Tommy

[gavrochegirl]

Tommy#0

Posted: 4/27/05 at 11:32am

If you could pick a role in Tommy and play it for four weekends at a medium sized theatre, what would it or they be?

I'd pick:
Tommy at 10
OR
the Harmonica Player (Hawker's companion)

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[exedore]

re: Tommy#1

Posted: 4/27/05 at 11:53am

If the reality of lacking talent and physical proportion didn't matter...

Cousin Kevin. I have a thing for secondary characters...especially evil ones.

[LittleFish8386]

re: Tommy#2

Posted: 4/27/05 at 12:03pm

Sally Simpson

[ChrisLovesShows]

re: Tommy#3

Posted: 4/27/05 at 12:17pm

The Captain (Tommy's father). I want to wear the uniform!

(He's a Captain, right?)

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[gavrochegirl]

re: Tommy#4

Posted: 4/27/05 at 12:19pm

Yes. I think he wears the uniform very little though. It looks fun to play Captain Walker anyway. And I think his name is eventually Mr. Walker. *shrugs*

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[JohnPopa]

re: Tommy#5

Posted: 4/27/05 at 12:44pm

God, I did Tommy for four weekends (played The Hawker and the, uh, Priest/Minister/Whatever the Hell Religious Guy He Is.)

Please, no more.

[Ourtime992]

re: Tommy#6

Posted: 4/27/05 at 1:50pm

The adult Tommy, of course! I'd also like to have played Cousin Kevin, though I'm getting a bit old for it now. And the Hawker has a great song, as does the Specialist (Go to the Mirror).

[TonyaFanatic]

re: Tommy#7

Posted: 4/27/05 at 2:05pm

The Acid Queen

"Girl, this cupcake is the jumpoff"- Adriane Lenox

[Clarity 8]

re: Tommy#8

Posted: 4/27/05 at 2:16pm

FYI, the original Harmonica Player from Tommy, Lee Morgan, is now playing Taylor Collins in Brooklyn the Musical. He also played The Lover in Tommy. And he has a new cd with lots of original tunes and harmonica. You can check it out at www.joeandlee.com

[gavrochegirl]

re: Tommy#9

Posted: 4/27/05 at 2:34pm

Neat! I love Lee Morgan as the Harmonica Player. I'll check it out.

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[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: Tommy#10

Posted: 4/27/05 at 3:46pm

Hmm, I'd play the adult Tommy. Wait, I meant I would play with the adult Tommy.

But really, Sally Simpson.

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[Ourtime992]

re: Tommy#11

Posted: 4/27/05 at 5:31pm

I've always thought that the coolest thing about Lee Morgan playing the harmonica plater was that, until shortly before he was cast in Tommy, he didn't play harmonica at all, and the harmonica player role wasn't present in the script. He was delivering pizzas and needed something to do during the time stuck in traffic, so he taught himself. When he went to audition he didn't have anything prepared so he just jammed on his harmonia, and Des McAnuff liked him so much that they created the role around him. Also just a great guy.

[gavrochegirl]

re: Tommy#12

Posted: 4/27/05 at 9:05pm

I remember that story about Lee being in the Tommy liberrto. (How is that spelled?)It was interesting to hear how it happened.

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[La Vie Boheme]

re: Tommy#13

Posted: 4/27/05 at 10:09pm

Cousin Kevin

Fun part. Plus Roger bart was him in the tour

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[gavrochegirl]

re: Tommy#14

Posted: 5/8/05 at 3:32pm

Come on! SOMEONE ELSE REPLY BEFORE I SCREAM!

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[BroadwayPer4mer03]

re: Tommy#15

Posted: 5/8/05 at 3:38pm

I am an 11 year old boy and I played 10 year old Tommy before last year. It is a really fun role!

[Broadwaynut81]

re: Tommy#16

Posted: 5/8/05 at 3:39pm

I would want to play Cousin Kevin. Simply because he gets to sing "Pinball Wizard" which is one of my favorite Broadway songs. He's also a pretty evil character which is a polar opposite for the way I am.

[phantom_tenor]

re: Tommy#17

Posted: 5/9/05 at 6:11am

"remember that story about Lee being in the Tommy liberrto. (How is that spelled?)"

*libretto