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 ...

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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 ...

Ali Louis Bourzgui didn’t grow up jamming out to “Pinball Wizard” and “Baba O’Riley.” The actor, after all, was born more than three decades after The Who’s first album “My Generation” came out in ...

Tommy, we can’t hear you. And it’s a shame. He still plays a mean pinball, that deaf, dumb and blind kid, but once he snaps out of his self-induced catatonic state, the young pinball wizard can’t make ...

The original Chicago cast of the newly reimagined The Who’s Tommy will join star Ali Louis Bourzgui when the musical revival opens on Broadway in March. Producers Stephen Gabriel and Ira Pittelman ...

Two hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission. At the Nederlander Theater, 208 West 41st Street. Little Tommy Walker, that “deaf, dumb and blind kid” who sure plays a mean pinball, may be off in a ...

When English rock legends “The Who,” took on the story of “Tommy,” to create the first rock opera, it blossomed into a play, a movie with Elton John wearing a huge pair of boots, and a story of a deaf ...

Myth and spectacle combine in The Who’s exhilarating 1969 rock opera, Tommy—including the unforgettable anthems “I’m Free,” “See Me, Feel Me,” “Sensation” and “Pinball Wizard.” After witnessing his ...

“Pinball Wizard” by The Who has long been considered a classic, but did you know it was written in a petty attempt to get a good review? “I just remember saying to him, with maybe an element of ...

Green Day songs are some of the most essential classic rock tunes of the 1990s and 2000s. However, the band drew significant influence from The Who, one of the most iconic bands of the 1960s and 1970s ...