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Classic rock flashback: The Who invade the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show
... guitar. The song in question was "Pinball Wizard", an integral component of the classic 1969 concept long-player, Tommy. Townshend, sporting a sleak, black coat rolled up to his elbows encasing a white shirt, wore shaded glasses during the full ... Comment?
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BWW Interviews: Jeremy Kushnier Talks Stratford Festival's TOMMY
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Jeremy Kushnier is a well-known musical theatre actor who has starred in many famous and renowned musicals on Broadway and across North America, including "Footloose", "Rent", "Jersey Boys", "Tommy", Jesus Christ Superstar", and "Next to Normal", just to name a few. Comment?
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See him, read him, and try to figure him
... Yet while his contemporaries are categorized as a disposable product of their era, Townshend's work which includes "Tommy," "Quadrophenia" and dozens of songs stands the test of time nearly a half-century later. Why is he one of the few artists to ... Comment?
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Stratford Festival's Tommy, Starring Jeremy Kushnier and Paul Nolan, Begins May 4
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Des McAnuff 's new Stratford Festival staging of the rock musical Tommy , which he helped create for its Broadway life, features Robert Markus as the gifted title character, Paul Nolan as Cousin Kevin and Jeremy Kushnier as Capt. Comment?
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Rock Musical TOMMY Begins Previews This Weekend at Stratford Festival
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Twenty years after its Broadway premire, Tommy Re turns to the stage in a new production helmed by its co-creator and original director, Des McAnuff . Comment?
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Stratford Festival's Des McAnuff Invested into Order of Canada
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... heartiest congratulations to Mr. McAnuff, who was Artistic Director from 2008 through 2012, and is currently directing Tommy, a musical based on the album by The Who, which he helped composer-lyricist Pete Townshend create. The country's highest ... Comment?
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Stratford Festival to Host PINBALLAPALOOZA to Celebrate TOMMY, May 16
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... in Toronto to host Pinballapalooza, an exciting event to celebrate the opening of its much-anticipated rock musical, Tommy. One hundred pinball machines will fill the main lobby of First Canadian Place in an offici Al Guin NESS WORLD RECORDS attempt ... Comment?
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Classic rock flashback: The Who invade the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show
... guitar. The song in question was "Pinball Wizard", an integral component of the classic 1969 concept long-player, Tommy. Townshend, sporting a sleak, black coat rolled up to his elbows encasing a white shirt, wore shaded glasses during the full ... Comment?
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THE County Ground will host six weekends of music this summer.
... Elton started his set with Pinball Wizard, the Who song he'd long since made his own in Ken Russell's film version of Tommy, and followed it with Bennie and the Jets and Daniel. The middle section alternated hits and lesser-known songs before a ... Comment?
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Classic rock flashback: The Who invade the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show
... guitar. The song in question was "Pinball Wizard", an integral component of the classic 1969 concept long-player, Tommy. Townshend, sporting a sleak, black coat rolled up to his elbows encasing a white shirt, wore shaded glasses during the full ... Comment?
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Musica s the star in true tribute to Townshend
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... tribute to rock and to Pete Townshend. The show rocks from the initial overture where boy meets girl and takes us, as Tommy says, on an amazing journey, to the final conclusion where Tommy rejects stardom in order to just be like anyone else. The ... Comment?
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Fans pay tribute to Alvin Lee in Paris
... time. The reflection itself was a very spiritual experience and respected reverentially by a full house of over 1500. Tommy Emmanuel, two-time Grammy nominee and one of Australia's greatest guitarists opened with a short, 20-minute set highlighting ... Comment?
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Review: Music's the star in true tribute to Townshend
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Review by: Robert Sterling Tommy presented by HAODS, Kenton Theatre. THOUGH written in 1969, this smash hit show by The Who, with music by Pete Townshend, remains a seminal work which still resonates with audiences today. Comment?
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Opening Tonight: Rock of Ages at TPAC
... Hollywood during the heyday of Aquanet, Rock of Ages is like what might have transpired if Pete Townshend had dropped Tommy off on the Sunset Strip, only to be taken in by Dee Snider and C.C. DeVille. If you're not a fan of power ballads and ... Comment?
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An interview with composer John Corigliano
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... music, and how he got along with Ken Russell. Decades after the height of his notoriety, Russell ( The Devils , Tommy ) remains a love-him-or-hate-him figure for his over-the-top stylistics and brazen mixtures of high and low art. If any director's ... Comment?
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There's no fun in funerals.. especially ones that cost A 10m
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... last week after choking to death in a boiled egg eating contest. Nah, no jokes. Shame on the scumbags who broke into Tommy and Gail's house and ransacked their wee lassie's bedroom. At least the police acted swiftly. Fourteen squads of riot cops ... Comment?
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The Who to perform 'Quadrophenia' in full for July London charity gig
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... vocals). Released in 1973, 'Quadrophenia' was The Who 's sixth studio album and second "rock opera" after 1969's 'Tommy'. 'Quadrophenia' was later made into a 1979 film starring Sting, Phil Davis and Toyah Willcox. The Who will play: Dublin The O2 ... Comment?
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Central debuts 'The Who's Tommy'
Sussex Central High School's Drama Department continues to step away from tradition with its production of "The Who's Tommy," scheduled to premiere Thursday, April 11. Comment?
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For Mayport ferryman, a rapid rhythm on the river
... north dogs, south dogs, east dogs, west dogs, dad dogs and barbecued dogs. You bring the barbecue.'' The late Tommy Walton, who had learned his craft from his daddy, the mean-old-vegetable man, was invited once to the Smithsonian to demonstrate the ... Comment?
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TMCC delivers top quality musicals
"The Who's: Tommy" is the kind of musical that Paul Aberasturi enjoys directing. Comment?
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