The run dates incomplete
- Opened
- April 22, 1993
- Closed
- —
- Performances
- 899
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- St. James Theatre
Of the 368 productions we hold that opened in the 1990s and record a performance count, this is the 20th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
No closing date. 5,632 of 13,459 productions have none, and at this distance that means the ending was never recorded rather than that the run went on.
Other stagings of Tommy 2 more that season
| 1927 | Gaiety Theatre Original | 232 perf. |
| 1933 | Forrest Theatre Revival · Alan Bunce | 24 perf. |
Who was in it12 named
12 of these 12 names have a person record behind them and link to one. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Des McAnuff
- Choreographer
- Wayne Cilento
- Producer
- PACE Theatrical Group and Dodger Productions with Kardana Productions, Inc.
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
Opening night at 8:00 = All other evenings 8:30 Matinees Thurs. March 11, 18, 25 of 2:15 and Sets. March 13, 20, 27 at 2:30 Previews Sot. Mer. & of 8:30 PM Sen. Mar. 7 ot 7:30 PM More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 412
'Roll Over, Chuck Berry!': See Rockwell, vol. 3, 1365. 'We were \'Orric<l about the airy-fairy connotations of calling [Tommy] an opera. After all, The Who \'ere a rough, streetwise bunch of London kids .... [But] rock touring was really shitty. \Ve thought, Why should rock audiences ha\'e to listen to music in fuckin'…
Speaker not recorded. Showtime A History of the Broadway Musical Theatre Larry Stempel, p. 779- On April 22, 1993, this theatre saw the Broadway premiere of The Who's Tommy, the legendary rock opera by Pete Townshend (with additional music and lyrics by fellow Who rockers John Entwistle and Keith Moon), directed by Des McAnuff. The show dazzled critics and audiences with its multimedia effects and driving force. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 282
- Lone with Dreamgirls, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Tommy Tune’s other visual extravaganza, Nine, Grand Hotel was one of the truly towering directorial achievements of the last twenty-five years. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 144
- ROCK MUSICAL. A musical that includes a significant amount of rock music in its score. Notable examples include Hair (1968), Jesus Christ Superstar (1971), Little Shop of Horrors (1982), The Who’s Tommy (1993), Rent (1996), Mamma Mia! (2001), and Spring Awakening (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 335
- The success on Broadway of British rock operas (Jesus Christ Superstar, 1971; Evita, 1979; Tommy, 1993) Showtime A History of the Broadway Musical Theatre Larry Stempel, p. 438
- The !Vlzo's Tommy was originally marketed as a rock album. Showtime A History of the Broadway Musical Theatre Larry Stempel, p. 652
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Tommy at all.
- When it closed.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.