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.
TWITTER: HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda Selected As One Of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive
November 18, 2015
November 18, 2015
Brains are sexy, they say, so it only makes sense that recent MacArthur 'Genius' Grant recipient made the cut.
VIDEOS: The Mashup Project Pairs Songs From HAMILTON, FUN HOME, WAITRESS and SPRING AWAKENING With Pop Hits
November 18, 2015
November 18, 2015
Fun vocals from a trio who harmonize Broadway songs mashed with popular hits.
STEVE Director Cynthia Nixon Reveals Her Pick For City Center Encores!
November 19, 2015
November 19, 2015
The Broadway and television star reveals her selection if she got to choose a musical for the long-running concert series.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Is A Rebel Once More With SCHOOL OF ROCK
November 18, 2015
November 18, 2015
The iconic theatre composer who burst onto the scene with JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has another hard-rock musical. If you weren't there in the early 1970s, when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice sent JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR out into the world - first as a concept album and then as Broadway and West End productions - it may be difficult to imagine how infuriated a good many people were by their new show.
Dramatists Guild President Doug Wright Releases Statement Regarding Recent Casting Controversies
November 18, 2015
November 18, 2015
The Dramatists Guild defends playwrights against changes made to their work without expressed permission.
BWW Review: New York Pops Salutes Harlem Renaissance With Montego Glover, Capathia Jenkins and Sy Smith
November 18, 2015
November 18, 2015
An evening of great orchestral jazz featuring three sophisticated ladies.
VIDEO: Behind The Scenes At THE KING AND I's New Commercial
November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015
How do you show viewers that a classic old musical can be new and exciting?
VIDEO: Darren Pettie Delivers Powerful Arthur Miller Speech From INCIDENT AT VICHY
November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015
A former military man has a poignant message about the limits of human compassion.
TWITTER BREAK: Ten Terrific Tweets From SHE LOVES ME's Laura Benanti
November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015
Quirky humor from the star of Roundabout's upcoming revival of Bock and Harnick's classic, SHE LOVES ME.
Rumer Willis Spotted In Central Park Filming Michael John LaChiusa's HELLO AGAIN
November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015
Photos were snapped at Bow Bridge of the recent CHICAGO star wearing a 1940s-style ensemble.
TWITTER WATCH: Lin-Manuel Miranda Announces HAMILTON Cast Album #1 on Billboard's Rap Album Chart
November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015
Billboard's chart for the week of November 28th has HAMILTON in the #1 spot.
UPDATE: Black Actor Justin Fraley Says He Was Replaced By White Actor as MLK For Full Run Of Kent State's THE MOUNTAINTOP
November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015
While the director says performances were divided, the actor says he was replaced for the full run.
INSTAGRAM FLASHBACK: Jerry Mitchell and Billy Porter Find The Right Look for KINKY BOOTS' Lola
November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015
'The Sex Is In The Heel' sings the fabulous Lola, but a diva needs to be sexy from head to heel.
Paris Theatres Reopen With Positive Messages and Increased Security
November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015
Paris and Broadway respond to Friday's mass shooting at the Bataclan.
VIDEO: HAND TO GOD's Playwright Robert Askins Talks of His Own Spirituality and of Emotional Healing on Just Faith
November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015
He created Broadway's most foul-mouthed blasphemous character but is actually a very spiritual man.
VIDEO: Piper Perabo Discusses LOST GIRLS and Activism For Syrian Refugees
November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015
After making her New York stage debut with MCC's REASONS TO BE PRETTY, she's back at the Lortel in John Pollono's dark comedy.
TWITTER WATCH: HAMILTON's Phillipa Soo Photographed In Costume Using 1839 Lens
November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015
The latest subject in HAMILTON's series of vintage style photographs taken by Josh Lehrer using an 1839 lens.
Maiden Phoenix's Erin Butcher Tells Of Sexual Harassment at Company's All-Female Outdoor Play
November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015
Nothing could legally be done about men invading their backstage space and leering at women cast members in a public park.
STEVE's Mario Cantone on Working With Husband Jerry Dixon and Feeling Sorry For Heteros
November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015
The real life husband and husband play lovers on stage in Mark Gerrard's new play.
Madonna On Paris Concert Shootings: 'They Want To Silence Us And We Won't Let Them'
November 16, 2015
November 16, 2015
Pop star addresses Stockholm concert crowd Saturday night.
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