Tommy Karr

Category: Entertainment

  • 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!

  • Time Warner Cable and NOM – Advertising Discrimination

    I was invited to this event on Facebook by a friend and, initially, thought, “Nah, I don’t need to R.s.v.p. to this. I already canceled Time Warner Cable.”  But then I read it again and realized that this was more than just canceling service.  This will send a message to Time Warner Cable that, because…

  • Twitter Faux Pas: The Blake Shelton Kerfuffle

    So, as the Twitterverse (and most of the world and web) knows Blake Shelton made a mistake in using Twitter to be funny without thinking through what his tweet might mean to various people. In his post, he said, “Re-writing my fav Shania Twain song.. Any man that tries Touching my behind He’s gonna be…

  • Discovering Audible and “The Hunger Games”

    I woke up this morning at 5am feeling terrible – burning throat, stopped up ears – and knew that there was no way I could survive a day at the office.  And I couldn’t give anyone else my crud so I valiantly chose to stay home and let my body recover from this “ick” that…

  • 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…

  • Holy Golden Girls Batman!

    Back in January I helped my friends Addie Brownlee, Jill and Aileen put together a concert celebrating Dolly Parton‘s birthday. The show, featuring Addie along with her special guest Martha Wainwright, was a huge success and we all had an amazing time reliving some of Dolly’s most memorable hits. Cut to today when Jill (who…

  • >"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…

  • Cutting the Cable (aka Hey, TV is on the Internet!)

    Let me start out this diatribe by explaining that I have almost never been happy with any cable provider, any place that I have lived. Service is questionable, customer service is most often exceedingly failing and tech support is, at best, awake.  So, having heard of the growing trend in cutting the cable from such…