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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.




'night, Mother: Marsha Norman's Pulitzer Winner Gets a Chilly Revival
November 22, 2004

Michael Meyer's production has Edie Falco and Brenda Blethyn playing at an interesting emotional distance

The Talk of the Town: What Fresh Musical Is This?
November 19, 2004

The rise and fall of the Algonquin Round Table is cleverly and charmingly musicalized in an outstanding and hilarious new musical

Children's Letters to God: An Answer to a Musical Theatre Lover's Prayer
November 16, 2004

You don't need to bring a kid along to have a great time at this clever and hip musical

Twelve Angry Men: The Boys are Back in Town
November 14, 2004

Director Scott Ellis keeps emotions high with a stage-savvy ensemble

The New Jersey Trapezoid: Musical Silliness on the High Seas
November 12, 2004

Tom Kleh's merry pirate musical goes The Bermuda Triangle one better

She Loves Me: and the Feeling is Mutual
November 9, 2004

Paper Mill showcases one of Broadway's most perfect musicals in a production that defines charm

The Immigrant: Deep in the Heart of Tsores
November 6, 2004

A new musical tells of Russian Jews in Texas

Laugh Whore: Insatiably Funny
November 4, 2004

Mario Cantone's Broadway show leaves those who like their comedy big and loud begging for more

When Aunt Daphne Went Nude: Naked Nazis???
October 27, 2004

Miriam Jensen Hendrix's madcap comedy of manners is inspired by a true tale of Nazi nudists

Mary-Louise Parker makes Reckless a Jolly (if darkly absurd) Holiday
October 25, 2004

Craig Lucas' quirky Christmas comedy features a shining star

Brooklyn: A Positive Review
October 23, 2004

Yes, Broadway's newest musical was hit hard by the first wave of reviews, but Brooklyn has its good points

Cole Porter and Moss Hart's Jubilee: Still Smart, Funny and Tuneful
October 19, 2004

Musicals Tonight! revives the show that brought us 'Begin the Beguine', 'Just One of Those Things' and 'The Kling-Kling Bird on the Top of the Divi-Divi Tree'

Trying: Fritz Weaver so Memorable as Forgotten Public Figure
October 18, 2004

Joanna McClelland Glass reflects on her year with a former U.S. Attorney General

Nine Parts of Desire: In the Words of the Women of Iraq
October 14, 2004

Heather Raffo's passionate and moving solo play introduces a variety of contemporary Iraqi women

Last Easter: Funny People in a Tragic Situation
October 11, 2004

Playwright Bryony Lavery follows 'Frozen' with a comedy about friendship and cancer

Newsical: All the News That's Fit to Laugh At
October 9, 2004

Rick Crom's latest topical revue features hilarious songs and a sterling cast

Women on the Verge of HRT (that's Hormone Replacement Therapy)
October 8, 2004

Marie Jones' comedy salutes the sex appeal of older women

Nobody's Lunch: What's Eating at America?
October 6, 2004

The Civilians' new piece explores the country's uneasy relationship with information

Orpheus: Alt-Rock Twist on a Greek Myth
October 4, 2004

A rock star goes to hell, or a hell of a night spot, to re-claim his deceased bride

The Great American Trailer Park Musical
October 1, 2004

Too much fun to be legal



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