{"id":29675,"date":"2024-06-06T18:02:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-june-6-1993-the-whos-tommy-wins-five-tony-awards\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:02:35","slug":"on-this-day-june-6-1993-the-whos-tommy-wins-five-tony-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-june-6-1993-the-whos-tommy-wins-five-tony-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, June 6, 1993: &#8216;The Who\u2019s Tommy&#8217; wins five Tony awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-06-06\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On This Day, June 6, 1993 &#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Broadway musical adaption of\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>The Who<\/strong>\u2019s Tommy\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">won five awards at the 47th annual Tony Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Based on the band\u2019s 1969 album and 1975 film of the same name, the musical earned a Best Original Score Tony for The Who&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Pete Townshend<\/strong>, as well as Best Direction of a Musical for\u00a0<strong>Des McAnuff<\/strong>. In total it was nominated for 10 Tonys, including Best Musical, losing out to\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Kiss of the Spider Woman<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">The Who\u2019s<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Tommy\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">opened on Broadway on April 22, 1993, and closed on June 17, 1995, after 899 performances. It was also staged in Canada, Germany and the U.K.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A new reimagining of the musical, featuring a cast of 28, a nine-piece band and brand new staging, opened at the Nederlander Theatre in New York in March. It was nominated for a Tony for Best Revival of a Musical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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