218 stories by "The Mick"
Every fall we Broadway fan types gather in Times Square to peruse/purchase all kinds of crazy, theater-related shit that other Broadway fan types need to get rid of. You know, t-shirts for s…
You know that awesome moment when you first get a new cast recording home and turn up the volume? When you're finally hearing the songs that have previously only existed in your memory, and …
Tonight Jake Gyllenhaal"he of the beautiful blue eyes and frequent epic facial hair"opens the off-Broadway play If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet at The Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre. Bef…
Sometimes we all just curl up in bed on a Saturday afternoon and dick around on the internet reading about plays, right? No? Just me? Well then. This article is going to be all the more impo…
Adam Chanler-Berat has been a pretty busy dude the past few years. After starring as Henry for the full Broadway run of Next to Normal he moved to a little off-Broadway play called Peter and…
When the curtain rises on Chaplin, the new musical which opened last night at the Barrymore Theater, we see Charlie Chaplin balancing precariously on a high wire. From the angle where I was …
Remember that time in High School when your boyfriend wrote you a song inspired by a snap you took for your fourth period photography class? Yeah, well, 35MM: The Musical Exhibition is nothi…
Being both generally intrigued by new musicals/their composers, and known to occasionally debate Sex in the City's relationship to reality, when we heard about Cait and Meggie Doyle's new mu…
Hey there. Guess when we filmed this edition of Crappy/Spectacular? If you went with August 18th, right after a Newsies matinee, you’re totally correct. As you can tell, seeing as it&#…
Broadway darling Matt Doyle"last seen in War Horse on Broadway and Giant in Dallas"is, well, completely darling. He recently took some time to sit on a park bench with us, sip some green tea…
The first time I saw Dogfight at Second Stage, I wasn’t with Lucky. (Yes, sometimes we do unglue ourselves from each other and do things independently.) But on the walk back to the sub…
Remember that time an actress tweeted her distaste for the first preview performance of Into the Woods and the internet exploded? That was crazy, right? Although it seems like ancient his…
Two things we here at The Craptacular love are: A) Contests where we get to give shit away to you, our readers 2) Saying the word "cock" in print (which differentiates us from the New York T…
DRUMROLL PLEASE. We here at The Craptacular are proud to announce our next big project of the summer"The Hottie Olympics, a guts and glory competition for theater hottie domination featuring…
Stop everything, we have an important news update for you. It just so happens this is also the best Theater-related Olympics story you'll read in 2012, so, prepare ye. Michael Crawford is co…
I’m about to go spend my afternoon solidly indoors–where everything is air-conditioned, so that I don’t die of the heat. First up, is brunch. Then, a pub crawl with ShakesB…
Alternate title: ALL CHAPS ARE ASSLESS, or, This is Not A Review of Terminator Too What: Terminator Too: Judgment Play, first preview Where: Santos Party House, a mix of nightclub and dirty …
It was 100 degrees on opening night. Almost unbearably hot. People were fanning themselves with anything they could get their hands on, mopping their brows with sweat-rags, and eventually, r…
What? The Public Theater's Annual Gala, this year celebrating Shakespeare in the Park's 50th Anniversary at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park with a star-studded reading of Romeo and Jul…
The Tonys are over. And much though we love them, THANK GOD for that. Now it’s time to talk about other things, including a most beloved summer tradition here in New York City, which i…
You guys probably remember our interview with Josh Young, Tony Nominee and star of Jesus Christ Superstar, wherein he talked about the amazing, cheeky lining in the shoes for his "Superstar"…
A drinking game to play during the Tonys? Please. That's child's play. You make yours up on the fly, like a boss. We hear you. But here at The Craptacular we thought it would be a damn shame…
Steve. Mr. Kazee. Kazoozle. It's been a year, hasn't it? Personal heartbreak. Professional highs. Â You've handled it all with grace and shared it with us with refreshing candor. And as th…
We all know why you tune into awards shows: It’s for the moving acceptance speeches! Lies. It’s for the DRESSES. When it comes to insane glamour and outrageous fashionality, the …
In the race to win the Tony of My Heart, there are several ways a competitor can distinguish himself. First there's his performance, obvi, which had better be good. But then there are things…
