ON STAGE: 'Tommy' rocks through the weekend

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Photos (3): Benjamin Hoffner-Brodsky, Alison Sundstrom, Christopher McCoy, Matthew Dunivan and Malia Abayon in "The Who's Tommy."
<p><b><i>The Who's Tommy</i>,</b> from left:</p>
<p><b>Top:</b> Benjamin Hoffner-Brodsky, as Tommy; Alison Sundstrom and Christopher McCoy as his parents; and Matthew Dunivan as the grown-up Tommy. (Ryley Steggall, who also plays Tommy as a boy, is pictu

The Main Theatre stage is one giant pinball machine for The Who's Tommy, continuing through Sunday (May 29).

Granada Artist-in-Residence Mindy Cooper directs this pioneering rock opera, based on The Who’s 1969 double album of the same name, mostly composed by the band’s guitar playing Pete Townshend, and featuring such now-classic hits as “I’m Free,” “See Me, Feel Me" and "Pinball Wizard."

The title character becomes deaf, dumb and blind as a child, after witnessing a murder. Ultimately, he breaks free from his emotional trauma and becomes a pinball wizard.

Spotlight: Sure plays a mean pinball! Students present stories and video on the making of the rock opera.

  • Today-Saturday, May 27-28 — 8 p.m.
  • Sunday, May 29 — 2 p.m.

WHERE: Main Theatre, Wright Hall

TICKETS: $18-$22 general admission, $15-$20 students, children and seniors. Advance tickets are available online (click on “Purchase Tickets Now!”), or in person or by telephone at the Mondavi Center box office, (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787. Box office hours: noon-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

DISCOUNT: $10 tickets are available for school and youth groups of 10 or more, at the teacher or group leader’s request. To make arrangements, call the Department of Theatre and Dance, (530) 752 -5863.

ADVISORY: PG-13 (a motion picture rating that states: “Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13").

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