537 stories from The Craptacular
By now, we’d like to think the whole entire planet knows that in The Theater, the characters aren’t just on stage. They’re everywhere. Because… duh, that’…
You guys know that there are a bunch of organized Tony Awards viewing parties in New York City this weekend. The ceremony is being broadcast in Times Square. 54 Below is doing a thing. But t…
The end of a very long story is this: I did not see Hedwig and the Angry Inch in the late 90s or early ‘aughts. Despite ample opportunity, and friends urging me to do so, I opted out o…
Last night some of theater’s most elite were given some of theater’s most elite fictional awards. As tradition dictates, these awards are voted on by a committee of two, and dole…
Hey cutie, Playing a real person in a Broadway musical is hard. You have to do somewhat contradictory things — convince an audience that you really are this person, but also make the r…
Oh, Bryce Pinkham. How far we've come from the days where you were clutching a creepy fox fur in the sort-of ensemble. And the days where you were the handsome bad guy in Ghost, the show tha…
Here’s the thing, Paul, I almost forgot you were a Paul and not, say, a Paula. Which, I’m guessing, just looking at how purely manly you actually are, is not a thing you heard ve…
Dear Kelli O’Hara–We’re crying. We’re crying over Bridges of Madison County‘s untimely closing. We’re crying over the snubbing of your hand…
I mean. It helps that you’re in one of the best musicals we’ve seen in a long time. Gentleman’s Guide is a marvel of technical excellence on basically every level of existe…
Sunday night Jeremy Shamos danced across the Kimmel Center stage before taking off into a sudden run and leaping  into Steven Pasquale’s strong arms (where, truth be told, he was ca…
Spoiler alert, love does not win in awards season… Sure we may not have loved everything about this multi-million dollar tuner but this is shocking. Rocky was not nominated for Best Mu…
Let’s give Woody Allen some things because Woody Allen doesn’t have enough things… Rightfully ignored in most of the major musical categories (Best Musical, directing, the …
Welp. Here we go. The nominations have been announced, the feteeing and campaigning and dress shopping is about to begin, and basically everyone in the Theater District just went on an even …
Well. The nominations are out. So, it’s like… time for Tony Fever and stuff. We here at The Craptacular are getting into the spirit by asking today’s most burning question …
The thing about The Bridges of Madison County, that swoony romantic dreamboat of a show, is that its action exists in this wonderful, only-in-theater universe where nothing makes sense, yet …
I dunno, guys. Sometimes you see a kind of wonky musical and you just love it anyway. A recent example of this? Violet " the story of a disfigured young woman on a pilgrimage for a cure, who…
With two of Frank Loesser’s biggest hits returning in the form of simultaneous all-star concerts, Â last week New York experienced a rare treat for Classic Broadway lovers and the Cl…
Up close " and I mean very close, like, if I coughed too hard we’d be touching " Steven Pasquale’s hair falls in waves that look so soft it’s near impossible to resist touc…
The first thing Max Crumm does when meeting me at Physical Graffitea in the East Village is apologize for being late (it was only by a few minutes) and tell me about how he had to clean up a…
In a the basement party-room below an Irish pub on the Upper West Side " our own little underworld, where no one is dead " there is a hubub, followed by silence. A voice rises over the…
I don’t know about you, but I never thought I’d get to a place in my life where I thought Jean Valjean was hot. I was weaned, after all, on bearded Colm Wilkenson, who was and re…
So, our friend and excellent Craptacular columnist, David Levy, is putting on a 54 Below show on Saturday night in honor of the venerable Stephen Sondheim. Exciting, yeah? First thing’…
…Or at least, they tell us who they’d try to bring back. If they had a shot. So. Ryan Scott Oliver and Hunter Foster’s new musical Jasper in Deadland started previews last …
My Dearest Alex, I’m sorry. It pains me to say this, it does, but I have to be honest. And I feel like just getting this out of the way might make it hurt less? I dunno, I guess I̵…
Like. I will end your soul. Because last night in The Bridges of Madison County you got up on that stage and sang a song so beautifully that I cried until snot ran down my face in public. IN…
