What? The 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards; June 3, 2012 Where? Town Hall, with its very cushy seats; The Liberty Theater, in all its random-hidden-secret location glory, decked for a party Wit…
Last month Clybourne Park star Jeremy Shamos nabbed himself a well-deserved Tony Nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his no-holds-barred performance as Karl Lindner/Steve. Betwe…
In an industry where some years there aren't even enough leading roles for women to fill a category"something which basically never happens to the men"nothing makes me happier than a season …
Welcome to Tony of My Heart, the yearly series wherein we disregard all actual winning potential and honor the Tony-nominated actors we've loved the most this past season. We thought it best…
Cock. There, we said it, plain and simple. Cock. The title of Mike Bartlett's new play, currently open at the Duke on 42nd Street, which cannot be printed in about a zillion other publicatio…
Welcome. It’s Crappy/Spectacular, Volume 05. This week we’re beverage-less on the big red/orange couch in Lucky’s apartment chatting about the 2012 Tony Nominations for Bes…
You guys, we're so excited we can't even stand it, because we have the COOLEST contest this week. The folks over at Ghost: The Musical have come up with an exclusive giveaway that's diff…
From the very minute we saw his beautiful curls and perfect, Disney Prince cleft chin, we were instantly smitten with Jesus Christ Superstar's Tony-nominated Judas Iscariot, Josh Young. Just…
After attending a second preview performance, I am now absolutely certain I didn't take some bad drugs and hallucinate my first Leap of Faith experience. Which is a damn shame, if you ask me…
We've all done it. We've all asked a question, and, when met with resounding silence, recycled that age-old (stale-as-shit) Ferris Bueller joke. We maybe even felt like assholes afterward. O…
The summer before I started Junior High School"still too young to be left alone all day, apparently"my little brother and I hung out with family friends on days during the work-week. Those f…
Welcome to Crappy/Spectacular Volume 04. This week's very special edition features our first ever cohost"dear friend David Levy (@itsdlevy) of FuckYeahStephenSondheim fame"and a few glasses …
A Brief Excerpt From The List Of Men We Love: Adam Chanler-Berat Greg Hildreth Carson Elrod Christian Borle What do these men have in common, you ask? Why, they're all starring in Peter and …
There's no two ways around it. Jesus Christ Superstar is craptacular. I mean. Let's be real here. Judas comes back from the dead dressed head to toe in blue, with a fully spangled sequin shi…
Last night we attended Godspell's Tuesday Talkback featuring the show's star and prettiest cast member Hunter Parrish. After a rousing performance Hunter came on stage to chat with Julie Jam…
Welcome to episode three of Crappy/Spectacular. This week we’re live in living color from The Mick’s bed. (No, but really.) Topics covered include: Newsies’ first Preview o…
Even though music was the heart and soul of the 2006 movie Once, and even in a sea of musical remakes of popular films, the idea of turning Once into a musical didn't immediately seem like a…
Hunter Parrish wants you to come see Godspell. Or at least, we’re pretty sure that’s what his beautiful blue eyes are telling us in this lovely little picture. (It’s either…
It's been a big year for Jay Armstrong Johnson. He was the Frank Abagnale Jr. alternate in Catch Me If You Can, performed in the world premiere of Dustin Lance Black's 8 alongside stars like…
Two things happen every single time we see Andy Mientus in anything. We spend the entire show completely unable to pay attention to anything or anyone else when he is on stage. We spend hour…
You know what this is? This is the best 25.99 seconds of our entire backstage tour at Godspell. We couldn't keep it to ourselves any longer. So, for your viewing pleasure, George Salazar's h…
When the curtain fell on the Encores! production of Merrily We Roll Along"playing at City Center until Sunday"I actually started crying. No, not during the final, touching, hopeful scene,…
In honor of the Phantom 25th Anniversary Concert DVD release"you all purchased/repeatedly viewed said DVD yesterday, correct?"we thought it was high time we talked more about Hadley Fraser. …
We've been debating this on the Twitter for ages, but we think its time to formalize our research. So.  In the wake of the Smash premiere, it's time for us to just come out and ask…
Welcome to episode two of Crappy/Spectacular, wherein Lucky and I sit on her big red couch and talk about some theater related nonsense on video for a few minutes. This week's topics include…