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.
PODCAST: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Rules In Favor Of HAMILTON
December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda's historical hip-hop musical wins another fan among Washington insiders.
VIDEO FLASHBACK: 1974 Clips of New York Feature Broadway Theatres, Times Square, Hangouts
December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015
The British travel series WISH YOU WERE HERE…? took viewers on a film tour of New York.
Not A Spoof: 30% Republicans, 19% Democrats Polled Favor Bombing Agrabah, ALADDIN's Fictional Country
December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015
Results released today by Public Policy Polling say 41% of Donald Trump voters would favor bombing the fictional country.
FLASH FRIDAY: Chazz Palminteri's A BRONX TALE on Broadway; Soon To Be a Musical at Paper Mill
December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015
First a solo play, then a feature film, and now Chazz Palminteri's autobiographical story of organized crime gets the musical treatment.
VIDEO: ALLEGIANCE's George Takei Saving A Seat For Donald Trump At Every Performance
December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015
The Japanese-American star wants the presidential candidate to understand what happens when the government supports racial profiling.
VIDEO: KING CHARLES III's Oliver Chris Invites You on a Tour of Broadway's Music Box Theatre
December 17, 2015
December 17, 2015
The intimate Broadway house was originally co-owned by Irving Berlin and premiered his MUSIC BOX REVUES.
TheatreWorks Re-Designs, Re-Directs BELL, BOOK & CANDLE After Controversy, Director Resigns From Board
December 17, 2015
December 17, 2015
A reviewer pointed out extreme similarities between the TheatreWorks production and one directed by Darko Tresnjak.
HAMILTON As A Disney Animated Feature? Here's What It Might Look Like
December 17, 2015
December 17, 2015
Classic moments from the musical as imagined by animation student Patrycja Cmak.
VIDEO: Broadway's Edmund Lyndeck, SWEENEY TODD's Original Judge Turpin, Reported Dead at 90
December 17, 2015
December 17, 2015
The beloved character actor also originated roles in 1776, MERLIN and INTO THE WOODS
VIDEO SPOOF: Christmas Light Display Set to David Mamet's 'Coffee Is For Closers' Speech
December 17, 2015
December 17, 2015
Comedy website Clickhole posts a variation of infamously gaudy home holiday displays.
VIDEO: Andrea Martin, Rob McClure and Company Looking Forward To The Madcap Silliness of NOISES OFF
December 17, 2015
December 17, 2015
Some would call Michael Frayn's NOISES OFF the funniest play of the 20th Century.
Convicted Killer Starred In NINE Hours After Committing Double Murder
December 17, 2015
December 17, 2015
A popular Southern California community theatre actor says he did it for money.
BWW Review: Emotionally Potent Musical INVISIBLE THREAD Sends An American Volunteer To Uganda
December 20, 2015
December 20, 2015
Co-author Griffin Matthews plays himself in a drama about the education he receives about the realities of volunteering.
VIDEO: Sneak Peek at Sutton Foster in SINATRA: VOICE FOR A CENTURY
December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015
A bit of Johnny Mercer's 'Something's Gotta Give' in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Frank Sinatra's birth.
VIDEO: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS' Leanne Cope Gives An Intermission Backstage Tour
December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015
On her afternoon off, the Tony-nominated star shows viewers the backstage rush of intermission.
VIDEO: HAND TO GOD's Bob Saget Gives A Comedian's Perspective On Donald Trump's Campaign
December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015
Saget has something to say to those comparing Trump to legendary insult comic Don Rickles.
Children and Art: New NEA Report On Arts Participation In Early Childhood
December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015
A new report from the National Endowment For the Arts focuses on how exposure to the arts enhances the emotional, and cognitive growth of children from birth to age eight.
VIDEO: DADDY LONG LEGS' Six Year Journey To Off-Broadway and a World-Wide Broadcast
December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015
Paul Gordon and John Caird's chamber musical was performed in Japan, London and across America before arriving Off-Broadway.
BWW Review: THESE PAPER BULLETS! Makes Much Ado About Beatlemania
December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015
Billie Joe Armstrong's faux Fab Four songs are the highlights of this mod Shakespeare riff.
TWITTER WATCH: Tony Roberts Congratulates The Drama Book Shop On Its 100th Anniversary
December 15, 2015
December 15, 2015
The theatre institution hosted the Broadway favorite as he read from his new memoir DO YOU KNOW ME?
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