Tommy

The Kennedy Center | Washington , DC | April, 2019

Broadway Center Stage

Presents

The Who's Tommy

By

Pete Townshend

Director

Josh Rhodes

Musical Director

Lynne Shankel

Choreographer

Josh Rhodes

Scenic Design

Paul Tate dePoo III

Costume Design

Andrea Hood

Sound Design

Kai Harada

Video Design

Paul Tate dePoo III


Tommy is one of the first pieces of theatre I saw as a young kid and it is one of the primary influences that made me want to become a lighting designer. It was an absolute joy to get to bring it to life at the Kennedy Center.  The design blended seamlessly with the massive video wall upstage and brought the audience on an amazing journey from the monochromatic palette of the real world to the vivid sensations in Tommy’s mind.

As with every production in this Broadway Center Stage series, tech time was very limited, so much of this show was pre-programmed in a pre-viz simulator and then expanded upon in the space.

Photos by Paul Tate dePoo III and Jeremy Daniel