Editing Tommy (The Who album) (section)

===Stage musical===
{{Main|The Who's Tommy{{!}}''The Who's Tommy''}}
In 1991, Townshend broke his wrist in a cycling accident and could not play guitar. Looking for alternative work while recuperating, he responded to a request from the PACE Theatrical Group for the rights to a [[stage musical]] adaptation of ''Tommy''. The group introduced him to [[La Jolla Playhouse]] director [[Des McAnuff]], and the pair began to develop the musical together. It opened at La Jolla in summer 1992 and was an immediate commercial success.{{sfn|Wollman|2006|p=161}} Townshend wrote a new song, "I Believe My Own Eyes", to explain the relationship between Tommy's parents, but otherwise tried to be faithful to the music on the original album.{{sfn|Wollman|2006|p=165}}

The musical had a mixed response from critics,{{sfn|Wollman|2006|p=168}} while Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle thought the show was too passive.{{sfn|Wollman|2006|p=165}} [[Anthony DeCurtis]], writing in ''Rolling Stone'', said the orchestra drummer had "the thankless task of having to reproduce Keith Moon's parts".{{sfn|Wollman|2006|p=169}} Townshend and Des McAnuff rewrote parts of the musical when it moved from La Jolla to [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], to show a darker side for the title character.{{sfn|Wollman|2006|p=166}} McAnuff won a [[Tony Award]] in 1993 for [[Tony Award for Best Director|Best Director]], while [[Wayne Cilento]] won the award for [[Tony Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of the American Musical Theatre: No Business Like It|first=Nathan|last=Hurwitz|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|page=225|isbn=978-1-317-91205-7}}</ref> The Broadway run lasted from 1993 to 1995.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate|editor1-first=Christopher|editor1-last=Washburne|editor2-first=Maiken|editor2-last=Derno|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|page=314|isbn=978-1-135-38547-7}}</ref> McAnuff revisited ''Tommy'' during the 2013 season of the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/OnStage/productions.aspx?id=20233&prodid=47004 |title=Tommy |publisher=Stratford Festival |access-date=13 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313051240/http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/OnStage/productions.aspx?id=20233&prodid=47004 |archive-date=13 March 2013 }}</ref> and with Townshend's input, staged a 2023 [[Revival (theatre)|revival]] at the [[Goodman Theatre]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Isherwood |first=Charles |date=6 July 2023 |title=‘The Who’s Tommy’ and ‘Another Marriage’ Reviews: Pinball Wizards, Coupled Writers |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-whos-tommy-and-another-marriage-reviews-pinball-wizards-coupled-writers-1912765e |access-date=16 July 2023 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Who's Tommy |url=https://www.goodmantheatre.org/show/the-whos-tommy/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=Goodman Theatre |language=en-US}}</ref> which transferred to Broadway in 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paulson |first=Michael |date=26 October 2023 |title='Tommy,' the Who's Rock Opera, Will Return to Broadway |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/theater/the-whos-tommy-broadway.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Higgins |first=Molly |date=26 October 2023 |title=Reimagined The Who's Tommy Sets 2024 Broadway Bow |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/reimagined-the-whos-tommy-sets-2024-broadway-bow |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref>