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Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t: The Hanged King’s Tragedy
Creepy Things That Seem Real But Aren’t is a series that explores modern urban legends, bringing you a new tale each week.
The author of the play is unknown. It first appeared in print in 1640 in quarto form, a publication format issued in 1452 and used to great extent during the golden age of Renaissance drama. Its publisher, a William Cooke, disappeared from historical record shortly after the quarto’s appearance. The play does not appear in the Stationer’s Register, the official record book that documented publication copyrights in the 16th and 17th centuries; nor does it have an entry in the records of the Master of the Revels, which logged performance dates and information.
There is something very, very wrong with this play.
It is called THE HANGED KING’S TRAGEDY. More »
The Many Injuries of ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’: A Timeline
The Broadway extravaganza Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has been plagued by odd problems throughout the course of its increasingly bizarre life. Not the least of these problems has been the variety of injuries suffered by its performers. Actress T.V. Carpio, who had been playing the role of Peter Parker’s nemesis Arachne, became the fifth actor to suffer a major injury in the service of the show. We here at Crushable have been following the Spider-Man debacle ever since it started imploding a few weeks ago, so we’ve put together a cheat sheet for you. More »
Spidey Smackdown: Watch ‘The Spidey Project’ Right Now!
Missed The Spidey Project at its spectacular one night engagement at the PIT last week? Have no fear: You can now watch this most wondrous of events from the comfort of your very own living room! Or bedroom! Or desk! Or wherever else you keep your computer! More »
Spidey Smackdown: ‘The Spidey Project’ Takes All!
Last week, I brought Justin Moran’s brilliant Spidey Project to your attention; this past Monday, the show went up, on time and on budget. Girl nerd blog The Mary Sue managed to get into the sold-out performance, and from their review of it, it was totally worth it. Let’s see how The Spidey Project and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark stack up against each other, shall we? More »
The Continuing Adventures of ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’: Show Delayed For Sixth Time, Taymor Ousted
We’ve already started this ride on the Crazy Train, so we have no choice but to see it through to the end: as of 8pm last night, it’s official: Concerning Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Julie Taymor is out, Philip William McKinley is in, and the major overhaul schedule that will delay the show’s opening until early summer has been put in place. By the time it opens, the show will have been in previews for roughly seven months. You heard me: SEVEN. Given that most shows preview for about a month or, that’s a really, really long time. But instead of pulling the plug, the producers persist in trying to rescue their baby, and while this may be a little foolhardy, it’s also sort of commendable. I think. Maybe. I’m not sure if I actually believe that. But clearly THEY believe in the show enough to keep trying to make it better, so there’s always that. More »
Breaking News: ‘Spider-Man’ Is Looking Less And Less Likely To Turn Off The Dark
Aha! I knew it! I KNEW IT! Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is doomed! DOOMED, I say!
Okay, “doomed” may be a little excessive. But the weirder the whole thing gets, the more it seems like the show– and possibly the people involved in it– will never recover from this debacle of epic, epic proportions. More »
Michael Winters in “The Tempest”
Michael Winters (Taylor Doose on Gilmore Girls) is currently starring as Prospero in the Seattle Shakespeare Company production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which is playing from June 4 – 28th.
In The Tempest, Prospero (Michael Winters) is a banished sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan. He uses his magical powers to punish and forgive his enemies when he raises a tempest (violent storm) to drive them ashore to an island. That island’s native inhabitants, Ariel and Caliban, aid or hinder… More »