On September 11 in New York City, Kenyon Phillips produced and starred in a sold-out concert version of The Who’s Tommy at Joe’s Pub, the musical outpost of the Public Theater (Hamilton, Hair, A Chorus Line), where Phillips is an artist in residence. The show featured plenty of Broadway royalty, including Tony winner Cady Huffman (The Producers), Erik Liberman (currently starring in War Paint with Patti LuPone), and Cheryl Freeman, who originated the role of the Acid Queen in the Broadway production of The Who’s Tommy over 20 years ago. NY Times and Wall Street Journal illustrator Joan Chiverton sketched the performance in real time.

Kenyon Phillips CdeP 1994