tommy for dummies

["Andy C" <thekindpad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian,
one of the great things about musical theatre is that you dont' really need 
any preparation. Most producers of stage theatre don't expect the audience 
to know the show, the plot, the music, etc. I remember seeing Tommy for the 
first time at the St.James in NYC after its opening on Broadway and of 
course I knew the story but it's not the same as the Who version or the 
movie for that matter. I know many people who are into musical theatre and 
they LOVE Tommy, even though they don't listen to the Who or even own the 
original album. I've seen many musicals without knowing the story or the 
music and the good ones are not hard to follow. I'm sure you're friend will 
have no trouble 'getting it'. You might want to let them see the stage 
version first because if you play a Who version (live or otherwise)first 
they'll be expecting to hear that sound! Go see the musical version then get 
in the car and when she says "wow, that was fantastic!" you can pop in the 
Who version and say, "if you thought that was good....listen to this!" and 
then she'll think Pete is Baba (even if you're not on LSD). Anyway, have 
fun.

peace
Andy

AOL IM: wndowboxN02

P.S - I see not too much has changed here on the list...I've scrolled 
through pages and pages of political and social dribble to get to the Who 
stuff...I don't know about some of you but I like to forget about all that 
other stuff here. Thats part of the reason I came back here and not O&S. All 
that talk has it's place and a comment here and there is one thing but these 
neo-political rants are just too much. And putting in a sly Who reference at 
the end doesn't make it ok!
thanks
love
andy

"I don't talk to musicians...
 they might influence me."
    - Pete Townshend
      Mansfield, Mass  7/26/2002

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