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 Review: Revolutionary HAMILTON Is a Crowning Achievement
February 17, 2015
February 17, 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda's historical hip-hop musical is fine musical theatre disguised as freestyle.
BWW Reviews: Falls' THE ICEMAN COMETH, a Superlative and Sensitive Production
February 16, 2015
February 16, 2015
It may be a long night's journey, but Robert Falls' mounting is a most captivating interlude.
BWW Reviews: RASHEEDA SPEAKING is Worthy of Discussion
February 12, 2015
February 12, 2015
Tonya Pinkins and Diane Weist are superb in Joel Drake Johnson's drama of racial communication.
BWW Reviews: Bianco is Terrific in the Mildly Funny APPLICATION PENDING
February 11, 2015
February 11, 2015
Christine Bianco plays over 40 characters, most of them tired cliches.
BWW Reviews: Scheuer's THE LION Roars Back Into Town
February 9, 2015
February 9, 2015
Benjamin Scheuer's one-man autobiographical musical is among the season's very best.
BWW Reviews: Encores! Mounts LADY, BE GOOD! With Style and Panache
February 7, 2015
February 7, 2015
Tommy Tune returns to the New York stage in a splendid concert production.
BWW Reviews: NEVERMORE Has Lots of Style but Not Enough Substance
February 5, 2015
February 5, 2015
Jonathan Christenson's Edgar Allan Poe fantasia suffers from an unyieldingly somber tone.
BWW Review: ZERO HOUR: TOKYO ROSE'S LAST TAPE, an Intriguing Abstract Piece
February 3, 2015
February 3, 2015
Miwa Yanagi uses one of WWII's more unusual stories as an example of female imagery as utilized by men.
BWW Review: Turgenev's A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY Receives an Engaging CSC Production
January 30, 2015
January 30, 2015
Chekhov wasn't the only Russian writing of the boredom of country living.
BWW Reviews: Durang's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE a Delight at Paper Mill
January 28, 2015
January 28, 2015
Christopher Durang's Tony Winning Chekhov spin receives a handsome production.
BWW Reviews: Feiffer's I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU SO HARD, a Dynamic Father/Daughter Drama
January 27, 2015
January 27, 2015
Emotions emerge as a successful playwright and his actress daughter wait for her opening night NY Times review.
BWW Reviews: Fiasco's INTO THE WOODS is Neither Forest Nor Trees
January 23, 2015
January 23, 2015
Sub-par singing and surface acting curse this chamber production.
BWW Reviews: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (But You Can Go Back and See It Again)
January 22, 2015
January 22, 2015
Anna Chlumsky and Richard Thomas have been added to the top-flight ensemble.
BWW Reviews: THE CARDINALS Has Its Charms, But Little Clarity
January 19, 2015
January 19, 2015
Holy men fill in for puppets in Stan's Cafe's Under The Radar production.
BWW Review: HONEYMOON IN VEGAS, What Happened in Jersey is Finally on Broadway
January 15, 2015
January 15, 2015
Jason Robert Brown dumps the artsy stuff for a big fat hilarious musical comedy.
BWW Reviews: CONSTELLATIONS is an Ursa Minor
January 14, 2015
January 14, 2015
Call Nick Payne's new play If/Then without the music or Sure Thing without the bell.
BWW Reviews: IKE AT NIGHT, How Lethargic Was It?
January 13, 2015
January 13, 2015
Ikechukwu Ufomadu's talk show send-up is sluggishly paced.
BWW Reviews: Satire Lives On in DYING FOR IT
January 13, 2015
January 13, 2015
It's by tragic coincidence that the Atlantic Theater Company's newest production opens at a time when the permanent silencing of satirists is so fresh in the minds of its audience members.
BWW Reviews: NUTCRACKER ROUGE Savors Erotic Intimacy
December 29, 2014
December 29, 2014
Company XIV's newest version of its holiday burlesque fits beautifully into their intimate new space.
BWW Reviews: KELLI AND MATTHEW: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Reunites O'Hara and Morrison
December 22, 2014
December 22, 2014
The Broadway team shows great chemistry as they're joined by the New York Pops.
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