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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.




2005:  Ten Memorable Moments You May Have Missed
2005: Ten Memorable Moments You May Have Missed
December 30, 2005

BroadwayWorld's Michael Dale takes a personal look at some moments that may not have made other top ten lists

The Woman in White: Broadway's First Zoetrope Musical
December 28, 2005

Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical is seen through the workings of a Victorian moving picture viewer

Seascape: Who's Afraid of Charles Darwin?
December 19, 2005

In Edward Albee's Pulitzer winner, we evolved, we are evolving and we damn well better keep evolving because the only other option is to return to the sea and degenerate back into amoeba

The Producers Film Opens December 25: Lights!  Camera! Nazis!
The Producers Film Opens December 25: Lights! Camera! Nazis!
December 16, 2005

Is the movie stagey? Sure, it is. Gloriously stagey. Click in to read Michael Dale's review of The Producers film, opening nationwide on December 25th.

Five Course Love: Extra Helpings of Dessert
December 7, 2005

Gregg Coffin's loveably ludicrous musical is inspired by classic TV ske tch comedy

Mostly Arlen... All Audra: Audra McDonald sings Harold Arlen
December 6, 2005

Audra McDonald honors Harold Arlen in a benefit fot the New York Festival of Song

The Trip To Bountiful: A First Class Excursion
December 6, 2005

Horton Foote's down comforter of a drama gets a beautiful and tender revival starring a sparkling Lois Smith

Jersey Boys: Welcome to Falsettoland
December 4, 2005

This clever and ambitious bio of The Four Seasons shows signs that the jukebox musical is growing up

Miss Witherspoon: Christopher Durang Explains A Decent Amount Of It For You
December 2, 2005

A daffy and loveably cynical Kristine Nielsen stars in Christopher Durang's absurd comedy of reincarnation

Souvenir: The Odder Couple
November 30, 2005

The most touching and heartwarming love story currently gracing the Broadway stage tells the tale of a gay male pianist of questionable songwriting talent and a wealthy widow who sings classical recitals despite being tone deaf.

Sweeney Todd: Children Will Listen... Will Audiences?
November 25, 2005

John Doyle's abstract vision of Sweeney Todd may require more active listening than any other production on Broadway

Crescendo Falls: Beautiful People, Ugly Town
November 21, 2005

Kevin Hammonds' wacky skewering of daytime soaps presents a new episode every two weeks

Manic Flight Reaction: Sex, Drugs and Witty Banter
November 20, 2005

Sarah Schulman's new comedy of moral values and modern media has plenty of laughs for left-wingers

The Ruby Sunrise: Nothing But The Truth
November 18, 2005

Rinne Groff's engrossing and entertaining drama features Marin Ireland as a young woman on the verge of inventing television

The Odd Couple: A Match Made In The Box Office
November 16, 2005

As soon as the curtain comes up on this Broadway revival, the audience is treated to the sight of a pair of actors who appear perfectly matched to play Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison opposite each other. Unfortunately, they're not Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick

Cinderella: A Bad Mamma Jamma?
November 14, 2005

Paper Mill's production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical fairy tale uses contemporary material from the 1997 TV adaptation

Good News: The Best Things In Life
November 12, 2005

Musicals Tonight! revives trhe longest running musical of the 1920's in its original form

Bingo: A Night With The Girls
November 9, 2005

Free popcorn, free cake and a terrific cast delivering high-spirited, blue-collar, working class, tough as nails, good clean fun

Colleen McHugh: Keeping Up Appearances
November 8, 2005

Colleen McHugh's new cabaret show has a little Porter, a little Gershwin and an improvised song about an audience member's life

In My Life: Come Back, Suzanne Somers! All Is Forgiven!
November 7, 2005

Joseph Brooks' new musical is anything but easy listening



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