In 1969, The Who created a rock opera that changed the course of music history. Today, it’s back in a dazzling all-new production, Tony Award®️-nominated for Best Musical Revival, that feels more relevant than ever. “Everything about this exhilarating production shakes you awake and...
Meanwhile, longtime fans of TOMMY, The Who and all their music will be blown away by this new show. The current revival of the musical got under way last year at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. Casting for the Broadway show will be announced soon. The Who recently released an 11-disc box ...
The Who, British rock group that was among the most popular and influential bands of the 1960s and ’70s and that originated the rock opera with Tommy (1969). Their hit songs included ‘My Generation,’‘Happy Jack,’‘Baba O’Riley,’ and ‘Behind Blu
From the beginning, Tommy Tune was pulled as if by centrifugal force toward dance and the Broadway musical. He was taking dancing lessons by the age of five, but his early ambition to be a ballet dancer was abandoned when he shot up in height during his
Hawkes can be seen in Ben Lewin’s “The Sessions,” the story of a man confined to an iron lung who is determined – at age 38 – to lose his virginity. He also recently completed production on “Lincoln,”“Arcadia” and “The Playroom.” Hawkes’ additional film credits include “...
Everything is Choreography: The Musical Theater of Tommy Tunedoi:10.1080/15290824.2022.2092710Adrienne M. WilsonJournal of Dance Education
soundtrack for its time. We also knew we were doing a love letter to the concept albums of the '70s:Jesus Christ Superstar,Genesis’The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway[The Who’s]Tommy, so we knew there'd be a rock element because that's that part of what's going on in that time ...
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Let’s dispense with the fiction that Doctor Who on Disney+ is somehow a different series than the version that was revived on BBC in 2005. After all, showrunner Russell T Davies was the same man who reintroduced the Doctor to modern audiences 19 years ago. Ncuti Gatwa now stars in the...
The quintet was completed by Barry Harris on piano, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Billy Higgins (who also held the chair for musical stylists as far apart as Ornette Coleman and Pat Metheny). All the music on the album was written by Lee Morgan and it’s the title cut that is first...