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.
Stephen Sondheim Says New Musical With David Ives To Premiere in 2017
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
The musical is based on two films by 1930s Spanish surrealist Luis Buñuel,
VIDEO: SCHOOL OF ROCK's Alex Brightman, Gavin Kim Get Pumped Up For a Performance
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
The star and the swing get psyched to rock the Winter Garden.
VIDEOS: Bryan Cranston In A Musical Revival? Who Should He Play?
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
The Tony and Emmy-winning actor says he's in early talks to do 'a reimagining of an old chestnut.'
VIDEO: Janet McTeer's La Marquise de Merteuil Discusses Love and Pleasure in LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
McTeer and Liev Schreiber will play ex-lovers who take cruel pleasure in humiliating others through their expertise in seduction.
VIDEO: AN ACT OF GOD's Sean Hayes and David Josefsberg Get Catty With 'Memory'
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
A deliciously silly video celebrating the return of an Andrew Lloyd Webber favorite.
Prompted By Actor Suicides, ArtsMinds Offers Mental Health Support For Creatives
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
A new British website offers information on mental health specified to those in the creative arts.
PHOTO FLASH: Andrew Lloyd Webber Poses With Stars of CATS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and SCHOOL OF ROCK
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
The legendary composer now has two of his classics and his newest hit running on Broadway.
VIDEO: HAIRSPRAY LIVE's Kristin Chenoweth Doesn't Get Crabby When Her Name Is Misspelled
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
The Broadway favorite is prepared when she finds her name misspelled at her parking spot.
VIDEO: OH, HELLO's Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland Congratulate CATS
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
It wouldn't be surprising if the OH, HELLO pair were around for the 1939 release of T.S. Eliot's collection of poems, 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.'
VIDEO: Fans Countdown For Midnight Release of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Script
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
The text of Jack Thorne's two-part drama topped Amazon's Best-Seller List while pre-ordering.
BWW Review: Charming CATS Revival Is Packed With Terrific Performances
July 31, 2016
July 31, 2016
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn's lightly-plotted adaptation of T.S. Eliot's collection of poems is full of frisky pleasures.
MOVING IN, MOVING OUT: Broadway's Monthly Real Estate Report - August 2016
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
A complete rundown of when productions are closing and when new ones are coming in.
BWW Review: Encores! Off-Center's GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER Stresses The Importance of Being Earnest
July 30, 2016
July 30, 2016
The 1979 Off-Broadway musical was the first collaboration from Alan Menken and Howard Ashman.
AUDIO: Anna Deavere Smith's NOTES FROM THE FIELD: DOING TIME IN EDUCATION Deals With The School-To-Prison Pipeline
July 29, 2016
July 29, 2016
The performer/playwright's new piece is about how educational practices feed the prison system.
Renee Elise Goldsberry Approves Of Bust Magazine's Revised HAMILTON Logo Honoring Hillary Clinton
July 29, 2016
July 29, 2016
The women who plays Angelica Schuyler is excited to see women being included in the sequel.
FLASH FRIDAY: Fascinating Footage Showing The Glamour and Grime of Times Square in 1976
July 29, 2016
July 29, 2016
In the 1970s, the desperate fiscal state of New York City was summarized by the infamous 1975 Daily News headline, 'Ford To City: Drop Dead.'
VIDEO: Stage and Screen Legend Cicely Tyson Advocates For TDF's Stage Doors
July 29, 2016
July 29, 2016
The great actress joins ALADDIN's James Monroe Iglehart to promote more access to live theatre for kids in underserved communities.
Bid To Meet Audra McDonald, Will Swenson & Seth Rudetsky, Support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
July 29, 2016
July 29, 2016
Charitybuzz's new auction offers a chance to meet Audra McDonald, Will Swenson & Seth Rudetsky after their concert in Provincetown.
VIDEO: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES' Christina Bianco Launches 'Unlikely Interpretations': 25 Impressions In 25 Days
July 29, 2016
July 29, 2016
the master mimic offers famous movies quotes as interpreted by somewhat miscast performers.
VIDEO: Shaina Taub Sings Powerful Gun Violence Plea 'When' at City Center Encores! Off-Center JAMBOREE
July 29, 2016
July 29, 2016
The 'half-lament, half-rallying cry' was originally written in response to the Sandy Hook shootings.
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