Tommy Karr

Category: Movies

  • Musical Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-Star Robert Sherman passed away at 86

    The Associated Press is reporting that Robert Sherman, one half of the legendary Sherman Brothers, passed away Monday in his home in London. The Sherman Brothers were “unknown heroes” to me as a child.  I knew their songs by heart, sang them relentlessly, and wore new grooves in my Disney LPs, listening to their music over…

  • HBO’s Game Change – Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin as a Crazy Person

    I may have to get cable JUST to watch Game Change when it premiers on HBO (March 10 at 9pm).  The trailer has that “you want this, don’t ya” appeal that a red velvet cake does after a three-day fast.  And Julianne Moore… what can I say?  If she doesn’t at least get to host SNL…

  • Second Class Citizens: Documenting the Gay Right Movement

    I just signed on to back  Ryan James Yezak’s documentary Second Class Citizens, a documentary that follows the evolution of the gay rights movement and the discrimination and violence that the LGBT community has faced over the years.  I’m happy to do what little I can to help see this film come to light.  Mr. Yezak…

  • Rob Marshall to direct INTO THE WOODS film adaptation

    So, the Broadway blogosphere is bubbling with talk of Rob Marshall helming the film adaptation of Into the Woods and I can’t help but put my two cents in.  It is a time honored tradition in theatre to speculate on the future casting of shows so here we go… Witch:  Either Catherine Zeta-Jones (who could…

  • The Muppets GOP Hearing: From Green to Red?

    There is a hilarious trend on Twitter mocking Fox News and program host Eric Bolling’s ridiculous insistance that The Muppets are communists and are teaching American children about class warfare… all because the villain in the new movie is an oil baron. My contributions are below followed by some personal favorites: https://twitter.com/#!/wthomasadkins/status/144447387367251968 And: https://twitter.com/#!/wthomasadkins/status/144450328882982912 Other favorites…

  • On a lighter note… THE MUPPETS!

    Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, what I imagined my life would be like once I grew up and became friends with The Muppets.  I might pass out from ridiculousness if I have to wait much longer to enjoy Kermit and the gang on the big screen again.

  • The Captains (Part 2)

    My friend Mike emailed me about a week ago with information about a free screening for William Shatner’s documentary The Captains.  He is upstate stage managing Cooking With The Calamari Sisters: Mangia Italiana with our friends Steve and Jay so he couldn’t go.  But when I mentioned it to Quincy she froke out.  “WHAT TIME ARE…

  • The Captains (Part 1)

    This is just a sneak peek at the hilarity that Quincy and I had at last nights screening of William Shatner’s “The Captains” on the deck of the Intrepid. Full details on the ridiculousness to come shortly.

  • Woody Allen and Shakespeare

    I really want to like Woody Allen movies. I do. But I have this anti-Woody-Allen wall that comes slamming down and I just can’t break through it. Sort of like reading Shakespeare, I think I’m supposed to like reading it but nothing happens. Which is tough when you work for a Shakespeare theatre. It’s sort…

  • Super Size Me

    So I went out with the intention of rollerblading today. I got about a 1/4 mile down the road, fell, decided I would rather be riding a bike. It’s not that I can’t rollerblade. I can… just not super well. Instead of working out I instead went to the mall, Target, and then back home…