The Craptacular Tumbles!

Hey hey! Check out our radio interview with Celia Keenan-Bolger. We also discuss Much Ado About Nothing, From White Plains, the passing of Kevin Gray, 2013 Shakespeare in the Park and The 10 hottest chorus boys and girls opening in Broadway musicals this spring…

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FG Productions Announce Final Casting for Broadway’s 2012-13 Season, Pippin Tumbles into Role of Fangirl Favorite

New York, New York – 16 January 2012 – Fangirl Alliance Productions, LCC (the FGs) has announced that casting for the 2012-13 Broadway season has finally been completed—and not a moment too soon—with Diane Paulus’ production of Pippin filling the role of Obvious Fangirl Favorite when it begins performances March 23^rd at the Music Box Theater.

You know the song we’ve been singing all season, right? ‘Someday My Santino Fontana Will Come.’ Because at this point, it’s pretty clear that Broadway’s collective fangirl heart is just counting down the moments until Santino hits the stage as Prince Charming in Cinderella.

Last week we talked about movies. This week, in the continuing epic of the Theater Season That Isn’t, we (naturally) lead with “Rebecca.” You know, the show whose spectacular, slow-motion collapse has fueled a zillion boozy gab sessions around the city for months — nay, years. We were honestly sad to see it go…

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 thift stores for the perfect Fantine costume. So then, everyone can walk up to you and drunkenly ask, “So what are you supposed to be? A milkmaid?”

While it’s not the official end of summer, it’s safe to say that Labor Day weekend caps off the summer tourist season on Broadway. School is back in session, summer hours are over at work, and people won’t start taking major trips to New York City again until before the holidays. In light of that, we decided to look at the past 10 years of Labor Day weekend grosses to find out which shows ruled the box office during those final days of summer…

Remember that time that all of Broadway was so effing scared of shows closing instantly and with terrible reviews that they decided to open all of them in the spring instead of the fall? You know, so they had a better shot at winning Tony Awards, which are clearly the golden, shining path to success, longevity, and recoupment. Anyway, welcome to the fall, 2012 Broadway season, you guys! It’s pretty damn depressing, as you’re about to realize. Well, most of it is. Hidden within the sweaty folds of the season are a few gems… and a couple of totally weird things that we have to see, regardless of taste or quality… ours, or the shows’. Here’s the buzz…

And you folks are voting like CRAZY PEOPLE. 

And Jeremy Jordan is LOSING.