Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber announced this week that Cats may be returning to the West End. So of course, we had to ask.
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:12PMKids! Welcome to our new mini-interview series with theater up-and-comers. Our first subject is the handsome young staaah of The Signature Theatre’s production of The Illusion – Tony…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:06PMThe Effing ChandelierIt’s twice the size of the Broadway version, comes in four pieces, and does its own little dance at the top of the show. It’s pretty thrilling and if youR…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:01PMLucky: P.S. Tell me you saw that photo of Aaron playing softball. The Mick: OH MY GOD. I needed clean panties after that. You know how I like a good behind. Lucky: If I had a penis, I actual…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:25PMSo, somewhere in the slightly-intoxicated stream of our Tony night live-tweets, we threw this question into the universe and got an avalanche of responses. Apparently, Daniel RadcliffeR…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:47AMWe have to say, we were pretty pleased with ourselves last night. We said some funny shit. We made some new friends on Twitter. We drank self-congratulatory beers. And then we caught win…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:12PMBrooke Shields WTF Things started off real rough for Brooke. It took her three tries (at least, we kind of lost count) to make it through her lines in the opening number, which ultimately …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:40AMMackenzie Crook and a bush baby. Can you see it? We see it. Also, we love bush babies. Also, we love Mackenzie Crook.
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SOURCE: The Craptacular at 06:57PMHow many Tonys will The Book of Mormon win tonight? During tonight’s telecast, follow along with The Mormon Meter! For more Tonys coverage, check back here, and follow @thecraptacular …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:53PMThe Craptacular’s general fixation on the Tony Awards continues with a look back at awesomeness from years’ past… Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels I can’t …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:26PMWhat’s better than seeing Joshua Henry in a Broadway show? Seeing Joshua Henry in two Broadway shows in a single season. And… bonus prize! He got a Tony nom for one of them. Afte…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:07PMSo, we wanted to alert you to the fact that some very important theater awards were given out recently. Yeah, the Tonys are Sunday and that’s fun. But these awards have better categori…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:27AMThe Tony Awards are Sunday! Let’s hear it for people named Tony who are also really awesome! Tony Sheldon: If Tony (Sheldon) wins a Tony (Award) this year, well… that headline ju…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:37AMYes, blah blah blah, Mark Rylance is awesome. And Mark Rylance wins at everything. And Mark Rylance is giving a performance for the ages over there at Jerusalem. And the giants bow down to M…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:41AMSo… maybe they won’t win. Or maybe they will. All we know is that these Tony nominees took our breath away this season, regardless of the odds that they’ll take home a trop…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:52PMWe here at The Craptacular believe the Tony Awards are one of God’s greatest excuses for excessive drinking on a Sunday night. Besides, without Benjamin Walker nominated, what other reas…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:53PMSo, something cool that we got to do recently: We got to interview Jonathan Groff. Yeah, that’s him right up there. That was fun. And yeah, we were so nervous that we almost puked. And…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:56PMSo, The Mick interviewed Tom Riley (Arcadia) this week. We won’t give any of it away, but let’s just say that literature was discussed and the word “wenches” was utte…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:38PMIn real life, death probs doesn’t involve much dramatic vocalizing, but in musicals—which, let’s be honest, have almost nothing to do with real life—people die mid-song all the time.…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:27PMHe’s back on Glee. I mean, I know we said “besides,” but whatever. He’s half-Mennonite. Sort of. We’re still fascinated and want to know more. Even after all these year…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:33AMThe biggest Broadway stars of tomorrow? Check ‘em out today. And then act all smug about it when tomorrow actually gets here. Jeanna de Waal To see the Broadway stars of tomorrow, you …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 08:43PMTHE GOOD The Scottsboro Boys So, there is some justice in the world. With an astonishing 12 Tony nominations, the lightening rod Kander and Ebb musical The Scottsboro Boys proves that a show…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:14PMSo I’ve been mulling about how I’m going to talk to you, dear reader, about the play Jerusalem. Because you should see it. But you should see it for reasons that involve whatR…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:29PMThere were moments during the second act when I closed my eyes, and I thought, “Maybe when I open my eyes, this show will have disappeared. I will be somewhere soothing and wonderful, like…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:28PMDo you know what has happened every year on April 18 throughout history? That’s when all the awesome people were born. Which leads us to this: ZOMG It’s BOTH Gavin Creel’s …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:53AMSo. Some things happened this week. Catch Me If You Can, Sleep No More and War Horse had dates with the critics and not everyone was happy about it. Christopher J Hanke redacted his stri…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:35PMThey sing! They act! And yeah, they apparently dance, too. Behold Broadway’s newest young crop of… um… hoofers. Or something. Sutton Foster Yeah, she danced in Thoroughly M…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:33AMHair‘s coming back to Broadway this summer, y’all, and thumbs up to that. We’re always happy to see shows that we love alive and thriving, and within walking distance. But …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:47PMSo. Broadway’s unlikeliest star, Billie Joe Armstrong, is clearly having a fabulous time playing St. Jimmy in American Idiot, which closes in two weeks–and raiding the show’…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 07:41PMThe people sitting next to me went to the wrong show. They were sweet—two friends from Philadelphia and their tweenage daughters, and they meant to get tickets to How to Succeed…. Th…
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