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by Michael Dale
"When someone stops me and says, "You're the reason I became an actress," that lets me know I made the right decision." -- Cicely Tyson The grosses are out for the week ending 12/2/2012 and we've got them all right here in BroadwayWorld.com's grosses section. Up for the week was: DEAD ACCOUNTS (22.6%), GOLDEN BOY (13.8%), THE ANARCHIST (10.4%), SCANDALOUS (4.3%), THE HEIRESS (3.8%), GRACE (3.5%), JERSEY BOYS (3.2%), ROCK OF AGES(3.1%), Down for the week was: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-28.4%), CHICAGO (-24.4%), MARY POPPINS (-23.3%), MAMMA MIA! (-20.6%), ANNIE (-19.7%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-16.6%), BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL (-14.9%), WICKED (-11.4%), NEWSIES (-11.1%), ELF (-9.5%), PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (-8.0%), THE LION KING (-6.0%), EVITA (-5.2%), ONCE (-5.1%), WAR HORSE (-3.8%), A CHRISTMAS STORY (-3.6%), THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (-3.2%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (-2.9%), WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (-1.2%), CHAPLIN (-0.9%),
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 Shea Stadium 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. |