BROADWAY RECALL: Gentlemen Don't Prefer Eponine by Michael Dale

The week's big casting news includes Megan Hilty in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for Encores and Samantha Barks in the screen version of Les Miserables.

BROADWAY RECALL: Thank You, Bradshaw Smith by Michael Dale

A few selections from Broadway's beloved videographer Bradshaw Smith.

Review - Fred Barton Presents - And Thinks You're Gonna Love It! by Michael Dale

BROADWAY RECALL: Protest Theatre by Michael Dale

If the Occupy Wall Street movement had an official musical, it would likely be The Cradle Will Rock, Marc Blitzsteins allegorical tale of a union leader who leads a fight against a wealthy b…

Ten Theatre Issues We Talked About in 2011 by Michael Dale

Casting controversies, the role of reviewers and another Broadway great turns 80 were among the stories that fired up theatre chat boards and fueled cocktail conversations at Sardis during t…

BROADWAY RECALL: Shades of (Joel) Grey in 2011 by Michael Dale

Grey turns 80 in 2012, but here in New York it seemed like there were shades of Grey all over the city throughout 2011.

Bonnie and Clyde & The Man Who Came To Dinner by Michael Dale

Just call me The Critic Who Came For Appetizers. Shortly into the second act of what seemed to be shaping up as a very enjoyable mounting of the Kaufman and Hart comedy classic, The Man Who …

BROADWAY RECALL: Gypsies of the Past Years by Michael Dale

Remembering past performances from Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS' Gypsy of the Year competition.

Review - Jacques Brel Returns & Wild Animals You Should Know by Michael Dale

BROADWAY RECALL: Noel Coward's Back On Broadway by Michael Dale

Shakespeares okay, Stoppard provides a fine mental workout and Ayckbourn is always good for a serious laugh, but the British playwright who never fails to delight me is the witty and wonderf…

Review - White Christmas: Back to Berlin by Michael Dale

BROADWAY RECALL: Looking Back With Marilyn Maye and Jerry Herman by Michael Dale

With Marilyn Maye wrapping up her Jerry Herman tribute at Feinstein's, let's take a look back at both of them in the 1960s.

BROADWAY RECALL: Spooky Times With Chita Rivera by Michael Dale

Broadway's beloved Chita Rivera in a pair of haunting clips for your Halloween enjoyment.

BROADWAY RECALL: Peter Filichia's Musical MVPs by Michael Dale

While Broadway fans know full well of Peter Filichia's prowess as a theatre columnist and critic, some may not be aware that he is one of those clich-defying gents who can define both the in…

BROADWAY RECALL: Langella Loves New York by Michael Dale

One of the great stage actors of our time once gave a chilling performance on the small screen that lured tourists to Broadway.

Review - The Wood: Tabloid Theatre by Michael Dale

Tabloid theatre might be the best way of describing Dan Klores' The Wood, a drama that attempts hard-hitting, journalistic toughness in painting a somewhat nonobjective portrait of New York …

BROADWAY RECALL: When MAMMA MIA! Helped Heal Broadway by Michael Dale

Ten years ago, when New Yorkers were still adjusting to the shock of so many lives lost and a way of life gone forever, Mamma Mia, just by being the right musical at the right time, had some…

BROADWAY RECALL: Still Here? No, They're Back! by Michael Dale

With its many supporting roles for older performers, one of the great pleasures of productions of Follies is the opportunity to see some of the theatre's senior members making a triumphant r…

Review - Brooke Shields' Night of Calamity by Michael Dale

BROADWAY RECALL: CHICAGO Finds Its Audience by Michael Dale

On Saturday afternoon, August 27th, that revival will chalk up its 6,138th performance, surpassing A Chorus Line as Broadway's longest running American musical. Sure, there are three Broadw…

Review - If It Only Even Runs A Minute by Michael Dale

BROADWAY RECALL: [title of show] Surfs The Internet To Broadway by Michael Dale

If the Vineyard Theatre's Off-Broadway production of title of show had concluded its run in 1986, or even 1996, the story of the musical where composerlyricist Jeff Bowen and bookwriter Hunt…

Review - Overusing Broadway's F-word by Michael Dale

Review - Broadway's Rising Stars: Sing Happy by Michael Dale

BROADWAY RECALL: AVENUE Q Plays WICKED Politics by Michael Dale

The year Avenue Q asked Tony Voters to Vote Your Heart.

BWW Reviews: HAIR - Summer Lovin'! by Michael Dale

That's me up there, said the gentleman sitting to my right at Tuesday night's performance ofHairwhen I ask him at intermission if he was having a good time.I knew his response would be posit…

BWW Reviews: VOCA PEOPLE - White Noise by Michael Dale

They look a little like Blue Man Group, they sound a little like Toxic Audio and they talk a lot like Andy Kaufman and Carol Kane playing Latka and Simka onTaxi, but while Voca People might …

Review - Cirque du Soleil's Zarkana by Michael Dale

BROADWAY RECALL: When Rent Surprised Everyone by Michael Dale

The fact that Jonathan Larson won two posthumous Tony Award for writing and composing Rent is certainly bittersweet, but the fact that for one of those awards he bested the also posthumously…

Review - One Arm by Michael Dale

LIVE BLOG: Michael Dale Backstage at the 2011 Tony Awards! by Michael Dale