The Who's "Tommy" returns to Broadway

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Ай бұрын

The rock opera "Tommy" was one of The Who's biggest hits, and won five Tony Awards when it was translated to Broadway three decades ago. Now it's back, in a version that Pete Townshend and director Des McAnuff say is more relevant than ever. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Townshend, who describes the personal price he's paid for every iteration of "Tommy"; and with the star and creative team who discuss turning the story of a pinball wizard into Broadway magic.
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@joanherman6180 Ай бұрын

I got to see the original Tommy on Broadway 30 years ago, and it remains one of the sublime moments of my life.

@atuljoshi1990 Ай бұрын

lovely. I'm going this Thursday - but I've never heard the album - what do you think, should I go in blind?

@Vinylspin1 Ай бұрын

@@atuljoshi1990 don't go in blind you will be weirded out, listen to the soundtrack.

@BlackFlag1719 Ай бұрын

Listen to the Broadway soundtrack from 1993, and then after the show, get the original album. I heard the movie version first, and later when I heard the original album, it was interesting to note the differences.

@wendyrx Ай бұрын

@@atuljoshi1990I'd at least watch the movie first.. It'll help you understand what's going on I think.

@joanherman6180 Ай бұрын

@@Vinylspin1 I went in blind originally and was just blown away. The electricity in the building was palpable, truly. I think either way, just go if you can!

@kt9166 Ай бұрын

Pete has spoken about the abuse he suffered as a child many times. Thank God he was able to work some of it out through his music.

@i-dash Ай бұрын

Awesome. I’m sure this new iteration is just as brilliant as the original.

@steveconn Ай бұрын

There's almost too many musicals today but Tommy is one definitely worth seeing (hopefully tour regionally). I remember the 'from you I get opinions' section a very moving parent-child bonding moment. Pete turned a child sex abuse trauma into a very powerful work (and seeing the Who play Baba O Riley as the clouds parted in Nola, unforgettable). Go see the incredible Tommy!! 🎉🎉❤

@stephengriffin1428 Ай бұрын

What hits me about this wonderful rock opera is just how great the music is. The songs are so wonderful that I would love to transport myself to see this show on Broadway.

@napoleoninrags1346 22 күн бұрын

Genius. Absolute musical genius... Not mentioned, the songwriter who impacted me more than anyone. Ive said it gazillion times, still understates my adoration for his mind and soul.

@maxlinder5262 Ай бұрын

He seems like a real person ...😊.. No playing around ... just my opinion

@Sunshine-do3yv Ай бұрын

Yep, i do remember everyword.....still getting chills with first notes.....1975.....what a cast.....♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️⭐⭐⭐⭐

@carlabamford9154 Ай бұрын

Yep, me too! I could quote the whole album. There’s a verse in the song Sensation that is in the movie but not the album, so maybe not that one 😅

@mjbmjb1064 Ай бұрын

Saw this production last week. Amazing. All of the cast were fabulous and this is definitely a Star is Born moment for Ali. He was captivating.

@marvinmartin4692 Ай бұрын

That album was one of the best!

@karitahannikainen4734 Ай бұрын

Great to hve it back...❤

@Barbtheboss Ай бұрын

I saw it in Previews last week, and it is as close to perfection as any show can be. Every aspect of the production is the height of it's art: the sound, the visuals, the dance, and That Voice!

@rls25132 23 күн бұрын

Pete never put WHO you are, a rock genius in every way, in the same sentence as Ababa. I had older sisters and a brother so we had a lot of good music in the house already, but as a child of the 70's "Won't Get Fooled Again" was the first cool album I bought on my own. When I got Tommy, my friends and I would act it out in my basement. Love you and the Who for at least 52 years or more....we had Woodstock in the house when I was 11 years old. Thank you for always being so great.

@davidpeters44 21 күн бұрын

Ababa?

@Blazingstoke Ай бұрын

Saw this production in Chicago. Absolutely stunning.

@klondike316 27 күн бұрын

Very glad to see "Tommy" is back again. Totally awesome album.

@melaniamonicacraciun9900 Ай бұрын

Yeah we were lucky to have the best teachers in the world, eternal gratitude gorgeous performers 🎉❤🎉

@natashadiaz9668 Ай бұрын

I saw the 1993 revival and it was amazing! Looks like I need to book a trip to NYC immediately ❤😊

@tomandaj1 Ай бұрын

I listen to it every Christmas time

@carlabamford9154 Ай бұрын

Did you ever see the faces of the children, they get so excited…!

@antihero5203 Ай бұрын

I’m glad Townshend has mellowed out in his golden years.

@jeanetteschock4744 Ай бұрын

Love him ❤❤❤

@tmamone83 Ай бұрын

I need to set up a GoFundMe to travel to New York and see Tommy live on Broadway.

@michaelpbird 21 күн бұрын

I saw Tommy in the 90s and it was a truly awesome show...I'm in for this one

@MrTrouser66 Ай бұрын

Lord Bless Pete!! True Legend!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@lauramaeda7214 Ай бұрын

I saw this on stage 40+ years ago in Washington and Bette Middler was in the cast. A great show.

@katiedid0209 Ай бұрын

Cannot wait for this cast recording!

@BeTheLight624 Ай бұрын

Great that Tommy has achieved all these successes, however, to me, imho, the Tommy album by The Who, by itself, and any live concerts by The Who, themselves, was the apex of Tommy, it’s truest richest version.

@johnbuie966 Ай бұрын

Absolutely

@cloverman9815 Ай бұрын

Oh without a doubt

@katiedid0209 Ай бұрын

Also Ali needs to win the Tony. He is perfection.

@sharonelliott2366 Ай бұрын

My brother's band, Cannonball, was the pit band for the first ever staging, in 1971, by the Seattle Opera. He was lead guitar. I know the wiki mentions a different band, who were chosen when the performance moved from the Moore Theater (now the Moore Egyptian) to the Opera House. Not entirely sure about that but they followed Cannonball as the pit band. Better Midler played the Acid Queen and Tommy's mother (having to give birth onstage) and was much better in the role than Tina Turner, IMHO who only played the Acid Queen. I got to meet her backstage. What I remember is how short she is and that she recognized me as my brother's sister right away. Pete Townshend came over to Seattle and did put his stamp of approval on the production saying something like they were able to capture the music and his idea of the storyline better than anybody he had heard up til then. The music director stated that he was amazed that they didn't have to use sheet music, not understanding rock n roll musicians very well and apparently not knowing that 3 of them were classically trained (my bro' wrote a symphony at age 17). I'm very excited to see this new imagining if it's at all possible. I love how much Pete loves it.

@davanmani556 Ай бұрын

I thought Patti LaBelle was the best. She could really drag that sound.

@sharonelliott2366 Ай бұрын

@@davanmani556 Did she play in one of the actual opera shows, or in the concert? I think I must have missed her performance.

@wendyrx Ай бұрын

Man I wish I could go to this.. I grew up listening to Tommy.. It was one of my favorite albums from a young age.. And when it was on showtime when I was little I'd watch it every time it came on. It's still one of my all-time favorite movies.

@jimrebr Ай бұрын

In 1976, I got to see the Who live, they were amazing, they played all their older hits, all of Tommy and all of Who’s Next, it was one of the best concerts of my life! Roger Daltry was a bronzed Greek God, I was standing right underneath him and my 21 year old brain was completely blown!! Pete Townsend, with his arms huge swings while playing guitar. Of course they switched guitars at the end, to smash up the stage, Kieth Moon was fantastic ❤

@Jim-pt8kk Ай бұрын

I go back-and-forth on what’s better Tommy or Quadraphenia. Today I’m saying Tommy.

@sharronfoxx69 11 күн бұрын

That’s tough…I gotta go with Quadrophenia…absolute MASTERPIECE

@dragicavujanovic Ай бұрын

Roger is missing . He will allways be Tommy for us,

@deborahstanley7901 Ай бұрын

Pete Townshend is a genius.

@user-fu2mi1nd5l Ай бұрын

His Who tune RAEL seems to be comin true

@davanmani556 Ай бұрын

I saw Tommy in 1996 at the Blumenthal Center in Charlotte.

@jimrebr Ай бұрын

Tommy is one of my favorite albums, I got the album at 14, the movie was ok, but in my mind, the Rock Opera looks a lot different than the movie. I would love to see Tommy as a Broadway musical, I created whole dance routines to Tommy at 14-15.

@johnpeter4184 Ай бұрын

Saw the movie in the first week it was out. Tina Turner will forever be the Acid Queen. Hope Peter makes some money off of this stage show.

@micdom43 Ай бұрын

Got to go ,the last time I saw it was the opening at universal in 90s Pete was there a long with a lot celebrities at party following after the show was a great cast voices were great.

@TheaterPup Ай бұрын

I remember seeing the original at the Macy's parade in 1993. I've been hoping for a revival for years. Just saw it on Saturday, what a welcome jolt this show is! Ali owns the stage, well done! I'll be going back in May. :D

@Clintsessentials Ай бұрын

Nice gentleman.

@carlabamford9154 Ай бұрын

I saw Tommy the Movie with my best friend Ruthie when we were 12 years old in 1976. I’ve been a raving fan ever since. I LOVE Pete Townshend-you never know what he’s going to say or yell but you know it’s going to be memorable ❤️ PS Tommy the album performed by London Symphony Orchestra in the early 70s- Tommy will last forEVER

@BKDAYZ Ай бұрын

Omg. Ali! First bdway show ??? A sensation indeed!

@donaldspaulding6973 Ай бұрын

We bought tickets already for June!

@robyndavis3043 Ай бұрын

It’s a chilling musical metaphor that’s describing the types of abuse is happening to us

@BKDAYZ Ай бұрын

“It’s so great to be on Broadway” - PT

@vintagevinylvets1187 Ай бұрын

Great album(I’ve bought it more than once)but I’ve never seen the Broadway show. I’ve always wanted to.🎧

@graffic13 Ай бұрын

Beyonce needs to do TinaTurner's acid queen on broadway......

@JerjerB Ай бұрын

Who plays Acid Queen? 👑

@BlackFlag1719 Ай бұрын

Christina Sajous plays the Acid Queen (I have a playbill).

@damamae950 Ай бұрын

Love you Pete

@kevinharrison3265 Ай бұрын

The Who!👍🙏❤️😊

@briananthony1845 Ай бұрын

This music means so much to me. I wanna go see it but I'll probably be a blubbering mess the whole time.

@Elsewhen404 Ай бұрын

To me, in a way, this is more of a depiction of Autism than the musical of the HBO documentary movie How To Dance In Ohio ever will be. If I remember right, Townshend meant for Tommy to be a tribute to Autism, next to it being based on his personal child abuse experiences.

@audreydaleski1067 Ай бұрын

❤️

@kingofmutliverse Ай бұрын

The funniest thing I thought was Elton John before learning about the original

@tmackie1694 Ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤

@A3Kr0n Ай бұрын

Another retread? I really did grow up in the prime of everything. That was a long time ago.

@TheaterPup Ай бұрын

It's called a revival.

@Luileadolfo Ай бұрын

The hard question is if the new generstions will be atrracted to the play? Is "Tommy"; still known and relevant enough to atract Young people ?!

@jdenino6022 Ай бұрын

someone put the 1975 Tommy movie on youtube and it got 400K views in a few weeks...mostly older ppl watching it though.

@mayorb3366 Ай бұрын

I think for those who were as of yet unfamiliar with Tommy, it will go over well with them. It's story has relevance to the younger generations. Maybe now more than ever.

@user-cf1xx7lg2o Ай бұрын

Broadgay, no thanks. :Luv the album.

@scottmiller1563 11 күн бұрын

Wow your special

@gradyrm237 Ай бұрын

Less work has been done on staging Tommy than her face. This poor woman can't accept getting older. Watch the original. It is the best

@larrylewis5721 Ай бұрын

Uh.....Jane Pauley, it's "Townshend."

@davanmani556 Ай бұрын

Today show folks like Bryant really got on her for that. She seemed to have a demur towards 60’s rock performers and band. She resents that she has give them ode and honor to them because they are her generation. She likes broadway , musical stuff or lounge from the 30’s. More stage stuff. But she does like songwriters such as Lennon, James Taylor and John Denver types. She tries to be respectful to rock performers but like a child with first time guests, she is not good. Linda McCartney. Thats why Rona Barrett came in.