🎭 TheaterReview The musical returns to the original story, wherein Tommy’s father comes home from WWII and kills his wife’s lover, rather than Dad being offed by the loutish stepdad. GoodmanTheatre | ✍️ kerryreid
The Who’s Tommy
It’s considerably different than what you might remember from the 1975 Ken Russell film, itself based on the Who’s 1969 rock opera concept album. The musical returns to the original story, wherein Tommy’s father comes home from WWII and kills his wife’s lover, rather than Dad being offed by the loutish stepdad. That incident, in which young Tommy is told that he hasn’t seen or heard anything and can’t ever talk about it, of course renders him “deaf, dumb, and blind.
Which isn’t to say it’s minimalist. This show is spectacular in every sense, from the inspired visceral choreography of Lorin Latarro to the glorious on-point projections of Peter Nigrini, the febrile lighting design by Amanda Zieve, the sound design by Gareth Owen , and the costumes by Sarafina Bush, which also echo the relatively minimalist color palette.
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