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.
BWW Reviews: THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Celebrates the 'Highly Informed Spectator'
March 20, 2015
March 20, 2015
Pam MacKinnon directs an excellent revival of Wendy Wasserstein's landmark feminist drama.
BWW Reviews: Encores!'s PAINT YOUR WAGON a Big Robust Treat
March 19, 2015
March 19, 2015
Lerner and Loewe's Gold Rush musical is full of good humor and lovely melodies.
BWW Reviews: Ryness, Sun Give Winning Performances in LONG STORY SHORT
March 19, 2015
March 19, 2015
Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda's two-person musical spans a decades-long relationship.
BWW Reviews: PLACEBO Offers False Hope
March 18, 2015
March 18, 2015
Melissa James Gibson's relationship drama doesn't live up to the promise of its opening scene.
BWW Reviews: Wright's POSTERITY Pits Playwright Versus Sculptor
March 17, 2015
March 17, 2015
Doug Wright imagines the conflict as Gustav Vigeland sculpts a bust of Henrik Ibsen.
BWW Reviews: ONE NIGHT ONLY: SUTTON FOSTER with The New York Pops
March 16, 2015
March 16, 2015
Sutton Foster displays the fine craft of musical theatre song performance.
BWW Reviews: Chenoweth Glitters in ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
March 15, 2015
March 15, 2015
A mediocre production of a great musical is highlighted by Kristin Chenoweth's superlative turn.
BWW Reviews: JOSEPHINE AND I Compares 20th Century Racism With Today's Subtler Variety
March 12, 2015
March 12, 2015
Cush Jumbo is a thrilling talent and her solo play about Josephine Baker is beautifully done.
BWW Reviews: THE LIQUID PLAIN Drowns in its Own Incoherency
March 10, 2015
March 10, 2015
Naomi Wallace's drama is thick with poetic language and symbolism but exceedingly thin on clear story-telling.
BWW Reviews: Mirren in Full Command in THE AUDIENCE
March 9, 2015
March 9, 2015
Helen Mirren gives a masterful portrayal in Peter Morgan's thoroughly engaging character study.
BWW Reviews: FISH IN THE DARK a Blatantly Commercial Broadway Star Vehicle, not that there's anything wrong with that.
March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015
Larry David mimics his TV style in his very funny playwriting debut.
BWW Reviews: THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX, a Romantic Comedy for The Questioning
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015
Bathsheba Doran's funny and touching play involves the love between a pair trying to figure out their sexual orientations.
BWW Reviews: Molnar's FASHIONS FOR MEN Sparklingly Revived by The Mint
March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015
How nice is too nice?
BWW Reviews: Kate Baldwin Captivating in JOHN & JEN Revival
March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015
Keen Company gives Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald's chamber musical a fine revival.
BWW Reviews: BRIGHT HALF LIFE Presents a Collage of Relationship Moments
February 27, 2015
February 27, 2015
Tanya Barfield's newest paints a vivid picture of a relationship through dozens of quick, non-linear scenes.
BWW Reviews: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's BROOKLYNITE
February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015
Michael Mayer and Peter Lerman's mindlessly fun musical comedy has super heroes protecting the hipsters, artists and vegans of Kings County.
BWW Reviews: LIVES OF THE SAINTS Has David Ives Back in One-Act Mode
February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015
The master of quirky and rhythmic one-acts is in a more sentimental mood this time.
BWW Reviews: THE NETHER Considers Crimes of Pedophilic Thought
February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015
Jennifer Haley's, futuristic drama asks those who would object to government-controlled morality to defend their stance under the most vile circumstances.
BWW Reviews: BIG LOVE, or Fifty Brides For Fifty Cousins
February 24, 2015
February 24, 2015
Charles Mee's modern retelling of an Aeschylus drama gets a rollicking free-for-all production from Tina Landau.
BWW Reviews: CHURCHILL Paints a Bland Picture
February 19, 2015
February 19, 2015
Ronald Keaton's solo play offers little more than a career rundown.
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