Tommy revival

[Brian Cady]

>From Playbill at:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100096.html

Cast Complete for Euan Morton Tommy at Bay Street
Theatre; Begins June 19
By Robert Simonson
05 Jun 2006 

The full cast for the Bay Street Theatre production of
The Who's Tommy, starring Euan Morton in the title
role, has been announced.

Joining Morton will be Ashley Bachner, Philip Michael
Baskerville, Brian Beach, Paul Binotto, Shelby
Braxton-Brooks, Gavin Esham, Noah Galvin, Nikka Graff
Lanzarone, Eddie Marco, Mike McGowan (Capt. Walker),
Liz Pearce (Mrs. Walker), Gregory Treco, Josh Walden
and Laura Woyasz.

Morton, who played Boy George in Taboo, recently
appeared on the New York stage in Brundibar.

The new production of the Tony-winning Pete Townshend
musical is part of the 2006 season at the Bay Street
Theatre in Sag Harbor, Long Island. It will run June
13-July 9, and will be directed by Marcia Milgrom
Dodge, a Bay Street regular. 

The Who's Tommy, which was based on the concept album
"Tommy" by the British rock group The Who—about an
alienated, abused child who, despite having lost his
sight, speech and hearing at an early age, becomes a
pinball wizard and youth culture icon—was adapted by
the Who's Pete Townshend and director Des McAnuff into
a stage musical. It ran for more than two years on
Broadway and won Tonys for McAnuff's direction and
Townsend's score, in a tie with Kander and Ebb's Kiss
of the Spider Woman.

The show has also become famous for its many young
cast members who went on to greater stage fame,
including Michael Cerveris (Titanic, Hedwig and the
Angry Inch), Romain Fruge (The Full Monty), Norm Lewis
(Side Show, Amour), Kevin Cahoon (Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang), Alice Ripley (Side Show, The Rocky Horror
Show), Jonathan Dokuchitz (The Boys from Syracuse, The
Look of Love), Sherie Rene Scott (Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels) and Michael McElroy (Violet, The Wild
Party). 

The show was revived at the Berkshire Theatre Festival
in 2003.


-Brian in Atlanta
The Who This Month!
http://www.thewhothismonth.com

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