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.
BWW Review: Is It Love Or Chemistry? Lucy Prebble's Intriguing THE EFFECT
March 21, 2016
March 21, 2016
Two volunteers for a pharmaceutical study fall in love, but is it a drug-induced emotion?
Actor Bear Bellinger Claims Discrimination in Casting Marriott Theatre's EVITA
March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016
The author of 'I'm a black actor. Here's how inequality works when you're not famous' writes a public letter critical of non-Latino casting.
VIDEO: Celebrate John Kander's Birthday With Kander & Ebb Performing CHICAGO's 'All That Jazz'
March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016
The great composer of Cabaret, Chicago and so many beloved Broadway songs turns 89 today.
Bid To Meet FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Danny Burstein and Support Epic Theatre Ensemble
March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016
Charitybuzz's new online auction offers two tickets for the hit revival and a post-performance meet and greet.
British Library Posts Digitized Manuscript Believed To Be In Shakespeare's Handwriting
March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016
Four pages of the only known surviving play script containing The Bard's handwriting.
FLASH FRIDAY: Barbara Cook, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick Discuss SHE LOVES ME in 1978
March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016
SHE LOVES ME was a forgotten musical until a Town Hall concert and a BBC television production revived interest.
BWW Review: SHE LOVES ME, a Sublime Production of a Perfect Musical Comedy
March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016
Laura Benanti and Zachary Levi head a sterling cast in Scott Ellis' ravishing production.
Museum of The City of New York Explores New York's Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway
March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016
A extensive new exhibit immerses guests into New York's one-vibrant Yiddish Theater community.
NYC Creates Grant Program To Increase Staff Diversity In City's Cultural Institutions
March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016
New York responds to an earlier study revealing non-performing employee base of arts non-profits don't reflect the city's diversity.
VIDEOS: HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda and HeForShe's Emma Watson on Feminism and Freestyling
March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016
As UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Watson promotes HeForShe's mission to galvanize men and boys as advocates for gender equality.
VIDEO: Hartford Stage's ROMEO AND JULIET Inspires High School Student To Help Mend Wounds
March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016
A student apologizes for an incident at a high school basketball game when students from both schools attend a matinee.
HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda Calls For Congress To Help Resolve Puerto Rico's Economic Crisis
March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016
His column for the Spanish-language El Nuevo Dia calls for legislation to address the U.S. territory's declining economy.
George M. Cohan and Eugene O'Neill: Two Irish-Americans Who Helped Define Broadway
March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016
A St. Patrick's Day toast to the Father of the American Musical Comedy and The Father of the American Drama.
TWITTER WATCH: Lin-Manuel Miranda Hints HAMILTON Will Remain The Ten Dollar Founding Father
March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016
Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew says HAMILTON fans will be 'very happy.'
Chita Rivera Pays Homage To Childhood Dance Teacher Doris Jones
March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016
In 1941, the Jones-Haywood Dance School in Washington D.C. was one of the country's few places where minority students could learn classical ballet.
VIDEO: Playwright Anne Washburn Says Sound Is Huge In Her New ANTILA PNEUMATICA
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
The last time Anne Washburn was represented at Playwrights Horizons, MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY was the talk of the town.
VIDEO FLASHBACK: MY FAIR LADY Opens On Broadway Sixty Years Ago Tonight
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe's superb mixture of acerbic wit and lilting romance remain's one of Broadway's greatest musicals.
VIDEO: HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda's Impassioned Speech On Rebuilding Puerto Rico
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
The Broadway star and author capped off his trip to Washington D.C. with a speech urging congress to help the island's economic growth.
VIDEO: 'Beware The Ides of March!' Shakespeare's Legendary Warning For March 15th
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
The role of the Soothsayer has but nine lines in Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR, but numbers two and three sure are memorable.
VIDEO: AVENUE Q Hits Times Square For World Puppetry Day
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016
Lovers of puppetry arts have been celebrating every March 21st since 2003.
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