2,344 stories by "Michael Dale"
With serious issues at stake in Tuesdays upcoming election, lets take a break with some of Broadways sillier looks at the commander-in-chief.
Playwrightactors like Noel Coward, George M. Cohan and Charles Ludlum were all well known for appearing in their own works, but its not as frequent to see a well-known playwright appear in a…
Twenty-five years after passing on, Michael Bennett still gets entrance applause in A Chorus Line.
It was a very clever idea playwright Jeffrey Hatcher had, to write a Chekhovian style comedy about American theatre's royal couple, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, set in their country home a…
With a new production of Annie now previewing on Broadway, it looks like Gwen Verdon may have to relinquish her title as the most famous redhead to have played the Palace.
Next to front row seats for the newest smash hit, few things get theatre fans excited like the Annual Broadway Flea Market amp Grand Auction, benefitting Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS.
A little over thirty years ago Gerard Alessandrini was just another struggling young musical theatre actor who enjoyed doing what a lot of struggling young musical theatre actors do in betwe…
When Todd Akin spoke, Eve Ensler responded.
Unless you're a Marx Brothers fan, you may not be aware of this fun little Marvin Hamlisch creation.
As Into The Woods prepares to open at the Delacorte, we take a look at the other musicals that have been a part of Shakespeare In The Park.
Competing performances of Macbeth no longer cause riots like they did in 1849.
People keep asking if anyone writes original musicals anymore, but some of the biggest success stories to come out of the New York Musical Theatre Festival have been originals.
If the Tony Awards annually strike the final chord for each New York theatre season, then the overture for the next one is undoubtedly trumpeted by The New York Shakespeare Festivals free pe…
Remembering some recent Broadway productions that concerned those who bravely make the ultimate sacrifice.
While diamonds may be a girls best friend at this weekends Encores production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, theres a feisty flapper getting pretty chummy with a gang of hunky Olympic athletes…
