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: Brand New Motivational Monday From HAND TO GOD's Tyrone McHansely
August 31, 2015
August 31, 2015
Time for this week's sage advice from Hand to God's kind and even-tempered patron saint of self-control, Tyrone McHansely.
STAGE TUBE: Teaser of Controversial Playwright Thomas Bradshaw's FULFILLMENT at The Flea
August 31, 2015
August 31, 2015
The newest from Thomas Bradshaw, whose plays have stirred discussion among theatregoers for their frequent and graphic depictions of sex acts.
The Producer Did It: Ten Lost Agatha Christie Plays Discovered
August 31, 2015
August 31, 2015
British theatre producer Julius Green has recently discovered ten lost Agatha Christie plays among stacks of the playwright/novelist's archive material.
BWW Review: Daniel Ezralow's PEARL Is Visually Sumptuous
August 30, 2015
August 30, 2015
The theatre/dance piece is inspired by the life of Pearl S. Buck.
PHOTO FLASHBACK: SHUFFLE ALONG's Artwork Showgirl, Ann Pennington, On 1928 Sheet Music Cover
August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015
The vintage photo appears on sheet music covers for selections from GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS OF 1928.
BWW Review: Sherie Rene Scott and Dick Scanlan's Intriguing Prison Drama WHORL INSIDE A LOOP
August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015
The co-authors based their drama on their experiences teaching a prison workshop.
Ann Pennington: The Woman in SHUFFLE ALONG's New Artwork
August 27, 2015
August 27, 2015
The woman who popularized The Black Bottom for white audiences is featured in the new production's artwork.
STAGE TUBE: Sherie Rene Scott and Dick Scanlan Talk About WHORL INSIDE A LOOP
August 27, 2015
August 27, 2015
The co-authors were inspired by their own experiences teaching a storytelling workshop to prison inmates.
WICKED's Michele Lee Tells How Being In A Broadway Flop Led To A Big Break
August 27, 2015
August 27, 2015
BRAVO, GIOVANNI closed just in time for her to be available to replace the leading lady of the biggest smash in town.
PODCAST: INFORMED CONSENT's Deborah Zoe Laufer Discusses Murky Line Between Science and Faith
August 27, 2015
August 27, 2015
Deborah Zoe Laufer's play is based on a true event that brought the issue of science vs. faith into the headlines.
STAGE TUBE: HAMILTON's Leslie Odom, Jr. Produces Heartwarming Opening Night Video
August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015
A truly intimate and personal look at that historic opening, direct from the rooms where it happened.
PHOTO FLASHBACK: 1913 Woman Suffrage Party Meeting at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House
August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015
General Rosalie Jones, Jessie Stubbs and Colonel Ida Craft fighting for the right to vote.
STAGE TUBE: Iain Loves Theatre Sings 'Higher' From ALLEGIANCE
August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015
Broadway's pint-sized Ambassador of Love is fully psyched for the fall season to begin.
John Cariani, Jackie Hoffman, Christine Pedi, George S. Irving and Fritz Weaver Among Stars of A CHEKHOV-SHAW COMEDY NIGHT
August 26, 2015
August 26, 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.
STAGE TUBE: Can You Spot The Hidden Message In SPRING AWAKENING's Broadway Art?
August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015
DJ Kurs, Artist Director of Deaf West Theatre, explains to hearing community playgoers how the company wanted Spring Awakening's Broadway art work to contain a message specific to the deaf community.
SYLVIA Invites Fans To Celebrate National Dog Day At Loews Regency
August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015
'Yappy hour' specials, doggie massages and plenty of SYLVIA merchandise to take home.
Director Michael Arden Discusses Historical Context In Deaf West's SPRING AWAKENING
August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015
'We're trying to say something about what was happening in deaf culture at the time, a very dark time in deaf history.'
STAGE TUBE: Stanley Bahorek Quizzes New Yorkers On Their AMAZING GRACE Knowledge
August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015
Can Times Square visitors name the most popular song in history? Do they know who wrote it? Find out!
Duke Freshman Brian Grasso Refers To Alison Bechdel's FUN HOME As Pornographic
August 25, 2015
August 25, 2015
'(V)iewing pictures of sexual acts, regardless of the genders of the people involved, conflict with the inherent sacredness of sex.'
Five Facts You May Not Know About FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
August 25, 2015
August 25, 2015
Zero Mostel turned it down? Perchik's song was originally Motel's song? Who played the priest?
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