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Friday, September 7, 2012

17 Things about Rob McClure, so You Can Never Again Say You Know Nothing About Him by Lucky

You know what’s slightly weird to us? That every single article about Rob McClure, the star of Chaplin on Broadway, gets really into the fact that he’s a relative unknown. ItR…

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Showbituary: Jordan, Out by Lucky

We’re feeling a little sentimental today. That is to say, sad. Or devastated. Or like life will simply not go on as it should. Because… wait for it… Jeremy Jordan departs N…

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Friday, August 31, 2012

Fall, 2012 Broadway Preview: The Highly Anticipated and… the Not So Much by Lucky and The Mick

Remember that time that all of Broadway was so effing scared of shows closing instantly and with terrible reviews that they decided to open all of them in the spring instead of the fall? You…

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

5 Moments of Lea Michele YouTube Greatness by Lucky and The Mick

You guys, we have such mixed feelings about Lea Michele! One minute she’s blowing us away with her talent and adorableness, and the next she’s being kind of awkward and socially …

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Crappy/Spectacular: 06 by Lucky and The Mick

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Crappy/Spectacular: 06 by Lucky and The Mick

Crappy/Spectacular: 06 Volume 06--Featuring guest star @NineDaves, who helps us wax poetic about Jeremy Jordan, Norbert Leo Butz, and Into the Woods. From: luckyandthemick Views: 3 0 r…

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Monday, August 27, 2012

Q&A: Caught in the Act with… Steven Pasquale by Lucky

Steven Pasquale is a busy man. In addition to preparing to lead a brand new drama for NBC, Do No Harm, this summer he also starred opposite Kelli O’Hara in the new musical adaptation of Fa…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:04PM
Monday, August 20, 2012

What I Did On My Summer Vacation: On and Off-Broadway Edition by Lucky and The Mick

Summer’s such a slow time for theater, right? WRONG. Here’s a recap of all the stuff we’ve seen in the last bunch of sweaty, summery weeks… Koberet This summer Andrew…

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Review: Into the Woods and Out Again, Relatively Unscathed by Lucky

Let’s be clear at the outset: It’s really, really easy to royally fuck up Into the Woods. The world is littered with the festering corpses of high school, community theater, dinn…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:01PM
Monday, July 30, 2012

Poll: WTF Animal Are You Holding, Ben Walker? by Lucky

So, a while back, we posted this photo of Ben Walker holding a small furry creature. Because hot boys holding small, vulnerable creatures always makes the creature cuter and the boy hotter. …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:31AM
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Booing on Broadway: Revolutionary… or Just Rude? by Lucky

So you’ve seen Broadway audiences scream like banshees (Rent), drunkenly sing along (Rock of Ages), catcall the shirtless leading man (A Streetcar Named Desire), collectively weep to t…

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Weekend Agenda: This Is Kind of Boring Edition by Lucky and The Mick

Summer lovin’, had you a blast. Well, we hope so anyway. We hope you’re dividing your time evenly this weekend between working on your tan, drinking beverages that contain a litt…

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Monday, July 16, 2012

Craptacular Contest: Win Tickets to a Show, and The Artist by Lucky

Is there ever a moment when Broadway and Hollywood collide to magical, fortuitous ends? Besides the dream ballet in Singin’ in the Rain and John Gallagher, Jr.’s performance in J…

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Friday, July 13, 2012

10 Photos of Broadway Stars with Puppies and Babies (and One Marsupial) by Lucky and The Mick

It’s Broadway Barks time y’all! And you know what the purpose of Broadway Barks is, right? To raise awareness of the plight of small, adorable creatures who need love: Broadway actors. N…

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Bunheads: The Craptacular Recaps by Lucky

The thing about Bunheads, which stars the ineffable Sutton Foster, is that it’s just so… much. So many words. So many plot twists. One minute we’re onstage in Vegas, the ne…

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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Weekend Agenda: I’m MELTING, Edition by Lucky

And now it’s summer and we’re back in that place where nothing is happening in theater until September except Bring It On. Which is just not ideal place, you guys. We hope you re…

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Occupy Broadway: 9 Musical Activists and Revolutionaries by Lucky and The Mick

It’s America’s birthday, y’all! The best day of the year to celebrate history by getting drunk and blowing stuff up.  (Besides flag day, of course.) While you honor this great nation …

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Matt Doyle is (Probably) Starring in Diner in the Fall, According to Matt Doyle by Lucky

Guess who’s starring in Diner, the Barry Levinson/Sheryl Crow musical that’s opening in the fall? This adorable, big-singing, oversharing mo’fo… At his Joe’s Pu…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:24AM
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Weekend Agenda: It’s Too Darn Hot Edition by Lucky and The Mick

Sources say Broadway’s Benjamin Walker was in New York seeing some theater this week, and even checked out As You Like It in Central Park on Friday night. No wonder it’s been so …

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Happy Friday, or, A Whole Bunch of Things About Aaron Tveit by Lucky and The Mick

Hi there, Aaron Tveit, hottie of all hotties. You’re back in the news this week. And damn are we glad to see it. While we’re pleased to see your TV show Graceland—with fellow hottie Da…

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Pump Up the Volume Is a Musical and We Are So On This by Lucky

Bryce Ryness and Emily Padgett—Mazz and Paige—singing of their star-crossed love. * Oh hey, it’s our favorite thing: A musical based on a noir-ish, sort-of teen movie. The Heathers rea…

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

ANDY MIENTUS IS ON SMASH AND WE ARE FREAKING OUT MORE THAN HIS MOM by Lucky and The Mick

Sub-headline: Okay, maybe not his Mom Sub-sub-headline: SHUT UP ANDY MIENTUS IS FAMOUS. So Andy Mientus is going to be on Smash. This is how we… um… reacted. Lucky: OMG OMG ANDY …

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Tony Awards: 9 Questions from the Red Carpet by Lucky

You don’t get much time on the Tony Awards red carpet to chat. You do, however, get some time to ask random, non sequitur questions that occasionally totally bomb. And then you kind of…

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5 Reasons Why Putting Jeremy Jordan on Smash is the Best Idea Anyone’s Ever Had by Lucky

He’s playing a singer from Brooklyn, so you know there’s going to be an accent involved in here somewhere. Contemporary Jack Jelly with a bad boy streak? That’s hot. Swappi…

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Inside, Outside, and Underneath the Tony Awards: A Sort-Of Scrapbook by Lucky and The Mick

We’ve been watching since we were kids. And last year, we live-tweeted the Tony Awards from The Mick’s apartment in our pajamas. We drank beer and had snacks, and it was fun. But as …

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Monday, June 11, 2012

12 Things About the 2012 Tony Awards by Lucky and The Mick and Sophie Gangsta

It’s done, you guys. Done. Finito. All gone. And here’s how last night’s ceremony shaped up, from the coolest moments to the lamest… Everything Old (and Profitable) I…

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

OMG, You Guys, We’re Liveblogging FROM THE TONYS (!!) by Lucky and The Mick

Wait, what’s happening today again? Oh yeah, it’s only the MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF THE YEAR, otherwise known as Fangirl Christmas, otherwise known as the thing we write about on th…

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Weekend Agenda: Aaaaah!!!!! Tony Sunday Edition! by Lucky and The Mick

We. Are. Going. Really. It’s National Tony Day, kids, and we’re covering the Tonys for our friends at BroadwayStars! And The Craptacular is live and on the scene as events unfold…

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Phillip Boykin, You Win the Tony of My Heart by Lucky

When Audra McDonald won her Drama Desk Award for Porgy and Bess on June 4, she thanked her costars, and spoke of what an honor it was to fall in love with Norm Lewis eight times a week ̵…

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

John Lithgow, You Win the Tony of My Heart by Lucky

I mean, let’s be real. You can’t really go wrong with John Lithgow. He fairly oozes with smarts and debonair charm, whether he’s playing a con man or an alien, or narrating…

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Weekend Agenda: Eight Days and Counting… Edition by Lucky and The Mick

So, what’s everybody doing for Tony night? We have no idea what we’re doing, besides feeling Raul Esparza’s pain and praying that Jeremy Jordan and Steve Kazee will tie, so…

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Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
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