The Who’s Tommy is based on The Who‘s 1969 concept album of the same name, which follows a young boy named Tommy who becomes catatonic after witnessing his father kill someone. Later, he breaks out of ...

In a promo video for The Who’s Tommy posted recently on the musical’s official social media pages, Townshend is featured with the show’s star, Ali Louis Bourzgui, who portrays the fictional deaf, dumb ...

I saw Ken Russell’s movie “Tommy” when it opened in 1975 and vividly recall a number of scenes, especially Ann-Margret rolling around in what looked like a vat of Campbell’s baked beans. I saw Des ...

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those that love bone-shaking, ear-splitting spectacles, like fireworks and arena-sized heavy metal concerts, and those who want nothing more than to miss ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Myth and spectacle combine in The Who’s exhilarating 1969 rock opera, ...

The work originally opened on Broadway in 1993, with a book by McAnuff and Pete Townshend of The Who, music and lyrics by Townshend, and direction by McAnuff. The pair have reunited to reimagine the ...

The reimagined Broadway revival of The Who's Tommy officially opens March 28 at the Nederlander Theatre, with the musical's original director and co-book writer Des McAnuff at the helm. Take a look at ...

This is the risk, or simply the fact, of live theater: Watch Elton John and Tina Turner in Ken Russell’s 1975 film of Tommy, and you’re watching something fixed in time. Go to the Nederlander, and you ...

Gotta feeling ’24 is gonna be a good year, at least for fans of The Who’s Tommy: The acclaimed Chicago stage production directed by Des McAnuff is heading to Broadway. The newly reimagined production, ...