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: Touching and Joyous FUN HOME Video Recalls Musical's Road To Broadway
September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015
Some of the magic moments that led to the groundbreaking musical being honored with the 2015 Tony Award as the season's best.
STAGE TUBE: ALADDIN's Courtney Reed on Playing 'Disney's Most Feminist Princess' #CourtneyChat, Episode 1
September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015
Episode 1 of Aladdin's Courtney Reed's new web series, #CourtneyChat,
STAGE TUBE: Scenes From Lucas Hnath's Controversial Drama THE CHRISTIANS at Playwrights Horizons
September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015
Playwrights Horizons presents Lucas Hnath's, THE CHRISTIANS, a new drama that explores the controversial subject of a religious leader announcing to his congregation his new interpretation of The Bible.
The Public Theater Continues 'Free For All' Program For September 29th First Preview of ECLIPSED
September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015
Continuing The Public Theater's mission to make theater accessible to all, free tickets will be given out for the first performance of shows in The Public's downtown season at Astor Place.
STAGE TUBE: THE BALANCING ACT Chats With KINKY BOOTS' Cyndi Lauper About Giving Back to The LGBT Community
September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015
Cyndi Lauper, producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig and actor Kyle Taylor Parker talk about the musicals message of acceptance.
STAGE TUBE: A Sneak Peek at Christopher Shinn's AN OPENING IN TIME at Hartford Stage
September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015
Christopher Shinn thought his next play would be his last after being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer.
STAGE TUBE: Alex Brightman and SCHOOL OF ROCK Kids Take It To The Street
September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015
"I've always been the shortest person I know until I met these people," says SCHOOL OF ROCK star Alex Brightman. "Now I'm the king."
STAGE TUBE: SYLVIA's Four-Legged Press Correspondent Meets The Cast
September 23, 2015
September 23, 2015
SLYVIA's canine cub reporter gets the inside scoop with cast members, Robert Sella, Julie White and Annaleigh Ashford and director Daniel Sullivan.
TWITTER WATCH: SPRING AWAKENING's Marlee Matlin Gets a Fun Surprise in Times Square
September 23, 2015
September 23, 2015
Check out the reaction when Marlee Matlin sees her face in lights in Times Square.
August Wilson's American Century Cycle, a Play-By-Play Review
September 23, 2015
September 23, 2015
A quick review of the 10 plays Denzel Washington will be producing for HBO.
VIDEO: Josh Groban Gives Master Class, Will Hold Facebook Q&A For YoungArts Foundation
September 23, 2015
September 23, 2015
Multi-platinum recording artist received assistance from the National YoungArts Foundation as a 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater.
THE MIKADO and Musical Theatre's Troublesome Time With Racism
September 22, 2015
September 22, 2015
From SHOW BOAT to FINIAN'S RAINBOW to MISS SAIGON, musicals meant to attack racism have often been accused of being racially insensitive.
TWITTER WATCH: Cynthia Erivo, Jenna Russell, Minnie Driver Among Actors Playing #15SecondShakespeare
September 22, 2015
September 22, 2015
A famous pop lyric + classical delivery = #15SecondShakespeare
BWW Review: The Mint Revives Harold Chapin's Witty and Progressive THE NEW MORALITY
September 22, 2015
September 22, 2015
A scandal arises when a woman uses bad language to tell off her neighbor.
Andrew Rannells, Tony Yazbeck, Zuzanna Szadkowski Celebrate YoungArts Awareness Day at Feinstein's/54 Below
September 21, 2015
September 21, 2015
Past YoungArts award winners help raise awareness of the foundation's support of young artists.
VIDEO: Composer/Lyricist Brian Lowdermilk Interviews His #MusicalBFF, AMAZING GRACE's Josh Young
September 21, 2015
September 21, 2015
Self-proclaimed MusicalBFFs chat about meeting at Young People's Theatre Workshop, using 'Run Away With Me' as an audition song and being cast as a roller-skating rapper.
Instagram Check: Lena Hall Hints at Album Cover For Her Live Performance at The Cafe Carlyle
September 21, 2015
September 21, 2015
'This may or may not be the cover of my live album from The Carlyle Hotel.'
Sing SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Your Next Audition; Vocal Selections Available For Pre-Order
September 21, 2015
September 21, 2015
Amazon taking pre-orders for selection book released October 1st. MusicNotes offers two songs now.
John Cariani, Jackie Hoffman, Christine Pedi, George S. Irving and Fritz Weaver Among Stars of A CHEKHOV-SHAW COMEDY NIGHT Tonight
September 21, 2015
September 21, 2015
A reading of George Bernard Shaw's feminist comedy, PRESS CUTTINGS, preceded by two short plays by one of his major influences, Anton Chekhov.
BWW Review: Annette O'Toole Sublime in Michael Laurence's HAMLET IN BED
September 21, 2015
September 21, 2015
An obsessive actor and a woman who may be his long-lost birth mother rehearse one of Shakespeare's most volatile relationships.
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