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.
PHOTO FLASH: ROTHSCHILD & SONS' Robert Cuccioli Sings National Anthem Before Mets Game
September 19, 2015
September 19, 2015
This was the moment when Broadway's own Robert Cuccioli sang 'The Star-Spangled Banner' before Wednesday night's Mets Game.
Misty Copeland Among Performers at Lincoln Center's Free Outdoor Shinnyo Lantern Floating for Peace
September 19, 2015
September 19, 2015
Members of the public are invited to inscribe a personal message of peace on a paper lantern and set it afloat on the Milstein Pool.
STAGE TUBE: The Flea Theater Presents Frank Winters' STUDENT BODY, a Drama of Sexual Assault on College Campuses
September 19, 2015
September 19, 2015
Ten college students meet in a darkened theater. Something's happened. There are allegations and regrets, friendships are tested, and allegiances change.
Lower East Side's Museum at Eldridge Street Celebrates Return of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
September 19, 2015
September 19, 2015
A host of special programs providing new insight into this beloved musical and the book it was based on, Sholem Aleichem's TEVYE THE DAIRYMAN.
VIDEO: Phillip Griffiths Celebrates 25 Years In THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
September 19, 2015
September 19, 2015
Traditionally, people don't seek a career in theatre for the long-term job security, but THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has been breaking traditions ever since its 1986 West End opening.
VIDEO: ALLEGIANCE's George Takei and Husband Brad In Part 8 of 'Heightened Reality' Series, IT TAKEIS TWO
September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015
After 28 years of marriage George and Brad have learned how to deal with each other's impulse buys... or have they?
Neighbor Mistakes Actor's Rehearsal For BEAUTIFUL Audition For Violent Gun Attack; Police Respond in Riot Gear
September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015
Police respond with full riot gear when neighbor hears a man begging for his life.
VIDEO: Denzel Washington to Produce All 10 August Wilson Plays For HBO
September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015
During a live stream interview conducted by Dr. Todd Boyd, Denzel Washington announced he'll be producing the entirety of August Wilson's 10-play American Century Cycle for HBO.
STAGE TUBE: Marlo Thomas Hopes To See You At CLEVER LITTLE LIES
September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015
TV legend Marlo Thomas preps for Friday night's first preview.
STAGE TUBE: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Sheldon Harnick Tells of Writing 'Sunrise, Sunset'
September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015
Legendary Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick tells the story of how he and Jerry Bock wrote a beloved American standard.
SOMETHING ROTTEN!'s Satirical Series Recalls Still Another Classic Elizabethan Musical
September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015
The one that featured the show-stopping, 'Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Barge.'
STAGE TUBE: Playwright Danai Gurira Talks ECLIPSED With Director Liesl Tommy
September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015
Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o comes to The Public Theater in the premiere of ECLIPSED by Zimbabwean-American Playwright/Actress, Danai Gurira
Philadelphia Theatre Company Regains Home After Foreclosure
September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015
The new season will begin October 9th with Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer-winning DISGRACED.
BWW Review: THE CHRISTIANS Is A Riveting Theological Debate
September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015
A pastor announces, 'We are no longer a congregation that believes in Hell.'
Angela Lansbury Reported To Make West End Return in THE CHALK GARDEN
September 17, 2015
September 17, 2015
Approaching her 90th birthday, the beloved star is reported to return to the West End in Enid Bagnold's 1955 drama.
Is It Time To Rewrite THE MIKADO?
September 17, 2015
September 17, 2015
Topical humor has a short shelf life and a spoof of British foibles 130 years ago can be seen as racially offensive today.
STAGE TUBE: Mint Theater Teases Harold Chapin's Social Commentary, THE NEW MORALITY
September 17, 2015
September 17, 2015
When a proper English woman loudly tells a neighbor what she thinks of her, using shocking language, it nearly turns the household upside down.
Public Theater's BARBECUE Wants Your Best (Or Worst) Family Story
September 17, 2015
September 17, 2015
Tweet your story and win a pair of tickets for BARBECUE.
TWITTER WATCH: KINKY BOOTS' Billy Porter Looking Mighty Fierce in a Backstage Selfie
September 17, 2015
September 17, 2015
'In case you were wonderin'... Miss Lola IS BACK'
DISGRACED Most Produced Play in Upcoming Season, Ayad Akhtar Most Produced Playwright
September 17, 2015
September 17, 2015
American Theatre's annual lists of the 10 most produced plays of the upcoming season and the 20 most produced playwrights.
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