Talk:The Who's Tommy

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Based on or Version?

The article says that the musical is "based on" the rock opera, but isn't it just the stage version of the rock opera? -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:27, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have the time to do much research right now (and I finally have lost my access to Lexis-Nexis, so I'm pretty limited), but an article in the New York Times in discussing the musical, says "The changes overseen by Mr. McAnuff are so far-reaching that it feels as if "Tommy" has been reinvented...". Take a look: [1]. It does sound as if "based on" would be more accurate than, say "the stage version of...", just based on this one article. JeanColumbia (talk) 21:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but the songs are almost entirely the same -- only one new one was written for the stage. Aside from some lyrical changes, the addition of a couple of reprises, and some minor plot tweaking, the original album and the bway soundtrack are nearly identical. That's not to say that the minor changes didn't have a rather large effect when taken as a whole. The "message" of the stage musical is quite different, but I don't think that's enough to consider them separate works. — Music Maker 5376 21:56, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, well done, as usual, Jean. You made this into a respectable article. Happy New Year, both of you. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:00, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

i am only 11 and i was 11 year old tommy in a production of it by queen mary's collage, basingstoke. little did i know i would be put in a binn and kicked. pulled on and off stage by my hair and be dropped onto the stage from 2 metre's up. thats taller than me!!