Pete Townshend recounted the truth behind the story of how “Pinball Wizard” came to be part of the Who’s 1969 rock opera Tommy, forcing him to make the deaf, dumb and blind lead character into an ...

A newly reimagined production of The Who’s TOMMY is coming to Broadway! Tommy will star Ali Louis Bourzgui as Tommy. Myth and spectacle combine in The Who’s exhilarating 1969 rock opera, ...

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The Who gave the world many unique rock ‘n’ roll songs. For example, one of the only hit songs about a game is The Who’s “Pinball Wizard.” In his autobiography, Pete Townshend explained how the words ...

CHICAGO — In the beginning, there was no pinball wizard. “Tommy” was the fourth studio album released by the British band known as The Who and a colossal step forward when it came to rock music and ...

Casey Cott's a pinball wizard! The Riverdale fave is starring alongside Christian Borle and Mandy Gonzalez in the Kennedy Center production of The Who's Tommy, which is playing through April 28. Take ...

Fifty years ago today, “that deaf, dumb and blind kid” who scored immortality in “Pinball Wizard” was born when “Tommy” — The Who’s game-changing rock opera — was released on May 23, 1969. And the ...

The Who's ''Tommy Pinball Wizard" is at the Seattle Pinball Museum. So are the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Metallica and Guns 'N Roses. Sounds like a place to have a rockin' good time. The rock back The ...

Rock icon Pete Townshend will not only introduce the musical performance of The Who’s Tommy cast, but will take part in it: Deadline hears that Townshend and the Tommy cast are set to perform “Pinball ...

Mitchell Lam Hau, center, as Tommy, during dress rehearsal of StageWorks Fresno's production of "The Who's Tommy" at Dan Pessano Theatre at Clovis North High School's Performing Arts Complex in Fresno ...

ALAMEDA — Rock fans and pinballers will have their eyes, ears and flipper fingers full on Oct. 29, when a rare showing of The Who’s iconic film, “Tommy,” hits the big screen on its 40th anniversary ...