I had an amazing night at the Berkshire Theatre Festival last night! Beginning to hate my ol' pal Randy Harrison for being SO talented. He sang the HELL out of "Tommy!" The whole cast was great but Randy, James Barry & Jenny Powers brought such searing emotions to their roles it actually moved me as never before. How will I get all those damned songs out of my head?
昨晚在BTF的表演太精彩了! 我要开始恨我老朋友Randy Harrison了，他怎能那么有才华。他把Tommy给唱绝了! 整个Tommy剧组都很棒，但Randy, James Barry(Tommy继父)和Jenny Powers(Tommy母亲)把角色演绎得太动人了，现在他们的歌声在我脑海里挥之不去
"After taking one for the team in two Beckett productions and Ibsen, last year he was literally buried in the trash can in End Game, Randy has finally been revealed for what we have known all along. He is far and away one of the most gifted and charismatic stars of musical theatre of his generation."
- 剧评Randy Harrison Sizzles as Tommy
Last night there was a miracle – in more ways than one – on South Street in Pittsfield. The Who’s Tommy is the first production of the newly minted Berkshire Theatre Group and it was more than good, or great. It was heart-thumpingly fantastic. By the time the classic story of Peter Townshend’s deaf, dumb and blind boy had been told, the audience was up and out of its seats, whopping, hollering, dancing in the aisles with complete joy and abandon.
Tommy的反响非常好，谢幕时观众起立鼓掌欢呼，整个剧院沉浸在欢歌热舞之中。
(旁白的Randy和年幼的Tommy)
To show the different stages of development Tommy is played by two young actors as a child, and then by Randy Harrison as he matures.
In the first act Harrison also acts as the narrator, until the second act in which he finally becomes free. From that moment on, the show belongs to him, and indeed the story has the crowd following him like the pinball rock star he has become.
为了表现Tommy角色的发展，Tommy由三个演员来饰演，分别是两个年幼的演员还有Randy Harrison。
第一幕Randy以旁白的身份出现，第二幕开始Randy饰演的Tommy开始出现。自此，舞台就是属于Randy的了。
(不闻不看不说的Tommy和母亲)
We have seen Harrison in any number of roles over the years, both on the famed television series Queer as Folk that first brought him to the public’s attention, and in dozens of less visible roles off, off-off and so-far-off-Broadway-you-need-a-transfer.
He was a brilliant male ingenue in QAF, but his work as a mature actor on stage is actually more riveting. He has earned his bona fides as a master of drama, comedy and musicals, and with this role, he can add rock star to his resume. The voice we heard in the theatre was not the same one he used in Wicked on Broadway, it was throatier, raspier as is the standard in rock, yet it had the clarity and innocence that was required for this role. One can only guess where this show, this role may lead him in the future.
这一段对Randy可谓赞不绝口，还特别提到了他的歌声比在Wicked里面更低沉、沙哑，正如摇滚歌手的声线那样，但又饱含Tommy的清澈与纯真。经过这个角色后，Randy的才华备受肯定。
(众人拥戴的Tommy)
If you have the original concept album you will find the story is much stronger on stage than on the record.
舞台剧上表现的Tommy，比在The Who专辑里面听到的更震撼人心。
Playing the most famous deaf, mute, and blind boy of all time, Randy Harrison likes what he sees and hears at Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre.
"It's just stunningly beautiful," Harrison said this week after three days of rehearsal for "The Who's Tommy". "I think it's sort of wonderful that it’s this classically beautiful theater, and we're doing this rock opera and just going to rip it apart in a way, metaphorically."
He laughs, but "Tommy" isn't the only tale of transformation going on around this short production, which runs through July 16.
Tommy精湛高超的弹子球技术让他一炮而红，成为了风靡万千的青年偶像。父母为了能让他赚更多钱，开始给他找医生医治。医生对Tommy作了检查，发现他的眼睛、耳朵和嘴都存在知觉，并非已完全无用；但若想恢复功效，必须要靠他自己的意愿。母亲的爱在这时起了作用，她对Tommy唱道：See me...feel me...touch me...heal me...（Go to the mirror）
The Who这张<Tommy>的专辑，以时而明快时而阴郁的节奏，吟唱着Tommy一生的悲惨故事。1975年改编成电影，由乐队主音Roger Daltrey在片中饰演Tommy，还汇集了Jack Nicholson, Elton John, Tina Turner等明星，乐队其他成员也悉数登场，星光璀璨。
如果大家想更深入理解这个故事的话，强烈建议下载The Who这张专辑认真聆听。专辑由以下歌曲组成:
01 Overture
02 It's a Boy
03 1921
04 Amazing Journey
05 Sparks
06 The Hawker
07 Christmas
08 Cousin Kevin
09 The Acid Queen
10 Underture
11 Do You Think It's Alright?
12 Fiddle About
13 Pinball Wizard
14 There's a Doctor
15 Go to the Mirror!
16 Tommy, Can You Hear Me?
17 Smash the Mirror
18 Sensation
19 Miracle Cure
20 Sally Simpson
21 I'm Free
22 Welcome
23 Tommy's Holiday Camp
24 We're Not Gonna Take It
THE WHO’S TOMMY
Previews July 7, 8, 9 @ 2pm
Opening Night/Press Night July 9 @ 8pm
Closes July 16
Tickets A: $49 • B: $40 • C: $20
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, Wednesday at 7pm, Thursday and Saturday at 2pm
Colonial Theatre
Directed by Eric Hill
Featuring:
James Barry as Captain Walker
Randy Harrison as Tommy
Jenny Powers as Mrs. Walker
Angela Robinson as Acid Queen
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The Who’s Tommy Cast Now Assembled
It’s a huge undertaking, perhaps the largest ever for Maguire and The Berkshire Theatre Festival. Tommy is not a musical for shoestring budgets, and even while watching every penny, Maguire has pulled out all the stops. There are 23 actors in the cast, plus another six in the band that accompanies the performers.
The original rock opera, The Who’s Tommy is at once a show-stopping rock concert and a cautionary tale of the power and perils of celebrity. We witness Tommy Walker from his birth, through the shocking episodes of his childhood that render him deaf, mute and blind, as he conquers the world with his stardom, and finally after the crowds have turned on him. Featuring legendary songs by the Who, including “Pinball Wizard,” “See Me, Feel Me” and “Tommy, Can You Hear Me?” and with a cast including James Barry of Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson as Captain Walker and Randy Harrison from Wicked and Queer as Folk as Tommy, this promises to be the event of the summer in the Berkshires.
改编自摇滚歌剧The Who's Tommy，舞台剧The Who's Tommy将会是一场音乐盛宴，演绎英国著名摇滚乐队The Who的名曲。舞台剧由23名演员及6人乐队组成，是今年BTF的大制作。
The Who于1969年发行第四张摇滚专辑Tommy，这是摇滚乐史上第一部以歌剧的形式表现一名聋哑儿童Tommy如何成为救世领导者的奇幻故事。作品涉及到宗教毒品、歌星生涯、玄学及赌博等。The Who创作并主演的摇滚歌剧<Tommy>在纽约首演时，引起极大关注，是摇滚史上的重要里程碑，也是The Who乐队的经典之作。
