151 stories by "lucky"
OMG, Patina, For us, this year, there is you and only you. Not even the pearly-pale light reflecting off of Matthew James Thomas’s charmingly freckled back could distract us from your …
Bertie, Ok, so we have a specific weakness for handsome British men. This is well documented and understood. But. When a handsome British man gives a tour-de-force performance in the biggest…
Kristine, lovely Kristine, Oh, but the phone call scene. The phone call scene. The phone call scene. It’s a rare and lovely thing indeed when an audience hangs on an actor’s ever…
Yo Billy Magnussen, We get that you’re handsome. We really do. That you are the ultimate sun-kissed surfer boy of our frozen New York City dreams. That your bare chest was basically it…
One of our favorite performances of the year? Shalita Grant’s portrayal of the psychic housemaid Cassandra in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. With a Tony nomination and a spate of…
Maybe I'm crazy, but I thought that Tony Winner Steve Kazee would want to be interviewed somewhere discreet. The back of some dark restaurant or something, so as not to be recognized. In act…
Deep breath, everyone. The day has arrived. Follow the link below to catch the action live. And make sure you’re sitting down because there are always surprises… Launch the 2013 …
When you see a show at the Williamstown Theater Festival, the first thought that runs through your brain usually isn’t, “In three years, I’m going to be sitting down with t…
Here’s something to jumpstart your week: Cute photos of Claybourne Elder — late of Bonnie and Clyde and Kansas City Rep’s Pippin — at a reading of a new play. The pla…
You know what you really want to be doing on February 4? You clearly want to be seeing composer David Yazbek at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca with his special guest, Patti LuPone. Because that&#…
You guys, there’s a play about roller derby. We saw it last week at the Atlantic Theater Company and it was pretty great. Herewith, please find a short list of stuff that kind of rocke…
But it’s January and there’s nothing else going on, so let’s take two seconds and talk about Barbra Streisand, all right? Specifically, let’s talk about Barbra Streis…
When Broadway actors do cabaret — or "concerts" as the kids call them — so many things can, and often do, go wrong. "Rock" arrangements of showtunes abound. Medleys are hastily p…
You know what’s a terrible idea? A Broadway-inspired Halloween costume. No, really. If you want to be That Person at every single party, you should definitely start rummaging around th…
It's one of our favorite theater moments ever — the one wherein Gavin Creel stepped onstage in Thoroughly Modern Millie, sang about four notes and made us fall instantly and madly in l…
Let me just begin by saying this: I love Ramin Karimloo. Nobody these days rocks a belty, sustained high note like he does, or burns up the stage with so much confidence. He gave Jean Valjea…
Broadway on Broadway is a fun little kickoff party for the new Broadway season, right? Given the festive atmosphere — and the bloody amazing weather — we were inspired to ask the…
You know what’s slightly weird to us? That every single article about Rob McClure, the star of Chaplin on Broadway, gets really into the fact that he’s a relative unknown. ItR…
We’re feeling a little sentimental today. That is to say, sad. Or devastated. Or like life will simply not go on as it should. Because… wait for it… Jeremy Jordan departs N…
Steven Pasquale is a busy man. In addition to preparing to lead a brand new drama for NBC, Do No Harm, this summer he also starred opposite Kelli O'Hara in the new musical adaptation of Far …
Let’s be clear at the outset: It’s really, really easy to royally fuck up Into the Woods. The world is littered with the festering corpses of high school, community theater, dinn…
So, a while back, we posted this photo of Ben Walker holding a small furry creature. Because hot boys holding small, vulnerable creatures always makes the creature cuter and the boy hotter. …
So you’ve seen Broadway audiences scream like banshees (Rent), drunkenly sing along (Rock of Ages), catcall the shirtless leading man (A Streetcar Named Desire), collectively weep to t…
Is there ever a moment when Broadway and Hollywood collide to magical, fortuitous ends? Besides the dream ballet in Singin’ in the Rain and John Gallagher, Jr.’s performance in J…
The thing about Bunheads, which stars the ineffable Sutton Foster, is that it’s just so… much. So many words. So many plot twists. One minute we’re onstage in Vegas, the ne…
