537 stories from The Craptacular
So, as we’ve recently established Broadway’s Nick Blaemire is in a band. It’s called The Hustle. And it involves a badass female trumpet player, and several other cu…
Saturday afternoon in the most dreadful, gray, windy, terrible weather, Broadway’s Nick Blaemire hauled himself out of his warm dry apartment and schlepped all the way to the High Line…
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…
Yesterday, Stephen Schwartz composed a new harmony, just for me. Then, I promptly laid it down on a new track for his next album. And what were you doing, again? …Okay. I’m embel…
The best part of Aaron Tveit’s concert at 54 Below on Friday night was a moment he never expected. In fact, if I were to wager a guess, it’s a moment he dreaded and possibly wish…
The nominations have been announced, so you know what that means. It’s time to start styling outfits and selecting the perfect shoes. Oh, and lining up a date for theater’s most …
Kinky Boots Dominates Everyone Since basically September, anyone who was anyone viewed the Tonys as the race for second place to Matilda. In basically all relevant categories. And then, Ben …
Bring it On for Best Musical Really, though? This hot mess of a musical — the moral of which is that cute, popular white girls can get away with anything and still get the boy — …
Strap on in, dear readers. The Tony noms have been announced. From here on out it’s a grip-and-grin, luncheon attending, sobbing-interview-filled race to June 9th. But first. Heres our…
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 …
You guys, there's only 45 days until the 2013 Tony Awards. 45 days! And only five days until the nominees are announced! And while the rulings are all in for eligibility, and we've starting …
The truth is, I judge Frank Wildhorn on a completely different scale than just about anything else. Well, besides maybe a Michael Bay flick, I suppose. Because, let’s be real he…
Oh, Charlie Rosen. You know him. Late of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and One Man, Two Guvnors, Charlie has perfected the art of being a member of an onstage Broadway band. In his latest ven…
So, on the off chance that you didn’t already know, this Drew Gasparini guy has a new album coming out on April 23rd. “I Could Use a Drink” is chock full of musical theater…
Fuck it all, Hands on a Hardbody, we hardly knew ‘ye. And tomorrow, 28 previews and 28 performances into your life on Broadway, you’re closing up shop. We’re sorry t…
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…
We all spend the vast majority of our lives being taught about history by old people. Or at least, people older than us. Sometimes, theater can feel the same way. Like everything is being wr…
Alright, team. We’ve got some tickets to give a way. And Just like the folks at Jack Long Nissan, we’re hosting a competition. Unlike those guys, though, we’re not going to…
Okay. It’s really his character, big hick Benny Perkins’ fanny pack. But still. We couldn’t take our eyes off it from the minute it hit the Hardbody stage. 1. Condom…
We’ll admit it. We’re bored to death with Broadway. Winter is always dull, but this year the fall was just as bad. It feels like forever since we loved ourselves a new show. Prob…
A musical about shoes with the word “Kinky” in the title is so perfectly suited to our interests, it’s entirely possible Cyndi Lauper and Havey Fierstein were writing Kinky…
Last night, on an Oscars telecast that you could have easily confused for the Tony Awards if there’d been just a tiny bit more Patti LuPone, Les Miz was front and center. Theate…
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…
Love sucks, right? Particularly when you’re not in it. And especially on the one day a year when every inch of the earth seems to be covered in red and pink hearts and the streets of e…
Oscar Hammerstein, you've let me down. Halfway through Act II at Cinderella, things are going swimmingly. Prince Topher and Cinderella have been reunited after the first ball. In …
