I am beyond excited to present Tommy not only for its existing fans, but to introduce it to a new audience as well. The story is timeless and it’s one of the best scores ever written. “It completely blew my mind and is the singular reason I pursued a career in theater. “My parents took me to see Des’ original Broadway production for my 16th birthday,” said producer Catullo. A Broadway production opened on Apand went on to win five Tony Awards, including Best Original Score for Pete Townshend and Best Direction of a Musical for Des McAnuff. The Whos Tommy: The Musical With CD by Townshend, Pete McAnuff, Des and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The stage version was developed by the Who’s Pete Townshend and La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director McAnuff in the early ’90s, with the show opening at La Jolla in summer 1992. The original album included songs – many performed by the band at Woodstock – such as “I’m Free,” “See Me, Feel Me,” and “Pinball Wizard.” The album has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Released in 1969, the Who’s rock opera Tommy told the story of Tommy Walker, the so-called “deaf, dumb and blind kid” who used pinball wizardry as to start a messianic movement. I’m thrilled to bring Tommy back home to Broadway where it belongs!” To have Pete and Des look at Tommy again is extremely exciting and feels just right. Said producer Luftig, “In every producer’s career a show comes along that feels like a perfect fit. 'Parade' At Standing Room Only During First Week Of Previews - Broadway Box Office In fact, time may finally have caught up to Tommy Walker.” The story of Tommy exists all too comfortably in the 21st Century. This gives our story a powerful resonance today as it seems like the whole world is staring into the black mirror. He becomes lost in the universe as he stares endlessly and obsessively into the mirror at his own image. He is the boy who not only rejects adulthood like Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye, but existence itself. McAnuff called the Tommy character – marking his 50th birthday this year – “the anti-hero ground zero. In 1969, The Whos rock opera concept album, Tommy, was a groundbreaking success that sold over 20 million copies and revolutionised how rocknroll fused with theatrical works like film, opera and musicals. It is far more developed than the Who’s 1967 concept album. The fourth studio album by The Who is a masterpiece that seamlessly blends both music and storytelling. The key question with any musical is ‘Does the story sing?’ and this one most certainly does.” The Who: Tommy - Live at the Royal Albert Hall Video 2017 Not Rated 1 h 14 m IMDb RATING 7. If any humble reader seeks to be enlightened to the ways of spiritual rock and roll I’d suggest they start with Tommy. “ Tommy combines myth and spectacle in a way that truly soars. “Our new production of Tommy will be a reinvention aimed directly at today,” said McAnuff in a statement. Des McAnuff, the two-time Tony Award winner who directed the original Broadway staging of The Who’s Tommy, will direct a new production of the musical for 2021, producers Hal Luftig and Patrick Catullo announced today.
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