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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Crappy/Spectacular Volume 1: The Grand Debut by Lucky

Do you know what this is? It’s a video. It’s a video of us, sitting on the red couch in my apartment, talking about theater. This week’s topics: Love Never Dies, Joyful Noi…

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Crappy/Spectacular 01 by Lucky and The Mick

Crappy/Spectacular 01 The innaugural episode of The Craptacular's new video feature, Crappy/Spectacular, wherein Lucky and The Mick chat about recent theater happenings and pass a few j…

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Free Stuff Alert: A Ghost-ly Giveaway by Lucky

Ghost: The Musical, which is slated to open on Broadway on April 23, hosted a little shindig at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre last week. Some highlights: A first glimpse at the show’s star…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:32AM
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Weekend Agenda: Sleepy, Snowy Saturday Edition by Lucky and The Mick

You guys, it’s SNOWING! Happy weekend, and happy gossip… On Thursday night, we attended Ghost Light Sessions, a preview of… wait for it… Ghost: the Musical. Of note: Dave Ste…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:12PM
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Matilda in London: A Quickie Review with One Eye on Transfer by Lucky

About halfway through the first act of Matilda the Musical, which is currently playing in London at the Cambridge Theatre, I had a sacrilegious thought: This show is way too good for Broadwa…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:11PM
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

7 (or More) New Musicals that Will Happen in 2012… Maybe by Lucky and The Mick

A new year has begun, and we’re looking forward to all kinds of new things on the theater scene. Of course, when you’ve got your ear to the ground its easy to get excited, and su…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:25PM
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

WTF in a Good Way: Goodbar at Under the Radar by Lucky

The Public Theater’s Under the Radar festival is happening right now, and last night, I checked out Goodbar, a rock concert/opera about a nice woman from New York City who has scoliosi…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:21AM
Saturday, January 7, 2012

Weekend Agenda: Belated Saturday Edition by Lucky and The Mick

We’re about to get Crif Dogs and see Once. Can you say Perfect Saturday? Here’s what we’ll be talking the whole time. Well, not during Once. At intermission. In what has go…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:44PM
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Dude: The Craptacular Is Now on iBroadway… and in Your Pocket by Lucky

So, here’s a cool thing. You now have a whole new way to read our web site. Check out The Craptacular on your iPhone using an app called iBroadway. Here’s why this generally rock…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:09PM
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Buh Bye, 2011: The Best and Worst Theater Things of the Year by Lucky and The Mick

OK, kids. This is the whole enchilada. The good, the bad and the ugly of 2011. From Baby It’s You to The Book of Mormon, relive it one last time before it goes. And then 2011 can GTFO …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 06:25PM

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Lucky and The Mick’s Picks, 2011 by Lucky and The Mick

The best and worst of 2011? Well, not really. But here are the moments we wish we could pack up and put in our pockets and save forever. Lucky Favorite Act I Surprise: The First 10 Minutes o…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:26PM
Friday, December 30, 2011

Well, That’s a New One: Top Theater Trends in 2011 by Lucky and The Mick

Broadway survived another year and so did we. God bless us, everyone. But before that, here’s a look back at some of the biggest trends in the year that just passed. Welcome Back, Inte…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:41AM
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The 11 Hottest Onstage Hotties of 2011: The Guys by Lucky and The Mick

Oh, well you knew this was coming. He are our favorite-est, hunkiest, dreamiest. You get the picture. Clearly, 2011 was a… good looking… year. 1. Jeremy Jordan If you forced us t…

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The 11 Hottest Onstage Hotties of 2011: The Ladies by Lucky and The Mick

You think we only slobber over cute boys here at The Craptacular? Not so. Behold our tribute to the loveliest ladies of the stage in 2011. It should be noted that these ladies are far more t…

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Friday, December 23, 2011

Weekend Agenda: Jingle Balls Edition by Lucky and The Mick

While we’re simultaneously being naughty and nice this weekend, we’ll also be feverishly debating the following big, bright Broadway stories from the last few days… Aaron T…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:10AM
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

10 Great Holiday Gifts… for the Phantom by Lucky and The Mick

It’s that time of year again when you’re making your list and checking it twice and you realize… The Phantom is so damn hard to shop for. What do you get for the man who ha…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:30PM
Monday, December 19, 2011

The Giant Post of Videos from Darren Criss’s Joe’s Pub Gig by Lucky

Holla! TV’s official Prince of Adorableness, Darren Criss, is going to be on Broadway real soon. You know what that means, right? Time to get a Joe’s Pub gig! Darren’s was …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:24AM
Friday, December 16, 2011

Review: On a Clear Day, You Are the Only One Among Your Friends Who Likes This Show by Lucky

In the two years that we’ve been running this web site, I’m not sure I’ve known a show to open amidst such immensely negative buzz as Michael Mayer’s revised sort-of …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 07:51AM
Friday, December 9, 2011

Aaron Tveit Is Enjolras and Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine by Lucky

High unemployment? Rioting in the streets? Europe on the brink of economic collapse? Political chaos in North Africa? Bonnie & Clyde is closing? Well, I just want to tell you that all o…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:53AM
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Standing on Ceremony: Go Before It Does by Lucky

So, here’s the crappy thing. We didn’t immediately write about Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays because we thought we had some time. But winter is cruel in New York a…

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Review: 5 People Who Could Die in the First Act of Bonnie & Clyde, But Unfortunately Don’t by Lucky

So let’s get some important things out of the way about Frank Wildhorn’s new musical: Yes, Jeremy Jordan is delicious and big singing, and you will want to dive headlong into the…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:22PM

5 Potential Water Cooler Conversations About Seminar by Lucky

So Alan Rickman is starring in this think-y play on Broadway called Seminar. It’s by Theresa Rebeck, and it’s about writers, and the notion of what it means to be a writer, which…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:32PM
Friday, November 25, 2011

Shirtless Men on Broadway, Second Edition by Lucky and The Mick

It’s that time of year again! Between Black Friday sales and tree-trimming, please join us in our little annual tradition: The Craptacular’s hot shirtless men on Broadway post! E…

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

The All-American Guide to Broadway Musicals in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade by Lucky and The Mick

Hey hey, America! What is up? Welcome to the one day of the year you pay any attention to Broadway musicals, besides the night of the Tony Awards. And let’s be real: You don’t ev…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 08:32AM
Friday, November 18, 2011

In Which Hugh Jackman Casually Rocks the Greatest Showtune of All Time by Lucky

So, there’s a lot happening onstage at the Broadhurst Theatre right now, and his name is Hugh Jackman. All the critics lost their shit over his solo show, Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:57PM
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Jeremy Jordan Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: Broadway Season 2011-2012 by Lucky

Your name is Jeremy Jordan. You are the star of the Broadway musical Bonnie & Clyde. You are very handsome in a weird way and sing like a dream, and have extremely shapely and appealing …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 06:49PM
Friday, November 11, 2011

Weekend Agenda: TGIWTF Edition by Lucky

Well, thank God that’s over. This week, we mean. Here’s some stuff we’ll be talking about when we’re not busy sleeping or… sleeping. Much to our dismay delight&…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 06:20PM
Wednesday, November 2, 2011

5 Hot Guys On (or off) The West End: Two Disk Special Edition by Lucky and The Mick

We may be n00bs to the West End scene but it doesn’t take long for The Craptacular to identify hotties wherever we go.  Below, a cursory list of handsome, talented, wildly attractive …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:48PM
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Poll: Which Boyband-Type Person Should Do a Musical? by Lucky

Just when you thought we’d run out of teen idols and ex-boybanders to be in musicals, Aaron Carter gets himself cast in a musical in New York. Again. Slated to star in The Fantastics o…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:26PM
Monday, October 24, 2011

Review: Relatively Speaking: Bad Things Come in Threes (Or at Least Twos) by Lucky

Sitting in the audience at Relatively Speaking, you can almost hear the producers’ wheels turning, hear the faint rumblings of the boardroom conversations and crackly late-night cell p…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:47PM
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

12 Great Broadway Moments on Sesame Street by Lucky

Ah, the glorious intersection of the two most storied streets in the world: Broadway and Sesame Street. Now in its 42nd season, Sesame Street has played host to singing, dancing Broadway act…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:44PM

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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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