Saturday, October 24, 2009
Review: Tommy at the Ray of Light Theatre
The review is posted over at my personal blog.
Have you seen it?
Did you see the Broadway production? (I did, and I confess I didn't really get the Michael Cerveris brouhaha!)
Do you have fond memories of the Ken Russell movie? (I do, and looking back I'm shocked that my parents let me see that movie as an 11-year old!) You know you've seen the movie if your first thought about "Tommy" has something to do with baked beans, right?
Check the Ray of Light web site for more info on buying tickets. The show plays through november 7th.
Have you seen it?
Did you see the Broadway production? (I did, and I confess I didn't really get the Michael Cerveris brouhaha!)
Do you have fond memories of the Ken Russell movie? (I do, and looking back I'm shocked that my parents let me see that movie as an 11-year old!) You know you've seen the movie if your first thought about "Tommy" has something to do with baked beans, right?
Check the Ray of Light web site for more info on buying tickets. The show plays through november 7th.
Labels: Ray of Light, theatre review, Tommy
Monday, September 14, 2009
Tommy, can you hear me?
Looking back now I'm shocked that my parents let me see the movie Tommy. I was 11 when it came out. And there are drug references. And molestation references. And Ann-Margaret rolling around in baked beans. Seriously, did they not care about warping me at all? Not only did I see the movie, but I bought the soundtrack and listened to it non-stop. That and the Star Wars soundtrack were in constant rotation, and since I saw each movie multiple times, I could picture the movies go by in my head as I listened.
What a geek, eh?
35 years later, and 40 years after the album was first performed at Woodstock, a local theatre company is putting on the Broadway musical version of Tommy (which I did in its Broadway incarnation), and since my S.O. has never seen this version, of course we're going to go.
So, any of you into Tommy?
WHAT: The Who's Tommy
WHERE: Ray of Light Theatre Co.
Victoria Theatre, (16th & Mission) in San Francisco
WHEN: October 16 – November 7, 2009
What a geek, eh?
35 years later, and 40 years after the album was first performed at Woodstock, a local theatre company is putting on the Broadway musical version of Tommy (which I did in its Broadway incarnation), and since my S.O. has never seen this version, of course we're going to go.
So, any of you into Tommy?
WHAT: The Who's Tommy
WHERE: Ray of Light Theatre Co.
Victoria Theatre, (16th & Mission) in San Francisco
WHEN: October 16 – November 7, 2009
Labels: Ray of Light, Tommy
