Kara Lindsay Wants a Newsie Valentine, Andy Karl’s Got a Giant...Locomotive & More Lessons of the Week

It’s Friday, and you know what that means—happy hour! Oh wait, it’s still 8 degrees? Happy hour canceled. It’s covers, wine and Netflix time. But first, let’s look back at all of the stuff that happened this week. From a Green Day shrimp to Tommy Tune’s love of greasy guys punching each other, it’s been a crazy week. Ready? Let’s go!
Elphaba Cosplay Is Coming to NYC
Get your Sharpies and your witch hats ready—Broadway fanatics are taking over New York City! In 2016, you’re going to see this gal and this dude and this lady walking around Times Square, on their way to the first-annual Broadwaycon! Anyone have a spare $600 we could borrow?

Kara Lindsay Crushed on Every Newsie
Before she enrolled in Shiz U., Wicked star Kara Lindsay spent her days surrounded by hot guys hawking papes in Broadway’s Newsies. In her new vlog “Think Pink,” she revealed this week that she had a crush on every one of ‘em. Did she seize the day? Tune in next week to find out!

Billie Joe Armstrong Looks Like a Shrimp
This week, On the Town star Alysha Umphress revealed that when she was in American Idiot, composer and co-star Billie Joe Armstrong once came to their cast warm-up dressed as a giant Bubba Gump Shrimp. Thanks for the great Broadwaycon costume idea, Billie! Any takers?

Laura Benanti’s High Kicks Hurt
Sadie Stone—uh, we mean Laura Benanti—is ditching her cowboy boots for bedazzled character shoes in the new New York Spring Spectacular! There’s only one problem: She can’t do a high kick without sobbing uncontrollably. Come on, Laura, if Tom Hanks has said it once, he’s said it a thousand times: There’s no crying in kicklines.

The Fresh Prince Is Educational
Forget Sesame Street—if you want your kid to learn his ABC’s, turn on a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air rerun and call it a day. It worked for Between Riverside and Crazy star Victor Almanzar, who learned English in six months watching Will Smith and his crew. Wish we’d known this before we spent three grand on the Muzzy box set.

Glenn Close Writes Limericks About You
Ever wonder what Glenn Close and the cast of A Delicate Balance do between shows? Why, write poems about the audience, of course. What else do you think they’d be doing, getting ready for the show or something? There once was a gal named Glenn who just couldn’t put down her pen...

Tommy Tune Hearts Wrestling
In this week’s WTF news, nine-time Tony winner Tommy Tune told us he loves watching professional wrestling so much, he wants to create a musical based on it. Quick, Alan Menken, to the Menkenmobile! Drop that Mrs. Doubtfire score you’re working on and get started on a Hulk Hogan bio-musical, stat! Tune’s orders!

Jennifer Nettles Is a Magical Murderer
Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles has only been in Cook County Jail for a few days, but she’s making herself at home already! Her Chicago co-star Brian O’Brien, who has played Fred Casely opposite many Roxies over the years, says that when it comes to murdering, Nettles is tops. Aww, how sweet!

Andy Karl Has a Giant...Train
Andy Karl is choo-choo-chooing back to Broadway in On the Twentieth Century alongside Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher, and if the show's poster is any indication, a giant train is going to come shooting out of Karl’s pants in the new revival. We’ll take a one-way ticket, please!

Magic Mike XXL Gives us a Bomer
Speaking of giant, uh, trains, the trailer for Magic Mike XXL has been released, and after watching it three of four (or five or six thousand) times, we’re happy to confirm that Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello (and Channing Tatum, of course) are still shirtless and sexier than ever. Can't wait to see you guys in the new musical version! Right? Right?