"Before the Parade Passes By" Nikki M James by Lucky and The Mick

"Before the Parade Passes By" Nikki M James from "Feels Like the First Time," February 10th, 2014 at le Poisson Rouge. Musical Director: Stephen Oremus Band: Mat Field…

"It's a Fine Life" Tony Sheldon by Lucky and The Mick

"It's a Fine Life" Tony Sheldon by Lucky and The Mick

"It's a Fine Life" Tony Sheldon from "Feels Like the First Time," February 10th, 2014 at le Poisson Rouge. Musical Director: Stephen Oremus Band: Mat Fieldes, Jake…

11 Shirtless Photos of Your Tony Host Hugh Jackman You’re Welcome by Lucky

Just in case the Tonys don’t have enough toptless scenes. Also, because we just figured out that the best thing about Australia is the beach. Definitely… the beach. Hugh’s …

On Tony Night, The Official Party Isn’t the Only Party by Lucky

You guys know that there are a bunch of organized Tony Awards viewing parties in New York City this weekend. The ceremony is being broadcast in Times Square. 54 Below is doing a thing. But t…

Jarrod Spector, You Win the Tony of My Heart by Lucky

Hey cutie, Playing a real person in a Broadway musical is hard. You have to do somewhat contradictory things — convince an audience that you really are this person, but also make the r…

Bryce Pinkham, You Win the Tony of My Heart by Lucky

Oh, Bryce Pinkham. How far we’ve come from the days where you were clutching a creepy fox fur in the sort-of ensemble. And the days where you were the handsome bad guy in Ghost, the show t…

Kelli O’Hara, You Win the Tony of My Heart by Lucky

Dear Kelli O’Hara–We’re crying. We’re crying over Bridges of Madison County‘s untimely closing. We’re crying over the snubbing of your handsome costa…

Tony Nominees 2014: The Shafted by Lucky and The Mick

Spoiler alert, love does not win in awards season… Sure we may not have loved everything about this multi-million dollar tuner but this is shocking. Rocky was not nominated for Best Mu…

Tony Nominees 2014: The Bad by Lucky and The Mick

Let’s give Woody Allen some things because Woody Allen doesn’t have enough things… Rightfully ignored in most of the major musical categories (Best Musical, directing, the …

Tony Nominees 2014: The Good by Lucky and The Mick

Welp. Here we go. The nominations have been announced, the feteeing and campaigning and dress shopping is about to begin, and basically everyone in the Theater District just went on an even …

The Un-Nominated React: Updating Throughout the Day by Lucky and The Mick

Well. The nominations are out. So, it’s like… time for Tony Fever and stuff. We here at The Craptacular are getting into the spirit by asking today’s most burning question …

17 Things That No One Believes About The Bridges of Madison County by Lucky

The thing about The Bridges of Madison County, that swoony romantic dreamboat of a show, is that its action exists in this wonderful, only-in-theater universe where nothing makes sense, yet …

There Is a New Song in Les Miserables, and It Is Called “The Shirtless Contfrontation” by Lucky

I don’t know about you, but I never thought I’d get to a place in my life where I thought Jean Valjean was hot. I was weaned, after all, on bearded Colm Wilkenson, who was and re…

David Levy on Being Sondheim’s Penpal, Hanging Out in James Lapine’s Office, and Other Stuff (Plus, Win Tickets…) by Lucky

So, our friend and excellent Craptacular columnist, David Levy, is putting on a 54 Below show on Saturday night in honor of the venerable Stephen Sondheim. Exciting, yeah? First thing’…

Adrian in Rocky Dresses Like Your New Hipster Girlfriend and Also Me by Lucky

We love it when Broadway show costumes send our minds spinning. Wouldn’t we all love to have those high-waisted pants that Sutton Foster rocked in the title number of Anything Goes …

Mozart in the Jungle: Save Us, Alex Timbers by Lucky

I loved the book Mozart in the Jungle. A tell-all about the sordid offstage universe of classical music, it made headlines in 2005 for exactly one reason: In it, author Blair Tindall —…

Feels Like the First Time Rehearsal: Holy Crap, So Many Broadway Stars by Lucky

So, we’re having a concert on February 10 – holy shit that’s tonight – at Le Poisson Rouge wherein your favorite Broadway stars tell stories and sing songs about th…

10 Reasons We’re Wicked Excited About Our Concert by Lucky and The Mick

It’s at (Le) Poisson Rouge on February 10th and it’s going to be so amazing we don’t even have words. Sometimes we get so excited we cry a little bit when we think about it…

Get Out of Town, 2013: The Bests and Worsts of the Year by Lucky and The Mick

The bests… Alex Timbers Is God This was a great year for us. Want to know why? Because Alex Timbers was everywhere. Uptown, downtown, across the country, seriously, the man was putting…

The 13 Hottest Onstage Hotties of 2013: The Ladies by Lucky and The Mick

Patina Miller Never mind the accolades. Never mind that she was Tony-nominated two years in a row, won once, and showed up to both ceremonies in easily the best dress of the night. Let’…

In Which The Mick Saves Jonathan Groff’s Life (and He Saves Hers Right Back) by Lucky

As the extensive wreckage in our Twitter feed last night will testify, we attended a Spring Awakening cast reunion last night at Atlantic Theater. It was pretty fun. Jonathan Groff and John …

Showbituary: 3 Types of Broadway Success and Why I Kind of Don’t Care that Spider-Man Is Closing by Lucky

So I wandered into a Twitter conversation the other day with our noble Twitter friend, @Adam807, about the impending demise of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. His basic position: That the sho…

Review: by Lucky

There is this moment in Big Fish: The Musical that’s really helpful for people who can’t think and who don’t like musicals, theater, or humanity. It’s the moment abou…

Attention, Y’all: Call for Interns by Lucky

So. Are you ready to join this madness? We bet you are. The Craptacular is seeing smart, dedicated, theater-obsessed, witty interns to contribute to this here web site. Here’s the deal…

Yeah, We Went There: the #Muppetcasting of Alex Timbers by Lucky and The Mick

When we saw last week’s news item about Alex Timbers working with Disney on a Muppet musical presentation we cried so hard we could barely read the full article through our tears. Beca…

13 Things About the 2013 Tony Awards by Lucky

Well. That happened. And not a moment too soon. If we saw another 2013 Tonys Predictions article we were going to projectile vom. Now, before we all start talking about our new favorite subj…

Tony! Toni! Toné! — Look Who’s Liveblogging From the Tonys by Lucky and The Mick

Look team, it’s Theater Christmas in June! (And Fangirl Christmas and Nerd Christmas and maybe Gay Christmas too.) Also known as The Tony Awards. In case you couldn’t tell from t…

9 Amazing Musicals that STILL Didn’t Win Best Musical by Lucky and The Mick

Well, this is it kids. The Tonys are upon us. Tomorrow is the cocktail party where all the special awards are distributed (granted?  bestowed?) and Sunday is the big dance. As we prepare ou…

Patina Miller, You Win the Tony of My Heart by Lucky

OMG, Patina, For us, this year, there is you and only you. Not even the pearly-pale light reflecting off of Matthew James Thomas’s charmingly freckled back could distract us from your …

Bertie Carvel, You Win the Tony of My Heart by Lucky

Bertie, Ok, so we have a specific weakness for handsome British men. This is well documented and understood. But. When a handsome British man gives a tour-de-force performance in the biggest…