Tommy Karr

Category: Broadway

  • How Twitter (and the Internet) is Changing How We Consider Theatre

    Patrick Healy recently wrote in The New York Times about Julie Taymor breaking her silence on Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Broadway’s most expensive (and probably most questioned) musical in history. In his article he states that she “criticized her former producers on Saturday afternoon for relying on audience focus groups and said that the…

  • Broadway Bares and Marriage Equality

    This morning I called my State Senator and spoke to his aide asking her to let the Senator know that I was in full support of marriage equality and that I hoped the Senator was as well.  The kind woman confirmed that he was in full support of the measure and that he appreciated my…

  • Best quote of the 2011 Tony Awards

    ‎”We may live in a world of smartphones and iPads, but nothing will ever replace the magic of Broadway.” – Philip J. Smith, Shubert Organization More thoughts on the Tonys coming later.  Stay tuned!

  • War Horse: Forgetting That It’s Cane, Believing That It Lives

    I just came across TED Talk below featuring Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones of the Handspring Puppet Company. In it they explain the evolution of their puppetry and how they grew from hyenas to full scale, ridable horses for the National Theatre’s (and now Lincoln Center’s) production of War Horse. I had the privilege of…

  • Gawdy, Glamorous and Gobsmackingly Fab – It’s PRISCILLA ON BROADWAY!

    I finally had the opportunity to enjoy Broadway silly and sequined new musical, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: The Musical, based on the 1994 Australian film. If you’ve ever had a day where you’ve been beaten down or thrown under the bus, this drag extravaganza will drag you back to the land of Oz (literally and…

  • >"Pre"-rush Tickets for Broadway?

    > Most adventurous Broadway lovers are aware of rush ticket policies for many Broadway production. Playbill.com even keeps an up-to-date list of these available for people who have the flexibility to try again and again for tickets to their favorite shows. A lot of rush policies are good day of meaning you buy the rush…

  • >Drag Him to Broadway!

    > Patrick’s submission for the La Cage aux Folles photo contest. So this weekend my friend Patrick found out that he is a finalist in the La Cage aux Folles photo contest.  SWEET!!  Several friends (including me) have been actively asking people to vote for him so that he can win a walk on role…

  • >"Heathers: The Musical" or "Why I Love a Moviecal"

    > I had the best time last night at Joe’s Pub.  Months ago I heard that a team of creatives including Tony Award nominee Laurence O’Keefe (Legally Blonde) and Kevin Murphy (Reefer Madness) were putting together Heathers: The Musical, based on the 1989 film, and immediately got on the horn (in this case, Facebook) and declared that everyone in my…

  • The Tony Test

    Photo courtesy of The Tony Awards. So of the 26 awards (not including the special awards for lifetime achievement, regional theatre, etc) I got 17 right… well, 16 but one of those was Adam Cork and I thought he’d win Sound Design for Enron but he won for Red. The others that I missed are…

  • Live Blogging the Tony Awards

    Here the come! The Tony Awards will air on CBS in just under 2 hours. Right now I’m following the Red Carpet coverage on NY1 (also available online at www.tonyawards.com). Don’t forget that the Creative Arts Awards are live at 7:00PM at the link above as well. Stay tuned. More to come! NOTE that updates…