Boston Harold Podcast

"THE WHO'S TOMMY ON BROADWAY" - IT'S A SENSATION! SEE IT! FEEL IT! - Plus meeting Pete Townshend. By Harold Lepidus (Boston Harold Podcast) The revival of The Who's Tommy on Broadway was so spectacular Wednesday night, I hope I can do it justice here on the (electronically) printed page.  Calling it a “Broadway Show” doesn’t even begin to describe this theatrical experience. It is a play, a musical, an opera, a religious tent revival, a multimedia event, and a rock concert, all seamlessly performed with both nostalgic and futuristic sets, and first rate special effects that take the audience on (you might say) an amazing journey.  All the characters were brilliant and believable, especially the lead actors - Mrs. Walker (Alison Luff, reminiscent of movie mom Ann-Margret), Captain Walker (Adam Jacobs), and all three Tommys, including the grown-up version (Ali Louis Bourzgui, hair reminiscent of Jeff Slate’s).     An important component to the show’s success is t...

New book chronicles the history of  THE TURTLES and  FLO & EDDIE, with stops at Zappa, Springsteen, Alice Cooper, Ray Davies, and T. Rex.  Zoom interview with authors Mark Arnold and Charles Rosenay!!!  Harold Lepidus (Boston Harold Video Podcast) You know their biggest hits - “Happy Together” and “Elenore.” If you’re like me (they were a bit before my time), you may have heard some of their most popular songs yet not known they were by them - “She’d Rather Be With Me,” “You Baby,” “She’s My Girl,” and an electric folk-rock version of Bob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me, Babe.” (They’re playing in your head right now, aren’t they?) However, that is only the beginning of the story of the Turtles, one of the most popular acts on American AM Top 40 radio in the 1960s. In 466 pages, co-authors Mark Arnold and Charles Rosenay!!! have chronicled the fascinating and outrageous history of that band, and their convoluted and tumultuous post-Turtles career, in their just published bo...