efforts of West Virginians in the wake of the historic floods of June 2016.

VIDEO: Trampolinist Lee Brearley Bounces From Sydney's Olympics To Broadway's PARAMOUR
VIDEO: Trampolinist Lee Brearley Bounces From Sydney's Olympics To Broadway's PARAMOUR
August 22, 2016

Broadway audiences are accustomed to seeing world-class dancers take fight in the musicals that fill Times Square's stages, but Cirque du Soleil Paramour offers a rare opportunity to see world-class competitive athletes take to the air in the ensemble of a Broadway musical.

Novelist, Playwright Truman Capote's Ashes To Be Auctioned
Novelist, Playwright Truman Capote's Ashes To Be Auctioned
August 22, 2016

Though he gained worldwide fame as the author of 'In Cold Blood' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' you didn't have to be an avid reader to immediately recognize Truman Capote.

PHOTO FLASH: The Public Works' TWELFTH NIGHT Boasts Over 200 Cast Members
PHOTO FLASH: The Public Works' TWELFTH NIGHT Boasts Over 200 Cast Members
August 20, 2016

Public Works, The Public Theater's local and national initiative that invites diverse communities across New York to join in creating ambitious works of theater, celebrates its fourth year with a new musical adaptation of Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT.



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