The Who's Tommy Revival
2h 30m (incl. 15m intermission)
The Who's Tommy - 2024 Broadway History , Info & More
Nederlander Theatre (Broadway)
208 W. 41st St. New York, NY 10036
This spring, it's time to go on an "Amazing Journey." The first revival of The Who's TOMMY on Broadway, created by Tony Award® winners Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff, reinvents the five-time Tony®-winning rock musical for a new generation
Meet Tommy, the pinball wizard. As both a groundbreaking album and a spectacular stage show, the mythic yet moving story of how Tommy goes from a troubled child to pinball prodigy to local celebrity continues to exhilarate audiences with songs like “I’m Free,” “See Me, Feel Me,” “We're Not Gonna Take It,” and “Pinball Wizard.”
Experience The Who's timeless hits anew in this critically acclaimed production, now in a reimagined, technologically stunning new staging by original director/co-creator McAnuff. As Chicago Concert Review raved, "One of the most iconic concept collections makes history all over again."
The Who's Tommy - 2024 - Broadway Cast
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Always Gets a Replay: The Who’s Tommy, Revived
7 / 10
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’re watching strata of time interact via living bodies sweating in a real space, which will always give rise to the question of why this thing now? But this friction isn’t necessarily a bad thing — it can produce results across the spectrum in terms of a play’s resonance. With Tommy, if the dissonance is sometimes distancing, it’s also fascinating. Though I spent long stretches of the show intrigued and amused rather than earnestly rocking out, I was never not entertained. I had plenty of questions, but I also had a damn good time.
The Who's Tommy
9 / 10
The deaf and blind would miss a great deal of what makes Tommy work, but it might actually help to be a little dumb. It’s best, at least, not to think too hard about this show, which is dramaturgically unwieldy—drawn out in the first act, rushed and overstuffed in the second—and sometimes doesn’t make sense. (McAnuff sets a big chunk of it in “the future,” which the projections make clear is our future, even though the action is explicitly set in post–World War II England.) And yet, despite these problems, the show works, and its epic choral finale somehow feels genuinely rousing and healing. As musical theater, Tommy is limited. On its own terms, it’s often sensational.
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The Who's Tommy FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Captain Walker
It's a Boy!
You Didn't Hear It
We've Won
Twenty-One
Amazing Journey
Sparks
Christmas
See Me, Feel Me
Do You Think It's Alright?
Fiddle About
Cousin Kevin
Sensation
Eyesight to the Blind
The Acid Queen
Pinball Wizard
Underture
There's a Doctor
Go to the Mirror
Listening to You
Tommy Can You Hear Me?
I Believe My Own Eyes
Smash the Mirror
I'm Free
Miracle Cure
Tommy's Holiday Camp
Sally Simpson
Welcome
We're Not Gonna Take It
Bernie's Holiday Camp
Extra, Extra, Extra
Champagne
Mother and Son
TV Studio
Overture
It's A Boy
We've Won (It's A Boy Part 2)
Twenty-One
Amazing Journey
Do You Think It's Alright?
See Me, Feel Me
Cousin Kevin
Eyesight to the Blind
Acid Queen
There's A Doctor I've Found
Go to the Mirror Boy
Tommy, Can You Hear Me?
I Believe My Own Eyes
Smash the Mirror
I'm Free
Miracle Cure
Sensation (reprise)
I'm Free/ Pinball Wizard (reprise)
How Can We Follow? / Tommy's Holiday Camp
Welcome
Finale
Digital Lottery:
Price: $40
Where: https://lottery.broadwaydirect.com/show/tommy-ny
When: Entries for the digital lottery open at 9:00am EST one day before the performance.
Limit: Two per customer
Information: Winners are drawn the same day at 3:00pm EST and will have one hour to pay for their tickets online.
The Who's Tommy History
Other Productions of The Who's Tommy
| 1979 | West End |
Original London Production West End |
| 1993 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1996 | West End |
London Production West End |
| 2006 |
Bay Street Theatre Revival |
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| 2019 | Washington, DC (Regional) |
50th anniversary of the release of the groundbreaking original album of Tommy Washington, DC (Regional) |
| 2024 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
| 2026 | US Tour |
North American Tour US Tour |
The Who's Tommy - 2024 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Fight Choreography | Steve Rankin |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | Ali Louis Bourzgui |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Des McAnuff |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The Who's Tommy |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreography (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Lorin Latarro |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | Ali Louis Bourzgui |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Amanda Zieve |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | The Who's Tommy |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Sound Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Gareth Owen |
| 2024 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Video/Projections (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Peter Nigrini |
| 2024 | Theatre World Awards | Theatre World Award | Ali Louis Bourzgui |
| 2024 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | The Who's Tommy |
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