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.
STAGE TUBE: THE LION KING's Patrick R. Brown Transformed Into Scar in 30 Seconds
October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015
A time-lapse video revealing the amazing process make-up process.
STAGE TUBE: Gob Squad's Unusual Performance Piece BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES Comes To The Public
October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015
Created over the course of the past two years with 9-14 year olds from around New York City.
SOMETHING ROTTEN!'s Satirical Series Recalls Another Classic Elizabethan Musical
October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015
'The adventures of a sweet courtesan searching for courtly love in Thames Square.'
HAND TO GOD's Tyrone McHansley Needs a Date For Halloween! Can You Build Him One?
October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015
Win tickets to see HAND TO GOD on Broadway!
STAGE TUBE: HAND TO GOD's Tyrone McHansely Says 'Follow Your Bliss' in Brand New Motivational Monday
October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015
A bit of sage wisdom from that kind and even-tempered patron saint of self-control, Tyrone McHansely.
Hamilton/Burr Dueling Pistols on Display at New-York Historical Society
October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015
The pistols are on loan from J.P. Morgan Chase & Company, whose origins go back to a company founded by Aaron Burr.
THE WIZ @ 40: A Musical Profile of THE WIZ's Composer/Lyricist Charlie Smalls
October 21, 2015
October 21, 2015
The man who brought funk and soul to Broadway got his big break on THE MONKEES.
BWW Review: Exhilarating and Emotional THE BANDSTAND, An Original Musical That Soars With 1940s Swing
October 19, 2015
October 19, 2015
The pounding rhythms of 1940s dance music echo the horrors experienced by returning World War II soldiers.
NYPD Using Janet Langhart Cohen's Racism Drama ANNE & EMMETT To Train New Recruits
October 18, 2015
October 18, 2015
The play imagines a meeting between Anne Frank and Emmett Till.
NAMT Report: Ben Crawford, Brad Oscar in IMAGINE HARRY: Life's Realities and Imaginary Friends
October 17, 2015
October 17, 2015
An imaginary friend has trouble hacking it in the real world.
NAMT Report: Kelvin Moon Loh and Raymond J. Lee As Immigrant Chinese Cab Drivers Who Learn The COSTS OF LIVING
October 17, 2015
October 17, 2015
Timothy Huang's musical is based on a true story involving two Chinese immigrant New York cab drivers.
NAMT Report: Lauren Worsham, Joel Perez in LIFT, About a Young Boy's Faith in What Seems Impossible
October 17, 2015
October 17, 2015
A widow deals with her young song's unbelievable tale of a rescue.
VIDEOS: Celebrating Angela Lansbury's Tony Award Appearances On Her 90th Birthday
October 16, 2015
October 16, 2015
Not only has she won five Tony Awards, she's hosted the show five times.
NAMT Report: Tina Fabrique and Margo Seibert in THE LAST QUEEN OF CAANAN, a Southern Gothic Musical
October 16, 2015
October 16, 2015
Tina Fabrique plays a 1937 Virginia farmer with an unusual labor force.
NAMT Report: Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow's NOIR Inspired by Film Noir Mystery Thrillers and Radio Plays
October 16, 2015
October 16, 2015
It may be the first musical to have sound effects created by on-stage Foley Artist written into the score.
VIDEOS: All The Schuyler Ladies? Beyoncé's 'Single Ladies' Video Matched With Two HAMILTON Tunes
October 16, 2015
October 16, 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda did say he was thinking of Destiny's Child when he wrote HAMILTON's 'Helpless.'
NAMT Report: Sarah Stiles, Brynn O'Malley in Rebellious Apocalyptic Rock Musical, ON THE EVE
October 15, 2015
October 15, 2015
In a world of impending apocalyptic doom, a theatre company ignites the flame of revolution.
NAMT Report: Jake Epstein, James Monroe Iglehart in LEGENDALE, Bringing Online Magic and Monsters to The Musical Stage
October 15, 2015
October 15, 2015
A sweet nerdy guy with a passion for online gaming learns something about working with women.
STAGE TUBE: Holland Taylor and Rachel Dratch Talk Up RIPCORD On New York Live
October 15, 2015
October 15, 2015
Holland Taylor and Rachel Dratch drop by NBC's New York Live to talk about working with director David Hyde Pierce in David Lindsay-Abaire's RIPCORD.
STAGE TUBE: AMAZING GRACE's Chuck Cooper Shares A Moment of Grace
October 15, 2015
October 15, 2015
Chuck Cooper became a Broadway star playing a heartless pimp in THE LIFE, but seeing the audience's reaction and the end of AMAZING GRACE often moves him to tears.
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