151 stories by "Lucky"
And now it’s summer and we’re back in that place where nothing is happening in theater until September except Bring It On. Which is just not ideal place, you guys. We hope you re…
Guess who’s starring in Diner, the Barry Levinson/Sheryl Crow musical that’s opening in the fall? This adorable, big-singing, oversharing mo’fo… At his Joe’s Pu…
Bryce Ryness and Emily Padgett"Mazz and Paige"singing of their star-crossed love. * Oh hey, it's our favorite thing: A musical based on a noir-ish, sort-of teen movie. The Heathers reading b…
You don’t get much time on the Tony Awards red carpet to chat. You do, however, get some time to ask random, non sequitur questions that occasionally totally bomb. And then you kind of…
He’s playing a singer from Brooklyn, so you know there’s going to be an accent involved in here somewhere. Contemporary Jack Jelly with a bad boy streak? That’s hot. Swappi…
When Audra McDonald won her Drama Desk Award for Porgy and Bess on June 4, she thanked her costars, and spoke of what an honor it was to fall in love with Norm Lewis eight times a week ̵…
I mean, let’s be real. You can’t really go wrong with John Lithgow. He fairly oozes with smarts and debonair charm, whether he’s playing a con man or an alien, or narrating…
Ok, so On a Clear Day… wasn’t exactly a huge megahit. The same cannot be said for its colossally talented young star, Jessie Mueller, who made her Broadway debut in the show …
Everyone loves random bits of awards show trivia, right? My vote for this year’s most glaring, probable-but-not-proven statistic is as follows: Tom Edden, of One Man, Two Guvnors has g…
Here’s the crap thing about The Tony Awards that you’ve probably already figured out: The people that you love don’t always win. Hell, people who fully deserve to win, and …
Composer David Yazbek has written some of our favorite musicals " and one of the best TV theme songs of all human history. We chatted with him recently about that, his upcoming gig at Joe…
How cute is Andrew Keenan-Bolger, you guys? We took some time recently to chat with him about being in a crazy Broadway hit (Newsies, natch), what it's like to be a famous online auteur, and…
OK, here are some things we enjoy in no particular order: handsome men, people who wear glasses, and theater. So clearly, we had to show you our favorite photos of handsome theater actors we…
Oh God, Raul Esparza How do you solve a problem like Raul Esparza? He’s passionate and gorgeous and intelligent and so profoundly important to the fabric of modern musical theater. And…
Please Welcome to the Stage… Ron Raines… What the what? Ron Raines is great, but his nomination is kind of a head-scratcher. His wooden performance as Ben in Follies left us feel…
Launch the 2012 Tony Awards Live Video Console!
In honor of the fact that you’ll likely be hearing it out loud in the very near future, we just wanted to help you understand the intricacies of Steve Kazee’s last name. Because …
Clearly, there’s nothing for you to do this afternoon but obsess over tomorrow’s Tony announcements. So let’s take a little break from that madness and watch some Ricky Mar…
A Streetcar Named Desire is one of those plays: Though it gives its entire cast plenty to do, it’s often devoured whole by a single performance. In the film, the devouring was done by …
At one point, somewhere deep in the second act of One Man, Two Guvnors — which opened last week at the Music Box Theatre — I actually wondered if I was laughing my face off…
Picture it: Aaron Tveit in breeches and Jeremy Jordan in cleats. Pick yourself up off the floor, girl, because it so happened. Yesterday, the internet " beloved, bountiful mother " gave us s…
Dude, how cool is Kacie Sheik? She starred as Jeannie in the hit revival of Hair, she's a complete rockstar, and she's about to star as Gypsy Rose Lee in the musical February House, which op…
Ah, the weekend. That means you have two full days " or four Newsies lotteries, however you’re counting " to kick back, relax, and gossip your face off about what happened on Broadway …
What's a fun way to spend a Thursday night? Having drinks with the cast of A Streetcar Named Desire. Emily Mann's revival began previews on April 3, and she and the cast took some time…
Well this is a new one for The Craptacular. We’re updating live from the theater. It’s intermission at End of the Rainbow and this is what we’ll be gabbing about until the …
