www.broadwayworld.com: Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia, A Rock Ballet will make its New York stage debut this November. Featuring direction by Rob Ashford and choreography by Paul Roberts, the acclaimed dance production will take the stage at New York City Center November 14-16, 2025. Tickets will be available to Friends of City Center this Thursday, September 4, with general onsale September 11.
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I actually find this production super interesting, hearing about it now. For over 13 years, I’ve done ballet and tap. I was always more of a tapper, but I often enjoyed doing more fast-paced and dramatic ballet pieces. I am super curious as to what a rock ballet performance would even look like! I’ve never heard of this production before, and now I am super curious. It also seems as if the themes of it are indeed, as the article says, very appropriate to the times. I could most definitely resonate with it, and I am curious as to how it all could be portrayed. Not only that, but I do love rock when it is used in these cool, unique ways or to express similar themes to the one mentioned in the article. I think it's very fitting thematically and tonally, and I can only imagine how the ballet could tie into it or what moves they would use. Overall, it's all very interesting to m,e and I’d love to go see it.
Quadrophenia is actually probably my most favorite album ever, so I’m really excited that it’s hitting the theater world. If you ask me, it has the best drumming I think I’ve ever heard, courtesy of Keith Moon. I always thought that since Tommy got to become a musical, then so should Quadrophenia. I’m really excited to see whether or not it gets good reviews. I imagine that porting a 1970s concept album to a present day musical while keeping the meaning as well as the music could be pretty challenging. I wonder how much the ‘story’ of the abum has changed, or if they added or cut music from the original album. The fact of the matter is that the album was never really as popular as Tommy, and therefore it wouldn’t really surprise me if it doesn’t do well. No matter what, I don’t think it will ever top just listening to the music.
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