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…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:00AMDon’t even lie. You watch the Tonys every year and there’s always one award that leaves you shaking your first and cursing at the TV. Here are our favorite actors who couldn̵…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:08AMKristine, lovely Kristine, Oh, but the phone call scene. The phone call scene. The phone call scene. It’s a rare and lovely thing indeed when an audience hangs on an actor’s ever…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:18PMYo Billy Magnussen, We get that you’re handsome. We really do. That you are the ultimate sun-kissed surfer boy of our frozen New York City dreams. That your bare chest was basically it…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:00PMOne of our favorite performances of the year? Shalita Grant’s portrayal of the psychic housemaid Cassandra in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. With a Tony nomination and a spate of…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:50AMSaturday afternoon in the most dreadful, gray, windy, terrible weather, Broadway’s Nick Blaemire hauled himself out of his warm dry apartment and schlepped all the way to the High Line…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:47PMMaybe I’m crazy, but I thought that Tony Winner Steve Kazee would want to be interviewed somewhere discreet. The back of some dark restaurant or something, so as not to be recognized. In a…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:38AMKinky Boots Dominates Everyone Since basically September, anyone who was anyone viewed the Tonys as the race for second place to Matilda. In basically all relevant categories. And then, Ben …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:09AMDeep breath, everyone. The day has arrived. Follow the link below to catch the action live. And make sure you’re sitting down because there are always surprises… Launch the 2013 …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 07:27AMOh, Charlie Rosen. You know him. Late of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and One Man, Two Guvnors, Charlie has perfected the art of being a member of an onstage Broadway band. In his latest ven…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:05AMWhen you see a show at the Williamstown Theater Festival, the first thought that runs through your brain usually isn’t, “In three years, I’m going to be sitting down with t…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:05AMOkay. It’s really his character, big hick Benny Perkins’ fanny pack. But still. We couldn’t take our eyes off it from the minute it hit the Hardbody stage. 1. Condom…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:28PMHere’s something to jumpstart your week: Cute photos of Claybourne Elder — late of Bonnie and Clyde and Kansas City Rep’s Pippin — at a reading of a new play. The pla…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:17AMLove sucks, right? Particularly when you’re not in it. And especially on the one day a year when every inch of the earth seems to be covered in red and pink hearts and the streets of e…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:13PMIt’s January, guys. It’s freezing. There are no major holidays in sight. You can only confidently recommend one Broadway show to your friends and family without embarrassing your…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:56AMYou know what you really want to be doing on February 4? You clearly want to be seeing composer David Yazbek at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca with his special guest, Patti LuPone. Because that&#…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:39PMYou guys, there’s a play about roller derby. We saw it last week at the Atlantic Theater Company and it was pretty great. Herewith, please find a short list of stuff that kind of rocke…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:36PMBut it’s January and there’s nothing else going on, so let’s take two seconds and talk about Barbra Streisand, all right? Specifically, let’s talk about Barbra Streis…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:36AMWhen Broadway actors do cabaret — or “concerts” as the kids call them — so many things can, and often do, go wrong. “Rock” arrangements of showtunes abound. Medleys are h…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:55PMIn the control room at Kilgore studios the Sierra Nevada has given way to Bud Light and between moments of quiet awe, listening to songs for Drew Gasparini’s new compilation I Could Us…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:01PMOk, ladies and gents, here are… the gents. Or, our favorites, anyway. As you’re about to see 2012 was a lovely year in theater. Here’s hoping the outlook for 2013 is every …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 06:16PMWe couldn’t let the year come to a close without sharing a list of our our favorite badass females on the Broadway stage this past year. Hots, style, talent and beautiful hair — …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:22PMJust in case you were huffing glue and thought that the last year in theater was utterly perfect and special, we’d like to remind you that a lot of shows kind of sucked. Here they are,…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:01PMHere it is, guys. The whole year in a giant nutshell. Here are the shows and performances and scandals we loved with all our theater-obsessed hearts. As we wait with bated breath for Stark S…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:30PMYou know the song we’ve been singing all season, right? ‘Someday My Santino Fontana Will Come.’ Because at this point, it’s pretty clear that Broadway’s collective fang…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:14PMAh, the henley. The historical origins of his men’s fashion item aren’t totally clear, but let’s make a wild guess here: It was probably underwear. Hence our love and passi…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:49AMYou know what’s a terrible idea? A Broadway-inspired Halloween costume. No, really. If you want to be That Person at every single party, you should definitely start rummaging around th…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:18AMIt’s one of our favorite theater moments ever — the one wherein Gavin Creel stepped onstage in Thoroughly Modern Millie, sang about four notes and made us fall instantly and madly in…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:05PMLet me just begin by saying this: I love Ramin Karimloo. Nobody these days rocks a belty, sustained high note like he does, or burns up the stage with so much confidence. He gave Jean Valjea…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:43PMBroadway on Broadway is a fun little kickoff party for the new Broadway season, right? Given the festive atmosphere — and the bloody amazing weather — we were inspired to ask the…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:30AMYou 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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