537 stories from The Craptacular
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 …
Maybe it’s vindication for us theater kids who never felt like we fit in with the cool crowd in high school. But the cheerleaders are on Broadway now, and they’re losing this pop…
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…
Summer’s such a slow time for theater, right? WRONG. Here’s a recap of all the stuff we’ve seen in the last bunch of sweaty, summery weeks… Koberet This summer Andrew…
For West End theatre nerds, this week marked the very emotional closing of an old haunt and haven: Dress Circle, a London shop specializing in musical theatre-related stuffs. I’d be re…
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…
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…
There's a saying; "If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it's yours forever." That's all sweet and everything, but sometimes it doesn't come back to you because it's mea…
I think this week has taught us that Laura Benanti and Julie White are hilarious in their new show, The Book of Mormon’s first national tour company is delightful, and everybody loves …
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…
Truth time: we didn't see the latest revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. Somewhere between the tepid reviews and reports of audience "woo'ing" during the rape scene, we kind of lost interes…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
Summer lovin’, had you a blast. Well, we hope so anyway. We hope you’re dividing your time evenly this weekend between working on your tan, drinking beverages that contain a litt…
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…
Being the first replacement of a leading actor in a hit Broadway show has to be the toughest job ever. You're constantly compared to those who came before you, and there's a good chance that…
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…
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…
It's Broadway Barks time y'all! And you know what the purpose of Broadway Barks is, right? To raise awareness of the plight of small, adorable creatures who need love: Broadway actors. No! W…
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…
When it comes to taking a vacation, the negatives can sometimes outweigh the positives. Spending time away from life's daily obligations can be relaxing, for sure. But coming back to a huge …
And now it’s summer and we’re back in that place where nothing is happening in theater until September except Bring It On. Which is just not ideal place, you guys. We hope you re…
We've all seen it. Your friends are in a terrible relationship that's on the verge of ending, but rather than just breaking up, they decide to "take a break." Then, after two weeks, someone …
