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Michael Dale 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.




Martini Talk: The Farnsworth Invention & The Grinch
December 10, 2007

Aaron Sorkin's telling of the the battle over television is dry and passionless while The Grinch gets even better in its return to Broadway.

Martini Talk: August: Osage County
December 6, 2007

Betrayal, abandonment, infidelity, pedophilia, addictions, incest, suicide, family secrets, inheritance issues… it's all there, it's all funny and yet it's also dramatically fulfilling.

Martini Talk: Kleynkunst! & Chuckleball
December 3, 2007

Kleynkunst! is a fascinating and entertaining look at Warsaw's Yiddish cabaret between the world wars while the very funny Chuckleball is Forbidden Broadway for the sports nut.

Martini Talk: Gay Marshall and Daniels & Frankfort
November 29, 2007

Pixyish chanteuse Gay Marshall has a wonderful holiday show at the Zipper, Booth Daniels and Patrick Frankfort bring their quirky fun to Don't Tell Mama and John McWhorter sings Cole Porter, Harry Warren and Rodgers & Hart at The Duplex.

Martini Talk: The Glorious Ones & Liz Callaway
November 26, 2007

Marc Kudisch soars in The Glorious Ones, as does Liz Callaway at The Metropolitian Room. Also, an update on The Iron Maiden of Broadway.

Martini Talk: Meet Me In St. Louis & The Rockettes
November 22, 2007

The Paper Mill's joyous mounting of Meet Me In St. Louis and the 75th Anniversay production of The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular are both classic entertainment done right

Martini Talk: Marilyn Maye & Young Frankenstein
November 19, 2007

Marilyn Maye scores big time at The Metropolitan Room while Young Frankenstein is a bit like a night at Scores.

Martini Talk: Rock 'n' Roll, Richard III & Ziegfeld's Oldest
November 15, 2007

The oldest living Ziegfeld Girl dances once again while Michael raves about Michael Cumpsty's 'Richard III' and tries to figure out 'Rock 'n' Roll.'

Martini Talk: Wintuk, Things We Want & Peter and Jerry
November 12, 2007

Cirque du Soliel's new show is great for kids, Ethan Hawke directs a dark comedy with some bright spots and Edward Albee revisits 'A Zoo Story'

Michael Dale's Martini Talk: The Brothers Size
November 8, 2007

Michael takes a look at a new play that gives a contemporary edge to West African mythology and the traditions of ceremonial story-telling.

Michael Dale's Martini Talk: Cyrano and Frankenstein
November 5, 2007

Michael checks out a famous nose, impressive pecs and Broadway's most-discussed butt

Michael Dale's Martini Talk: Spain & Crossing Brooklyn
November 1, 2007

Transport Group's heart-tugging musical 'Crossing Brooklyn' deals with post 9/11 stress while MCC's 'Spain' is a whimsical tale of a modern day woman and a Spanish conquistador

Michael Dale's Martini Talk: A Bronx Tale
October 29, 2007

A look at A Bronx Tale plus a tip for theatre district trick or treaters.

Michael Dale's Martini Talk: The Broadway Cabaret Festival
October 25, 2007

The 3rd Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival was filled with magic moments musical theatre geeks... I mean connoisseurs.

Michael Dale's Martini Talk: Pygmalion & Die Mommie Die!
October 22, 2007

Michael Dale takes at look at the Roundabout's revival of 'Pygmalion' and Charles Busch's 'Die Mommie Die!'

Michael Dale's Martini Talk: The Ritz & A Feminine Ending
October 18, 2007

A look at 'The Ritz', 'A Feminine Ending' and Kristin Chenoweth 's latest honor.

Mauritius: Inherit The Stamps
October 15, 2007

Theresa Rebeck's new play has a terrific set-up, but the predictable plot directions coupled with questionable directing choices makes the evening frustrating and disappointing.

Margaret Cho's The Sensuous Woman: Good Clean Sex
October 11, 2007

In her sex-centric variety show, Margaret Cho and company give us a happy and healthy dose of body positive antics that are so sweet, silly and approachable you can have a great time while completely forgetting to be aroused.

Forbidden Broadway Rude Awakening: Mama, Who Bored Me...
October 8, 2007

Gerard Alessandrini's newest edition of the long-running satirical revue may not be most vicious version of the show but it certainly ranks up there among the best.

NYMF Notes: Part 2
October 5, 2007

Capsule reviews of Such Good Friends, Love Sucks and JC2K



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