Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Last Friday night I saw the opening of Broadway Idiot, a new documentary about the making of the American Idiot musical. As a documentary Idiot was mediocre at best. But come Saturday aftern…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:06PMWednesday, October 9, 2013
The Last Goodbye — a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet featuring the songs of Jeff Buckley — opened at the Old Globe in San Diego this past weekend. Ev…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:00PMThursday, September 12, 2013
Tomorrow is Friday the 13th, y’all. Otherwise known as the day when Patrick Wilson’s new movie, Insidious 2, hits theaters. (Because one shitty horror film is never enough, gotta…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 08:02PMMonday, August 19, 2013
“Have you ever stood outside a picket fence? You could see through, but you can’t get to the inside.” Yes. That’s a Hanson lyric. And no, I’m not just qu…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:15PMTuesday, August 13, 2013
In May, Joe’s Pub hosted an even where composer Michael Friedman and adaptor/director Alex Timbers previewed a few songs from Love’s Labour’s Lost and chatted with a…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:40PMFriday, July 26, 2013
In honor of the fact that Nick Blaemire and his band, The Hustle, released a brand new music video for their tune “Trouble” today, I thought it was high time to dig into The Crap…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:51PMThursday, July 11, 2013
Dear Madame, What were you thinking? No, seriously. You had one job. (The BEST job!) How could you fail at it? Because when the world’s sexiest feminist–who happens to be male&…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:41PMWednesday, July 3, 2013
It’s NYMF time, y’all! That crazy few weeks every year wherein a whole truckload of new musicals set up shop around NYC to show us what they’ve got. One of this year’…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:55PMWednesday, June 19, 2013
Venice. The new musical about an apocalyptic even that destroyed all the ugly people… Errr… The new musical steeped in Shakespeare and brimming with modern hip-hop sensibilities.…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:22PMMonday, June 17, 2013
When we saw last week’s news item about Alex Timbers working with Disney on a Muppet musical presentation we cried so hard we could barely read the full article through our tears. Beca…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:07PMMonday, June 10, 2013
The Tonys are sort of an odyssey. You wake up early because you’re too excited to sleep and spend the day getting ready and then there’s the carpet and the media room and the aft…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:02PMSunday, June 9, 2013
Look team, it’s Theater Christmas in June! (And Fangirl Christmas and Nerd Christmas and maybe Gay Christmas too.) Also known as The Tony Awards. In case you couldn’t tell from t…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 07:55PMSaturday, June 8, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Well, this is it kids. The Tonys are upon us. Tomorrow is the cocktail party where all the special awards are distributed (granted? bestowed?) and Sunday is the big dance. As we prepare ou…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 06:44PMDon’t even lie. You watch the Tonys every year and there’s always one award that leaves you shaking your first and cursing at the TV. Here are our favorite actors who couldn̵…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:08AMThursday, June 6, 2013
There was so much drama surrounding this year’s Alec Baldwin-led revival of Orphans that it was hard to walk into the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre with a totally open mind. Especially whe…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:00PMWednesday, June 5, 2013
I was a late bloomer. I’ll admit it. It took me literal years to climb on board the Will Chase is Awesome Express. In fact, it wasn’t until this winter, after seeing his performa…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:24PMEvery once in a while there comes a show who’s badness does not completely negate its value or make you wish for a time turner so you can have several hours of your life back. This yea…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:53AMTuesday, June 4, 2013
The month of May just tore past and now, the big night is nearly here. You’ve got your shoes selected and your duds freshly pressed. You’ve even worked out your drinking strategy…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:01AMWednesday, May 29, 2013
Dear Shalita Grant, This year, regardless of your prospects on the actual big day, you win the Tony of My Heart. Here’s why: in a show of big-ass performances, being given by some pret…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:55PM 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…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:43PMTuesday, May 28, 2013
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…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:47PMWednesday, May 8, 2013
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…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:25PMMonday, May 6, 2013
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…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:15PMFriday, May 3, 2013
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 …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:06AMWednesday, May 1, 2013
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 …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:09AMBring 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 — …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:50AMStrap 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…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:25AMThursday, April 25, 2013
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…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:08PMTuesday, April 23, 2013
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…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:05AMMonday, April 15, 2013
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…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:03PM 
