218 stories by "The Mick"
Ah, the internet, how it brings people together. Like Lucky and I, for example. We met as… well. That’s another story for another party, best told when everyone’s slightly …
HAHA LOL Remember that time at the dinner table on Thanksgiving when your uncle pretended he was about to make an hilarious joke, but instead he jabbed you with a condescending comment about…
So yesterday we found out this guy is playing Enjolras on Broadway, which we’re sure is all fine and dandy but it still kind of broke our hearts. Because why, you ask? Because over the…
What? Opening night of the new musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Where? Performance at the Walter Kerr Theater, natch, and black-tie after-party at The Pierre. With…
Direct and unedited from our cellphones. Because there’s no such thing as too many photos of Alex Timbers. Or a bad photo of Alex Timbers. Also, here are some things you should know ab…
Right now the good folks over at the Belasco are probably up to their eyeballs in glowing reviews. As they should be. Richard III and Twelfth Night, imported by Shakespeare’s Globe in …
…Is this: It’s bad. It’s so bad, so not even a real Broadway show, that it’s not worth hating. Which isn’t to say there weren’t moments I considered hatin…
OMG you guys, Zack Zadek. He’s from Long Island and he went to NYU and he writes him some songs and more importantly, he writes us some musical theater. Okay, not just US like Lucky an…
Right this minute, Trudie Styler is busy making her off-Broadway debut downtown at The Culture project, where she’s starring in The Seagull. (Quick, go see this weekend before it close…
Last Friday night I saw the opening of Broadway Idiot, a new documentary about the making of the American Idiot musical. As a documentary Idiot was mediocre at best. But come Saturday aftern…
The Last Goodbye — a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet featuring the songs of Jeff Buckley — opened at the Old Globe in San Diego this past weekend. Ev…
Tomorrow is Friday the 13th, y’all. Otherwise known as the day when Patrick Wilson’s new movie, Insidious 2, hits theaters. (Because one shitty horror film is never enough, gotta…
“Have you ever stood outside a picket fence? You could see through, but you can’t get to the inside.” Yes. That’s a Hanson lyric. And no, I’m not just qu…
In May, Joe’s Pub hosted an even where composer Michael Friedman and adaptor/director Alex Timbers previewed a few songs from Love’s Labour’s Lost and chatted with a…
In honor of the fact that Nick Blaemire and his band, The Hustle, released a brand new music video for their tune “Trouble” today, I thought it was high time to dig into The Crap…
Dear Madame, What were you thinking? No, seriously. You had one job. (The BEST job!) How could you fail at it? Because when the world’s sexiest feminist–who happens to be  mal…
It’s NYMF time, y’all! That crazy few weeks every year wherein a whole truckload of new musicals set up shop around NYC to show us what they’ve got. One of this year’…
Venice. The new musical about an apocalyptic even that destroyed all the ugly people… Errr… The new musical steeped in Shakespeare and brimming with modern hip-hop sensibilities.…
The Tonys are sort of an odyssey. You wake up early because you’re too excited to sleep and spend the day getting ready and then there’s the carpet and the media room and the aft…
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There was so much drama surrounding this year’s Alec Baldwin-led revival of Orphans that it was hard to walk into the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre with a totally open mind. Especially whe…
I was a late bloomer. I’ll admit it. It took me literal years to climb on board the Will Chase is Awesome Express. In fact, it wasn’t until this winter, after seeing his performa…
Every once in a while there comes a show who’s badness does not completely negate its value or make you wish for a time turner so you can have several hours of your life back. This yea…
The month of May just tore past and now, the big night is nearly here. You’ve got your shoes selected and your duds freshly pressed. You’ve even worked out your drinking strategy…
Dear Shalita Grant, This year, regardless of your prospects on the actual big day, you win the Tony of My Heart. Here’s why: in a show of big-ass performances, being given by some pret…
