{"id":29069,"date":"2024-03-20T21:02:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/the-whos-pete-townshend-to-talk-tommy-on-the-tonight-show\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T21:02:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:02:55","slug":"the-whos-pete-townshend-to-talk-tommy-on-the-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/the-whos-pete-townshend-to-talk-tommy-on-the-tonight-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Who\u2019s Pete Townshend to talk &#8216;Tommy&#8217; on &#8216;The Tonight Show&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-03-20\/Getty_PeteTownshend_032024.jpg\" alt><figcaption> Matthew Baker\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>The Who<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Pete Townshend<\/strong> is set to make an appearance on <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> on Tuesday, March 26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The rocker will be on the show to promote\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Tommy the Musical<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, which is set to open at\u00a0Broadway&#8217;s Nederlander Theatre on March 28. The\u00a0episode\u00a0will also feature a performance from the musical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This version of <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Tommy<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, directed by\u00a0the musical&#8217;s\u00a0original<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">director,\u00a0<strong>Des McAnuff<\/strong>, debuted at Chicago\u2019s Goodman Theatre in June and features a brand new staging with a cast of 28 and a nine-piece band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Based on The Who\u2019s 1969 album and 1975 film, the original production of\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Tommy\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">opened at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California, on July 1, 1992. It opened on Broadway on April 22, 1993, and closed on June 17, 1995.\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Tommy\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">won five Tony Awards, including Best Direction for McAnuff and Best Original Score for Townshend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Baker\/Getty Images The Who\u2019s Pete Townshend is set to make an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, March 26. The rocker will be on the show to promote\u00a0Tommy the Musical, which is set to open at\u00a0Broadway&#8217;s Nederlander Theatre on March 28. The\u00a0episode\u00a0will also feature a<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/the-whos-pete-townshend-to-talk-tommy-on-the-tonight-show\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}