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: Parents of Chappaqua High School Student Describe Drug and Sexual Abuse By Drama Teacher
August 3, 2016
August 3, 2016
Hiding their identities, the pair describe a cult-like relationship between the 41-year-old former drama teacher and several male students.
Signature Theatre Mourns Passing of Founding Artistic Director, James Houghton
August 3, 2016
August 3, 2016
Houghton stepped down as the company's artistic director last month.
UPDATE: Stephen Sondheim Discusses New Musical Based on Bunuel, Premiering in 2017
August 3, 2016
August 3, 2016
His collaboration with bookwriter David Ives is based on two films by 1930s Spanish surrealist Luis Buñuel.
BWW Review: Jaclyn Backhaus' MEN ON BOATS Is A Pioneering Enterprise
August 4, 2016
August 4, 2016
An all-woman cast plays out the story of John Wesley Powell's expedition to the Grand Canyon.
Check Out The Delicious Actor Transformations For FOX's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
FOX's new production of the 1975 cult classic 'THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: Let's Do the Time Warp Again' will air Thursday, Oct. 20th.
VIDEO: SCHOOL OF ROCK Kids Go Hip-Hop Performing HAMILTON's 'The Schuyler Sisters'
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
In the hit musical comedy SCHOOL OF ROCK, teacher Dewey Finn teaches his well-behaved students how to rock out to Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and The Doors, but he never gets around to teaching them about hip-hop.
PHOTO FLASH: Brian Stokes Mitchell Serenades Audra McDonald's Baby Backstage at DNC
August 3, 2016
August 3, 2016
The two Tony winners were part of the starry Broadway lineup gathered to sing 'What The World Needs Now Is Love.'
VIDEO: Audra McDonald, Laura Osnes, Rory O'Malley Among Stars Supporting Covenant House at Broadway Sleep Out
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
Over 50 theatre community members are participating in Covenant House's annual Broadway Sleep Out
VIDEO: Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Carolee Carmello, Ali Ewoldt, Lesli Margherita and Javier Muñoz Offer Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Fundraising Tips
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
A fun video for high school and college productions who want to present post-show audience appeals.
VIDEOS: Rick Lyon, Kermit The Frog Join The Skivvies For A Rainbow Mashup
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
The crowd at Feinstein's/54 Below was treated to the unusual sight of a frog in underwear.
Stephen Sondheim Says New Musical With David Ives To Premiere in 2017
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
The musical is based on two films by 1930s Spanish surrealist Luis Buñuel,
VIDEO: SCHOOL OF ROCK's Alex Brightman, Gavin Kim Get Pumped Up For a Performance
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
The star and the swing get psyched to rock the Winter Garden.
VIDEOS: Bryan Cranston In A Musical Revival? Who Should He Play?
August 2, 2016
August 2, 2016
The Tony and Emmy-winning actor says he's in early talks to do 'a reimagining of an old chestnut.'
VIDEO: Janet McTeer's La Marquise de Merteuil Discusses Love and Pleasure in LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
McTeer and Liev Schreiber will play ex-lovers who take cruel pleasure in humiliating others through their expertise in seduction.
VIDEO: AN ACT OF GOD's Sean Hayes and David Josefsberg Get Catty With 'Memory'
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
A deliciously silly video celebrating the return of an Andrew Lloyd Webber favorite.
Prompted By Actor Suicides, ArtsMinds Offers Mental Health Support For Creatives
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
A new British website offers information on mental health specified to those in the creative arts.
PHOTO FLASH: Andrew Lloyd Webber Poses With Stars of CATS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and SCHOOL OF ROCK
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
The legendary composer now has two of his classics and his newest hit running on Broadway.
VIDEO: HAIRSPRAY LIVE's Kristin Chenoweth Doesn't Get Crabby When Her Name Is Misspelled
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
The Broadway favorite is prepared when she finds her name misspelled at her parking spot.
VIDEO: OH, HELLO's Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland Congratulate CATS
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
It wouldn't be surprising if the OH, HELLO pair were around for the 1939 release of T.S. Eliot's collection of poems, 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.'
VIDEO: Fans Countdown For Midnight Release of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Script
August 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
The text of Jack Thorne's two-part drama topped Amazon's Best-Seller List while pre-ordering.
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