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Friday, May 6, 2016

This Is About Life and Theater and Waitress by The Mick

Writing about theater is hard. I mean. Writing is hard, just in general. Some days it’s there, and some days it’s not and honestly more days it’s not and nothing hurts like missing the…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:19AM
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Drew Gasparini Goes Downtown (and We Use It As An Excuse to Sneak Backstage at Webster Hall) by The Mick

A drop of… something, some kind of splooge, has just fallen from the dressing room ceiling backstage in Webster Hall. Lucky and I started a fanfic like that once– with a splotch …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:30PM
Monday, September 28, 2015

10 Items at Broadway Flea 2015 That Were Unintentionally Amazing by Lucky

Every year I go to Broadway Flea, I think think the same two things: That it’s for an amazing cause, and that I should be selling my epic piles of apartment-cluttering, Broadway-relate…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:21AM
Friday, August 7, 2015

Revolutionary Women: The Schuyler Sisters on Broadway by The Mick

Heads up, if you’re concerned about SPOILERS you might not want to read this… Listen, it would have been really easy for Lin-Manuel Miranda to fuck this up. Broadway proves that …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:56PM
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Theater Tripping: To Bucks County and Back by The Mick

As we launch our newest project, The Dressr, Lucky and I thought you might like a preview of what to expect over in the wilds of Tumblr. As a part of The Craptacular, The Dressr will be a h…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:55PM
Thursday, June 4, 2015

A (Very Calm) Rant About Broadway Style This Awards Season by The Mick

Leanne Cope wore Rent the Runway to the Drama Desk Awards. I know this for two reasons: 1) As a Rent the Runway user myself, I recognized the dress. 2) She talked about it a few times that n…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:37PM
Monday, June 1, 2015

OMG BE COOL HELEN MIRREN IS AT THE DRAMA DESKS HAHA JUST KIDDING YOU CAN’T by The Mick

It is astonishingly impossible to be cool when you are anywhere in the vicinity of Helen Mirren. I don’t know if it’s because she’s played royalty so frequently that she…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:50PM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Weekend Agenda: Sponsored by Spider-Man Edition by The Mick

We're so tired of talking about Spider-Man it's beyond ridiculous. And yet, here we are. It's like we're drugged. Which…come to think of it, doesn't seem that impossible. Maybe the…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

First Glimpse: Catch Me If You Meh… by Lucky

OK, don’t be shocked by this. But there are new shows opening in 2011 that are not Spider-Man. One of them is Catch Me If You Can, a musicalization of the 2002 film that starred Leo Di…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Remembering Jonathan Larson by The Mick

15 years ago today most of Broadway's hot new stars were still living in the suburbs, or the country, or a city far away from New York. Spring Awakening wasn't even a glimmer in Duncan Shei…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

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, Prometh…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

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 YouTub…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Q&A: Caught in the Act With… Tony Vincent by Lucky

Tony Vincent made a splash in 2010, originating the role of the sinister-yet-seductive St. Jimmy in American Idiot. But long before that, he was a chart-topping solo artist . We recently cha…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Spoiler Alert: Benjamin Walker has Found the Funny by The Mick on BroadwayStars">The Mick

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson has closed and a girl needs to get her fix when and where she can. So, on a frigid Tuesday night in early January, I left my Snuggie behind and checked out Benja…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Happy Valentine’s Day from The Craptacular (And Lea Michele) by Lucky

Love it or loathe it, everyone’s got something to say about Valentine’s Day. Even Lea Michele. Broadway.com recently unearthed this Spring Awakening-era video of her waxing on ab…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Poll: Fill in the Blank “Matt Morrison’s New Single is…” by Lucky and The Mick

Broadway expat Matthew Morrison released the first single off his debut album this week. We could say lots of things about it, but frankly, we’re more curious about what you have to s…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Q&A: Caught in the Act with… Steel Burkhardt by The Mick

Hair pulled up its roots and set off on a US tour this past fall. Leading the way is actor Steel Burkhardt, who plays Berger, the loin cloth wearing third of the show's central love triangl…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

So Here’s What We Think About Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark by Lucky

It sucks. It sucked after the first preview and after the 30th. It will suck after its first official performance, and after its last, and on its 4,000th, which I’m sure it will play, …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Weekend Agenda: Short and Sweet Edition by The Mick

Lucky is in Barcelona. I have a migraine. The weather in NYC is still unseasonably beautiful and you should be outside enjoying it and not inside near a computer. We’ll keep this sh…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Weekend Agenda: Spring is… Springing Edition by Lucky and The Mick

Most of the new shows are finally going to enter previews in the next couple days. We’re getting more rain and less snow. And there’s suddenly a truckload of new stuff to talk …

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

I've Never Seen Wicked (And My Father is Concerned) by The Mick

While the spring shows get ready to open, and we get psyched about seeing some faves on stage again, it seemed high time for me to purge some of my theater demons. To confess, as it were, to…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Hair on Tour is Great and Other Important Things of Note by The Mick

I thought I was done with Hair. I'd seen it in several productions, with several casts, on more than one continent, and I'd bid it farewell. Packed the Playbills into the memory box beneat…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Lucky and The Mick’s Picks, 2010

Of all the theatrical happenings in 2010, these moments remain near and dear to our Broadway-obsessed hearts: LUCKY Favorite Audience: First Preview of American Idiot Riding a wave of positi…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Poll: Double Take—How Did Fiyero Get so Fly? by The Mick

Last week Kyle Dean Massey posted a Twitpic of himself in his Fiyero costume and, to quote the state of Massachusetts, he looked wicked sexy. But we here at The Craptacular remember when Shi…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

GTFO, 2010: The Best and Worst Theater Things of the Year

Yeah, we said it. You were great and all, 2010–chock full of hotties, show after show after show, and lots of big performances–but seriously, we’re done with you. We̵…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Poll: Hold On, Before Women on the Verge Closes: Is Laura Benanti’s Tramp Stamp Real?

How much do we love Laura Benanti? She sings like a bird, she’s cute as hell, she can do the acting thing real well, and she’s married to basically the hottest person on earth. B…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

8 Effing Awesome, Must-Endlessly-Rewatch Theater-Related Videos

It's counter intuitive: Some of the most exciting moments in live theater are on video, poorly-edited and grainy and with tinny sound. But for a theater fan, YouTube is a treasure trove of o…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Weekend Agenda: Blizzardly Edition by Lucky and The Mick

19 inches of snow may or may not be enough to keep us inside—seriously, Billie Joe Armstrong is still on the Broadway stage, its mighty tempting to brave the elements. But. If we man…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

The Craptacular’s Obligatory Looking-Forward-to-2011 Post, Sort Of by lucky and the mick

Don’t get us wrong. We’re looking forward to the coming year in theater. If all goes as planned, we’re slated to see Dan Radcliffe singing, Aaron Tveit with his shirt off (…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

In Which John Arthur Greene’s Hotness Fails to Distract Me From His Talent by The Mick

Saturday night my roommate and I caught John Arthur Greene's acoustic gig at The Metropolitan Room and I had two jobs: 1. Keep mind out of gutter 2. Come back with something to write JAG did…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM

Happy Birthday Billie Joe Armstrong, Because You Are a God of Rock and Broadway by Lucky

Green Day does this thing during their live shows. They pull someone up out of the audience and make them play the guitar, or sing, or playact some other type of rock n’ roll posturing…

SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:58PM
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