218 stories by "The Mick"
So, as we’ve recently established Broadway’s Nick Blaemire is in a band. It’s called The Hustle. And it involves a badass female trumpet player, and several other cu…
Yesterday, Stephen Schwartz composed a new harmony, just for me. Then, I promptly laid it down on a new track for his next album. And what were you doing, again? …Okay. I’m embel…
The best part of Aaron Tveit’s concert at 54 Below on Friday night was a moment he never expected. In fact, if I were to wager a guess, it’s a moment he dreaded and possibly wish…
The nominations have been announced, so you know what that means. It’s time to start styling outfits and selecting the perfect shoes. Oh, and lining up a date for theater’s most …
Bring it On for Best Musical Really, though? This hot mess of a musical — the moral of which is that cute, popular white girls can get away with anything and still get the boy — …
Strap on in, dear readers. The Tony noms have been announced. From here on out it’s a grip-and-grin, luncheon attending, sobbing-interview-filled race to June 9th. But first. Heres our…
The truth is, I judge Frank Wildhorn on a completely different scale than just about anything else. Well, besides maybe a Michael Bay flick, I suppose. Because, let’s be real he…
So, on the off chance that you didn’t already know, this Drew Gasparini guy has a new album coming out on April 23rd. “I Could Use a Drink” is chock full of musical theater…
Fuck it all, Hands on a Hardbody, we hardly knew ‘ye. And tomorrow, 28 previews and 28 performances into your life on Broadway, you’re closing up shop. We’re sorry t…
We all spend the vast majority of our lives being taught about history by old people. Or at least, people older than us. Sometimes, theater can feel the same way. Like everything is being wr…
Alright, team. We’ve got some tickets to give a way. And Just like the folks at Jack Long Nissan, we’re hosting a competition. Unlike those guys, though, we’re not going to…
We’ll admit it. We’re bored to death with Broadway. Winter is always dull, but this year the fall was just as bad. It feels like forever since we loved ourselves a new show. Prob…
A musical about shoes with the word “Kinky” in the title is so perfectly suited to our interests, it’s entirely possible Cyndi Lauper and Havey Fierstein were writing Kinky…
Last night, on an Oscars telecast that you could have easily confused for the Tony Awards if there’d been just a tiny bit more Patti LuPone, Les Miz was front and center. Theate…
Oscar Hammerstein, you've let me down. Halfway through Act II at Cinderella, things are going swimmingly. Prince Topher and Cinderella have been reunited after the first ball. In …
This is the song that made me fall in love with Eric Michael Krop forever. It's "Bless the Lord" from Godspell, and Krop was singing the shit out of it last Sunday night at 54 Below in Shosh…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FG Productions Announce Final Casting for Broadway's 2012-13 Season, Pippin Tumbles into Role of Fangirl Favorite New York, New York " 16 January 2012 " Fangirl Allianc…
Broadway fans know and love Aaron from musicals like Next to Normal and Catch Me If You Can. And TV fans may recognize him as Trip van der Bilt on Gossip Girl. But the whole entire …
By now, you're pretty tired of hearing Anne Hathaway talk about eating two Nilla Wafers a day and suffering for her Fantine. Like. You're going to kick a baby deer in the face if she mention…
The precise amount of time you've been waiting for this film depends entirely upon how long it's been since you first heart the score, or saw the stage show, or both. Suffice it to say, you …
From my seat in row N at the Golden Theater"where David Mamet's new play The Anarchist has just opened"it was hard to tell just exactly what was going on with Debra Winger's hair. One side w…
Last night we attended a performance of Craig Wright's Grace"starring Ed Asner, Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon and Kate Arrington"over at the Cort Theater. After the show was over we were invite…
I went to Kansas City to see some theater last week. I know, you're confused. I live in New York City, home of the Broadway, and the off-Broadway, and the off-off-Broadway. Surely I have ple…
People we love? Gingers. Cute British boys. Silver foxes. People  featured in this fall's Moises Kaufman production of Ruth and August Goetz's The Heiress? Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens a…
Alright, team. We've got some tickets for you! A voucher for a pair of tickets to see Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf sometime in the month of October (or early November!), to be exact. We're…
