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: St. Mary's School in Nairobi, Kenya Presents Broadway's AMAZING GRACE
April 28, 2016
April 28, 2016
The musical about the English slave trader who found salvation and wrote the world's most famous hymn played on Broadway earlier this season.
Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Frances Barber Voice Heuristic Shakespeare's App Edition of THE TEMPEST
April 28, 2016
April 28, 2016
The iPad app is the first of a series of 37, covering all of Shakespeare's plays.
BWW Review: Jessica Lange Magnificently Unsettling in an Excellent LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
April 28, 2016
April 28, 2016
Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical masterpiece is sumptuously played.
Is DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Musical Headed For Broadway? Minneapolis Production Extended Amid Speculation
April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016
With Broadway producer Kevin McCollum on hand the musical based on Jeff Kinney's graphic novel series may make its way to New York.
VIDEO: Duncan Sheik Says Broadway's AMERICAN PSYCHO May Be Filmed, Talks SPRING AWAKENING Movie
April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016
The composer/lyricist talks to Laura Heywood about his first hit musical and his newest.
VIDEO: Aaron Tveit Reunites With DISASTER!'s Kerry Butler For a CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Duet
April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016
Tveit is the latest star to appear for #DisasterRelief, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
August Wilson's Boyhood Home To Be Renovated Into An Arts Center
April 28, 2016
April 28, 2016
The building where the great playwright spent the first thirteen years of his life had been in a state of ruin.
VIDEO TOUR: Explore Central Park's Shakespeare Garden on Its 100th Anniversary
April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016
Shakespeare in Central Park originally meant this four-acre landscape dedicated to the famed English playwright.
HAMLET On The Half Shell? What Shakespeare's Audiences Snacked On During Performances
April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016
Excavations performed underneath The Rose and The Globe theaters reveal the snacking habits of Elizabethan playgoers.
BWW Review: TUCK EVERLASTING, A Hearty And Magical Charmer
April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016
The new musical based on Natalie Babbitt's novel is full of poignancy and good humor, very suitable for families.
INSTAGRAM CHECK: Sexy Snaps From The Cast of AMERICAN PSYCHO (NSFW)
April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016
The new Instagram account psychocast is for those who can't get enough of the sexy AMERICAN PSYCHO cast.
Yes, That's A Real Pie You Smell Baking All Throughout WAITRESS
April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016
Pie consultant Stacy Donnelly, delivers an uncooked nine-inch double-crust apple pie twenty minutes before each performance.
Bid To Meet AMERICAN PSYCHO's Duncan Sheik, Support NY Sun Works
April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016
The winning bidder receives two house seats for AMERICAN PSYCHO, and meets the composer/lyricist and cast members after the performance.
Simon Callow Defends White Actors Using Black Makeup, Cisgender Actors in Transgender Roles
April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016
An interview to promote his new film, 'Golden Years,' segued into a controversial subject.
TWITTER WATCH: HAMILTON's Sasha Hutchings Photographed In Costume Using 1839 Lens
April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016
The talented ensemble member is the latest subject in photographer Josh Lehrer's series of vintage portraits.
BWW Review: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Takes On The Difficult Juggling Act of FULLY COMMITTED
April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016
Becky Mode's 1999 Off-Broadway hit has been updated for 2016 Broadway.
VIDEO: NBC TODAY Honors Indiana High School Theatre Teacher For Fifty Years of Inspiring Students
April 25, 2016
April 25, 2016
Kathie Lee Gifford meets a couple who have dedicated 50 years to high school theatre.
A Black Box Theatre in a Suburban Mall? Welcome To Concord, New Hampshire's Hatbox Theatre
April 25, 2016
April 25, 2016
A struggling suburban mall is hoping a small live theatre venue will increase traffic.
Theater Under The Stars Parts With Artistic Director Bruce Lumpkin, Sheldon Epps New Artistic Advisor
April 25, 2016
April 25, 2016
The Houston outdoor theatre will be going through a transitional period under its new artistic advisor.
PODCAST: Mark Rylance, Derek Jacobi Among Signers of Declaration Doubting Shakespeare's Authorship
April 25, 2016
April 25, 2016
The two great Shakespearean actors are patrons of an organization that has serious doubts about the authorship of The Bard's plays.
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