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.
VIDEOS: Silliness Ensues as Darren Criss and Brian Stokes Mitchell Warm Up For DNC Performance
July 28, 2016
July 28, 2016
Some backstage fun before the big moment to deliver an important message.
VIDEO: Jennifer Damiano, Alice Ripley Together Again at Feinstein's/54 Below
July 27, 2016
July 27, 2016
Damiano's NEXT TO NORMAL mom makes a guest appearance at each performance of her debut cabaret engagement.
VIDEO: Broadway For Orlando Rehearses at Wells Fargo Center for Tonight's DNC Performance
July 27, 2016
July 27, 2016
Anika Larsen, Brian Stokes Mitchell, James Wesley, Darren Criss, Richard Kind and more get ready for tonight's DNC performance.
VIDEO: Slash From Guns N' Roses Jams With SCHOOL OF ROCK Kids
July 27, 2016
July 27, 2016
The hardest rocking band on Broadway is also the youngest.
VIDEO: Broadway Heads To Philadelphia To Spread The Love At Democratic National Convention
July 27, 2016
July 27, 2016
Tonight's telecast of the Democratic National Convention will include a performance by dozens from Broadway.
Songwriting Partners Charles Strouse, Lee Adams in Legal Dispute Over Rights
July 27, 2016
July 27, 2016
The team wrote the Broadway hits BYE, BYE, BIRDIE and APPLAUSE and the classic song 'Once Upon a Time.'
Audra McDonald Schools Fox's Bill O'Reilly On The Realities of Slavery
July 27, 2016
July 27, 2016
One of Broadway's great performers reacts to the suggestion of any decent treatment of people who were forced into slavery.
VIDEO: John Hinckley Jr., Portrayed in Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS, Soon To Be Freed From Psychiatric Hospital
July 27, 2016
July 27, 2016
In 1981, Hinckley shot President Ronald Reagan, saying it was to get the attention of actress Jodie Foster.
Jason Robert Brown Teases Tonight's SubCulture Gig With Shaina Taub; Hints at Something Big For September
July 27, 2016
July 27, 2016
The show will include the two songwriters doing arrangements of each other's work.
VIDEO: Natascia Diaz Performs Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Burn' in Concert
July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
The two-time Helen Hayes Award winner puts her own spin on the searing HAMILTON ballad.
VIDEO: HOLIDAY INN's Megan Sikora and Darien Crago Sing The Irving Berlin Classic, 'White Christmas'
July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
Visitors to the Museum of the City Of New York's presentation of 'The Genius of Irving Berlin: A New York Story' got a preview of the newest Broadway adaptation of a Berlin movie musical classic,
VIDEO: Sneak-Peek at Mint Theater's Revival of N.C. Hunter's A DAY BY THE SEA, Directed by Austin Pendleton
July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
The Mint Theater Company brings back a forgotten work from one of England's most popular 1950s playwrights.
PHOTO FLASH: DEAR EVAN HANSEN's Ben Platt Offers Beautiful Platt's-Eye View of Belasco Theatre
July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
Built by impresario David Belasco, the ghost of its legendary namesake is said to still haunt the place.
PHOTO FLASH: Off-Stage Pics From Orlando's FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE
July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
While there was a lot of work to be quickly done, many of the performers still found time to snap photos for their social media pages.
VIDEO: Laura Benanti Offers Hilarious Cabaret Advice To Jennifer Damiano
July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
Broadway's Jennifer Damiano makes her solo cabaret debut tonight at Feinstein's/54 Below.
VIDEO: Campaign Underway To Restore Alexandra Palace's Victorian Theatre
July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
The beautiful 1875 theatre has been out of use for decades.
VIDEO: Looking Fine at Any Age, Norm Lewis Featured in AARP Spot
July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
Hopefully, the Broadway favorite isn't thinking about retiring any time soon.
PHOTO FLASH: Jason Robert Brown's THE CONNECTOR Has Reading at New York Theatre Workshop
July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
The new musical has a book by Jonathan Marc Sherman and direction by Daisy Prince.
VIDEO: Max Crumm, Ellyn Marsh Join The Skivvies For a Post-Show Set at SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN
July 25, 2016
July 25, 2016
Broadway's favorite undie-wearing duo have joined the cast of SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN for a limited three week run.
VIDEO: Anika Larsen and Keala Settle Belt RENT's 'Take Me Or Leave Me' For FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE
July 25, 2016
July 25, 2016
Following the tragic event that took place at Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12, the Broadway and Orlando theatre communities will unite tonight, Monday, July 25 at 7:30 pm at the Disney Theatre in the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts to perform FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE: A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR ORLANDO; a healing night of music and dance to honor the 49 victims.
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