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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.




VIDEO: Hilarious Behind The Scenes Look At OH, HELLO's 'Glamorous' Photo Shoot
VIDEO: Hilarious Behind The Scenes Look At OH, HELLO's 'Glamorous' Photo Shoot
August 17, 2016

The glamour of Broadway hasn't escaped Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland, the hilarious on-stage alter-egos of actors Nick Kroll and John Mulaney.

VIDEO: Jeremy Kushnier Belts 'The Hollywood Wiz' For PARAMOUR's Original Cast Recording
VIDEO: Jeremy Kushnier Belts 'The Hollywood Wiz' For PARAMOUR's Original Cast Recording
August 17, 2016

It's no secret that actors love a good entrance and PARAMOUR's Jeremy Kushnier gets a doozy of an introduction.

Putting It Together!  More Broadway-Inspired Lego Creations From Jack Abrams
Putting It Together! More Broadway-Inspired Lego Creations From Jack Abrams
August 17, 2016

Fourteen-year-old Jack Abrams may live in Los Angeles, but he's making quite an impression on the Broadway community.

VIDEO: Playwright Christopher Hampton Explains The Scandalous History of LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
VIDEO: Playwright Christopher Hampton Explains The Scandalous History of LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
August 16, 2016

Choderlos de Laclos was a career soldier looking for a way to alleviate his boredom, so he wrote a novel that became the scandal of France.

VIDEO: Music Legends Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Play The Not-So-Newlywed Game With Their San Francisco BEAUTIFUL Counterparts
VIDEO: Music Legends Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil Play The Not-So-Newlywed Game With Their San Francisco BEAUTIFUL Counterparts
August 16, 2016

While the Broadway hit BEAUTIFUL celebrates the pop classics of Carole King, there is also strong representation from the songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

VIDEO: Austin McCormick Aims To Turn Company XIV Into  New York's Moulin Rouge
VIDEO: Austin McCormick Aims To Turn Company XIV Into New York's Moulin Rouge
August 16, 2016

In the ten years since McCormick began recruiting an assemblage of classical dancers, actors, operatic vocalists, circus and burlesque performers into Company XIV, the troupe has become one of the most inventive and thrilling theatre companies in New York.

VIDEO: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Vacationing Alexandra Silber Holds a Tzeitel Tzeremony For Her Understudies
VIDEO: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Vacationing Alexandra Silber Holds a Tzeitel Tzeremony For Her Understudies
August 16, 2016

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a musical about traditions, but Silber's way of handing her role over may be completely new.

FOX's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Celebrates Another Decadent Transformation Tuesday
FOX's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Celebrates Another Decadent Transformation Tuesday
August 16, 2016

FOX's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW has declared every Tuesday as #TransformationTuesday, with a new piece of Twitter content revealed every week.

PHOTO FLASH: Laura Osnes, Stephanie J. Block, Rory O'Malley, Keala Settle Among Stars Sleeping In The Street at Covenant House's Broadway Sleep Out
PHOTO FLASH: Laura Osnes, Stephanie J. Block, Rory O'Malley, Keala Settle Among Stars Sleeping In The Street at Covenant House's Broadway Sleep Out
August 16, 2016

Eighty members of the Broadway community spent the night sleeping on the street to raise funds for Covenant House.

PHOTO FLASH: Handwritten Drafts of Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON Lyrics
PHOTO FLASH: Handwritten Drafts of Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON Lyrics
August 16, 2016

Great musicals aren't just written, they're rewritten.

VIDEO: Public Art Fund Installation Has Singer Targeting Pedestrians In City Hall Park
VIDEO: Public Art Fund Installation Has Singer Targeting Pedestrians In City Hall Park
August 16, 2016

Artist Tino Sehgal's piece has a singer specifying her songs to those who pass her by.

VIDEO: Four Seasons Meets Nine Lives as CATS Serenades JERSEY BOYS
VIDEO: Four Seasons Meets Nine Lives as CATS Serenades JERSEY BOYS
August 15, 2016

After JERSEY BOYS welcomed their new neighbors with a Doo-Wop arrangement of 'Memory,' the Nine Lives set returned the favor.

VIDEO: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES' Director Josie Rourke: Two Sharks In A Pool of Innocence
VIDEO: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES' Director Josie Rourke: Two Sharks In A Pool of Innocence
August 15, 2016

Rourke's acclaimed production of Christopher Hampton's sardonic drama of sex and revenge comes to Broadway's Booth Theatrre.

VIDEOS: Watch 1,000 Singers Perform THE PUBLIC DOMAIN at Lincoln Center Plaza
VIDEOS: Watch 1,000 Singers Perform THE PUBLIC DOMAIN at Lincoln Center Plaza
August 15, 2016

Watch the complete performance of the premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang's unique piece.

VIDEO: Holders of Re-Sold Tickets Being Denied Entry To HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
VIDEO: Holders of Re-Sold Tickets Being Denied Entry To HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
August 15, 2016

While New York's lawmakers attempt to control the extremely high prices of Broadway tickets that are resold by scalpers or on secondary market websites, the producers of the West End hit HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, Parts I & II have come up with their own solution.

VIDEO: ON YOUR FEET!'s Child Wrangler Felicia Velasco Takes Us Through Her Nightly Routine
VIDEO: ON YOUR FEET!'s Child Wrangler Felicia Velasco Takes Us Through Her Nightly Routine
August 15, 2016

This is Velasco's eleventh show taking care of Broadway's smallest stars.

VIDEOS: A Look Back at Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD and MILK AND HONEY, Next In The York's MUFTI Series
VIDEOS: A Look Back at Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD and MILK AND HONEY, Next In The York's MUFTI Series
August 15, 2016

Two Jerry Herman musicals will be presented in concert as part of The York's acclaimed series.

Lin-Manuel Miranda Supports Quiara Alegria Hudes' Response To Controversial IN THE HEIGHTS Casting
Lin-Manuel Miranda Supports Quiara Alegria Hudes' Response To Controversial IN THE HEIGHTS Casting
August 15, 2016

The white actor of Italian descent defends his being cast as Usnavi.

VIDEOS: Theatre Community Celebrates The Life and Career of Fyvush Finkel
VIDEOS: Theatre Community Celebrates The Life and Career of Fyvush Finkel
August 15, 2016

The star of Yiddish Theatre and Emmy Award winner was 93 years old.

VIDEO: Tony Danza, Carmen Cusack, Norbert Leo Butz and Melissa Errico Tell Why They Love Performing Cabaret
VIDEO: Tony Danza, Carmen Cusack, Norbert Leo Butz and Melissa Errico Tell Why They Love Performing Cabaret
August 12, 2016

Feinstein's/54 Below has helped dissolve the line between the stars you'd see on Broadway and the one's you'd see performing cabaret.



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