Upon the release of the album version of Tommy in 1969 (and Quadrophenia in 1973), the erudite Townshend spent much of his breath and vocabulary attempting to explain the through-narrative of the piece about spiritualism and a boy traumatized to the point of deafness, dumbness and blindness. The conversation's topic was rock operas, on which he is an authority. He was there to attend the May 30 opening-night performance of the revival of Tommy by his chum and collaborator, the Tony Award-winning stage whiz and former Stratford Festival director Des McAnuff. The rock conceptualizer and legend is speaking from Stratford, Ont. Like the crowds listening to Tommy's pinball-playing protagonist, from Pete Townshend, I'm getting opinions.
It's a funny thing to say, but this production, though it's quite similar to the original, gets the music out of the way." The drama comes across more directly, more cinematically. 'This production of Tommy is ramped up from the original Broadway production.
0 kommentar(er)
