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From Moshing to Musicals, Rockers Take to the Stage
Guitarist Pete Townshend (The Who) is coming out with his latest musical next month, "The Boy Who Heard Music." Based on an online novella, this won't be Townshend’s first go at the theater, with The Who's rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia paving the way. Last year, Duncan Sheik (a 90s one hit wonder with the infamous "Barely Breathing") co-wrote the music to then off-Broadway, now Broadway musical Spring Awakening, a story about adolescent sex in Germany in the 1890s. Are quasi-washed out rockers finding a new career in musicals? Just ask Sheik, who in a recent article admits to hating musicals, but spent five years working on one anyway.
—Anna Weggel
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Sorry folks, but denigrating Pete Townshend, the eminence grise of rock n roll and one of the most intelligent innovaters in the business as washed up rocker is an insult. Mr Townshend's work has outlasted and outshone that of all his contemporaries but Dylan. From Tommy to Quadrophenia to PsychoDerelict, the artist has explored boundaries beyond the reach of the less gifted. Rock on Pete.
Don't forget- Sebastian Bach of Skid Row did Broadway in the Rocky Horror Show and Jekyll & Hyde. He also had a brief stint as Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar untill he was fired for un-Christlike behavior (much to this poster's dismay).
Posted by: Sara on 06/11/07 at 12:42 PM Respond
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Posted by: Mighty Dave on 06/11/07 at 12:36 PM Respond