CONTENTS:
(5 min 30 seconds total)
1: WHAT ABOUT THE BOY
tommy’s parents tell him to forget what he’s witnessed after he sees and hears his father shoot his mother’s lover in the mirror
2: SPARKS
young tommy becomes deaf, dumb and blind, experiencing the world as a series of musical vibrations
3: CHRISTMAS
tommy’s parents fail to reach their son
4: ACID QUEEN
captain walker takes his son to a gypsy in the hopes that she can cure him
5: PINBALL WIZARD
young tommy becomes a pinball sensation
6: IT’S A BOY (REPRISE)
mrs. walker reflects as young tommy becomes an adult
7: GO TO THE MIRROR, BOY!
tommy’s parents take him to see a specialist, and tommy sees his younger self in the mirror
8: SMASH THE MIRROR
mrs. walker loses patience and smashes the mirror, finally freeing her son from his catatonic state
9: I’M FREE / PINBALL WIZARD (REPRISE)
tommy is freed from the mirror and becomes an international pinball celebrity
VIDEO: the who’s tommy
summer cabaret, june 18 - july 5, 2008