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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

5 Insanely Hot Photos of Your New Lord and Savior Hunter Parrish by Lucky and The Mick

I should feel guilty about how quickly the son of god has taken over my sexual fantasies. I do not. Thank you, Hunter Parrish. As the only person on earth who could credibly follow in the wa…

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Some Things I Thought While in the Audience at Traces by The Mick

Wow. Flexibility is awesome! Too bad I can’t even touch my toes. These fools would come in handy if I ever wanted to pull off my own Oceans 11-style heist. Spider-Man wasted a lot of money…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:14PM

10 Hot (Fictional) Dudes in Musicals by Lucky and The Mick

The recent revival of Rent at New World Stages (opens August 11) got us thinking about something we clearly never think about: good looking men in theater, and the good looking characters th…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:40AM
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Lauren Ambrose as Fanny Brice: Yay or Nay? by The Mick

Jonathan Groff told us it wasn’t happening months ago, in an interview. And he knows everything there is to know on planet earth, obviously, so we weren’t shocked when we heard Lea M…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:59PM

What Have You Done, Matthew Morrison? And Other Important Life Questions by Lucky and The Mick

You know what sucks about seeing Matt Morrison on stage these days? You know, onstage at Nassau Colisseum — like we did on Sunday night — and not, say, at the Neil Simon Theatre.…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:10PM
Friday, July 29, 2011

Weekend Agenda: Cruel, Cruel Summer Edition by Lucky and The Mick

The humidity in NYC got us hot and bothered this week. Here’s the theater news we’ll be discussing while we’re huddled inside with cool towels on our foreheads like swoony …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:26PM
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Looking Forward: The 2011-12 Broadway Season in a (Crowded) Nutshell by Lucky and The Mick

The Confirmed On A Clear Day Look.  Harry Connick Jr. may, in fact, be the world’s most perfect man.  We’d pay good money to sit in the St. James and watch him lie down in the middle o…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:50AM
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Booze and The Bard, or, A Perfect Saturday by The Mick

The following is a brief excerpt from our list of Top Most Loved Things of All Life (In No Particular Order): Shakespeare Cute Boys Beer So you can imagine our delight this past Saturday aft…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:18AM
Friday, July 15, 2011

The Plus One Party Report: Hair’s Summer of Love Begins by Lucky and The Mick

What? Hair Summer of Love 2011 Opening Night, July 13th 2011 Where? The St. James Theater and Sky Bar With whom? Jordan Roth, Oskar Eustis, Diane Paulus, James Rado, Will Swenson, Audra McDo…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:50PM
Thursday, July 14, 2011

POLL: Seasons of Whut? Is It Really Time for Rent? (Again?) by Lucky and The Mick

Tonight, the New York revival of RENT begins its off Broadway run.  The last time this musical appeared on the off Broadway stage?  Fifteen years ago, in January 1996, immediately prior to…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:42PM
Monday, July 11, 2011

Mary Tyler Moore, You Are Ruining My Childhood and Other Things about Broadway Barks by The Mick

So. Saturday was Broadway Barks 13—the annual fundraiser/adoption drive/dating show that takes place in Shubert Alley, hosted by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore.  It was loaded wit…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:59PM
Friday, July 8, 2011

Weekend Agenda: Summer of Luuuvre Edition by Lucky and The Mick

The weekend is heeeeeeah. Get out there and see a show! And then sit around and talk about all this stuff… This week, the inimitable Jesse North invited us to be guests on Stage Rush T…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:38PM
Friday, July 1, 2011

Weekend Agenda: 1776 Edition by Lucky and The Mick

Happy freaking holiday weekend y’all.  We thought you might need some shit to talk about between fireworks shows/kegs of Sam Adams, so we’ve compiled a brief list of several theater-rel…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:21PM
Monday, June 27, 2011

All’s Well That Ends Well, or, Men Were Idiots in Shakespeare’s Time, Too! by The Mick

Remember that time your best friend started dating that dreadful hipster/manchild from Williamsburg who was completely unworthy of someone as smart and classy as her?  And you had to sit ba…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 08:45PM
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Hi, We Really Just Had This Conversation re: Aaron Tveit’s Ass by Lucky and The Mick

Lucky: 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 11:25PM
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Plus One Party Report: All’s Well That Ends Well After-Party at Belvedere Castle by The Mick

The After-Party for the Gala Performance of Shakespeare in the Park’s All’s Well That Ends Well is a crazy mashup of fairy-tale and modern-day theater lover’s fever dream.  Strand…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:51PM
Friday, June 17, 2011

5 Hot Guys off Broadway: Shakespeare in the Park Edition by The Mick

Fact: there are all different kinds of sexy. Another fact: this summer, for their repertory productions of Measure for Measure and All’s Well That Ends Well, the Public has gathered some f…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:55PM
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Post-Tony Awards Poll: Do You Think Daniel Radcliffe Is a Good Kisser? by Lucky and The Mick

So, 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 10:47AM
Monday, June 13, 2011

In Which Gavin Creel and Caissie Levy Steal the Show Off-Stage Too by Lucky and The Mick

We 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 03:12PM

Eleven Things About the 2011 Tony Awards by Lucky and The Mick

Brooke 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 11:40AM
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Tony Awards 2011: Striking Resemblance – Mackenzie Crook by Lucky and The Mick

Mackenzie Crook and a bush baby. Can you see it? We see it. Also, we love bush babies. Also, we love Mackenzie Crook.

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 07:37PM
Friday, June 10, 2011

The 2011 Craptacular Fauxny Awards by Lucky and The Mick

So, 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 10:27AM
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Rory O’Malley, You Win the Tony of My Heart by The Mick

Rory O’Malley.  As if being an epic crusader for marriage equality weren’t cool enough, you had to go and get cast in the coolest show in town.  Then you had to bring the house dow…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:05PM
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Tammy Blanchard, You Win the Tony of My Heart by The Mick

Truth: I loved you the minute you set foot on stage in Rob Ashford’s revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The very minute. I’d like to say that’s because I have…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:49PM
Monday, June 6, 2011

Late to the Party: Some Things about The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide by The Mick

So here’s the deal. The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures is closing this week at the Public Theater and you should get there and se…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:51PM
Friday, June 3, 2011

Andrew Rannells, You Win the Tony of My Heart by The Mick

So… 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 whether they take home a trophy. Here’s the second…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:54PM
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Dude, Of Course We Made a Tony Awards Drinking Game by Lucky and The Mick

We 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 05:53PM
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Q&A: Caught in the Act with… Tom Riley by The Mick

We’ve been swooning over the Broadway revival of Arcadia around these parts for months now, thanks in large part to dashing British actor Tom Riley and his sexy performance as Septimus Hod…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:42PM
Friday, May 27, 2011

Weekend Agenda: Nothing to Say About Spider-Man Edition by Lucky and The Mick

So, 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 03:38PM
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Swan Song: I’m Singin, But I’m Dyin by Lucky and The Mick

In 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 01:27PM
Friday, May 20, 2011

Weekend Agenda: We Interviewed Jonathan Groff Edition by The Mick

Let’s just cut to the chase, shall we? We interviewed Jonathan Groff this week. We interviewed Jonathan Groff this week. We interviewed Jonathan Groff this week. We interviewed Jonatha…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:25PM

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