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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
Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Complete Expert’s Guide to Losing the Book of Mormon Ticket Lottery by The Mick

So. You want to see The Book of Mormon. Like, right the fuck now. But you’re morally opposed to Premium tickets. Or broke. Or both. Good news! A little research on the interweb tells you t…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:45AM
Thursday, May 12, 2011

5 Hot Guys On (or off) Broadway: Singerz in Playz Edition by The Mick

Sometimes, really hot musical theater actors decide to expand their horizons (or return to their roots) and drop the ‘musical’ part from the top of their resume. Today, we’re celebrati…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 06:36PM
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

The 2011 Tony Nominations: The Good, The Bad and The Snubbed by Lucky and The Mick

THE 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 12:14PM
Monday, May 2, 2011

Broadway Breakout: Nina Arianda in Born Yesterday by The Mick

Sometimes, a girl just wants to have fun. This is, incidentally, a pretty apropos sentiment when entering the Cort Theater to see the revival of Born Yesterday currently playing there.  Not…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:04PM
Monday, April 25, 2011

I Never Liked You Anyway: An Idiot Farewell by The Mick

Last night the center of the earth and the end of the world converged on Broadway for the final time.  More than any show in recent memory, American Idiot got us talking.  For hours and ho…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:01PM
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Jim Belushi is Completely Charming (Even When He’s Teasing You) by The Mick

This is a sentence I never thought I’d write: last night, Jim Belushi teased me. I was at a talkback hosted by several actors in the cast of Born Yesterday—which opens on Sunday at the C…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:23PM
Monday, April 18, 2011

Showbituary: RIP Spider-Man 1.0 by The Mick

You were the apple of Julie Taymor’s eye.  And contained at least two characters who were essentially analogous to her crazy self.  You were also an occasionally awesome looking hot mess…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:43PM
Friday, April 15, 2011

Weekend Agenda: Critic(al) Edition by Lucky and The Mick

So. 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 04:35PM
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Catch Me If You Can: So Boring I Can’t Even Think of a Witty Title by The Mick

Intermission at the Neil Simon Theater Lucky turns to me and reading the dry, dead-behind the eyes look on my face says, “I feel like you’re not enjoying this.” Ding ding ding, we have…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:17AM
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Sleep No More: A Review in Two Acts by Lucky and The Mick

The Mick In the top drawer of my bureau, buried at the back amidst tangles of bracelets and enormous earrings I rarely get to wear, there is a napkin. It’s folded into the tiniest square p…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:58PM
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Happy Birthday, Tom Riley, You Sexy, Freckled Beast by The Mick

Today, Tom Riley, is your birthday. The big 3-0. And good news (!)—for you, for the viewing public—a quick perusal of Google Image Search tells us you just get more fly with each passing…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:16PM
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

6 Reasons Christopher Sieber Needs to Be in Every Broadway Show Ever by The Mick

Newsflash: Christopher Sieber is officially the best part of what’s happening right now at the Longacre Theater in La Cage Aux Folles.  I was swooning in my seat the entire show.  Now, I…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:13AM
Monday, March 28, 2011

How to Succeed in… Casting a Revival by The Mick

Here’s the thing about How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: it is not a joke.  Sitting in the Hirschfeld Theater—where the show opened Sunday night—for two hours and fort…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:16PM
Friday, March 25, 2011

Weekend Agenda: Smash(ed) Edition by The Mick

This week The Book of Mormon because the first real smash of the season—indeed, of the last few years—over at the Eugene O’Neill.  Superstar Daniel Radcliffe talked to the press about…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 06:20PM

Remember That Time We Threw a Party? by The Mick

Not all that long ago The Craptacular reached its first birthday.  To celebrate a year of snarky tweets, overuse of the word boner, and several odes to Gavin Creel’s good looks/golden voi…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:50AM
Friday, March 18, 2011

On That Time Arcadia Made Me Hate Tom Stoppard Less by The Mick

(But I’m giving Tom Riley all the credit.) (Okay. And maybe David Leveaux. And Billy Crudup. And Raul Esparza.) My senior year of high school we read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:25PM
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The (Hot) Men of Arcadia, and the Random Things You Should Know About Them by The Mick

The stage at the Barrymore Theater, where Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia opens on Thursday, is loaded with hotties these days.  Between Tom Riley, Billy Crudup and Raúl Esparza—the rakish lead…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:55PM
Friday, March 4, 2011

Just Barely SFW Friday: Gavin Creel in Prometheus Bound by The Mick

Remember that time Gavin Creel was the only person who didn’t get naked in Hair? And you were really upset because you know he’s a hottie with a body? Well, in his new gig up at ART, Pro…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:23PM
Thursday, March 3, 2011

A Star is Born, Baby: Damon McToy Takes the New York Stage by The Mick

See that guy up there? His name is Damon McToy, and he’s going to be a big star. We’re calling it here first, y’all (you know how we like to be the first ones to do that). McToy won a …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:25PM

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