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Who Came First

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Young Tommy Walker witnesses his father murder his mother's lover and is told he didn't see or hear anything. The trauma renders Tommy deaf, dumb, and blind. Abused by his cousin and uncle, Tommy discovers a miraculous talent for pinball that makes him famous. When a mirror shatters his psychological prison, he is hailed as a messianic figure, but the crowds turn on him when he cannot deliver the salvation they deman…

Opened
1993
Performances
899
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: Pete TownshendLyrics: Pete TownshendBook: Pete Townshend, Des McAnuff

Productions3 on Broadway

1993 St. James Theatre Original. April 22, 1993 · Des McAnuff 899 performances · 5 Tony wins
1997 Transfer Theatre unknown.
2024 Nederlander Theatre Revival. March 28, 2024 132 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Recordings 43 albums held

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Who's Fooling Who?
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? RCA
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? RCA
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Who Came First Track Record 2408 201. October 1972
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Who Came First Track Record DL 79189. November 1972
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Who's Who? Arista Novus AN 3018. 1979
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Who Came First Track Record 2408 201. 1981
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Arista SPCD 1100. 1985
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Arista 610 456-222. 1985
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Arista 610 456 - 222. 1985
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Arista 259 053. 1985
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Arista AL 8-8286. 1985
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Arista 207 202. 1985
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Who? Wing 422 835 549-1. 1988
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Who? Wing 835 549-2. April 18, 1988
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Arista ARCD-8286. 1990
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Who's Who? BMG 3071-2-N; Novus 3071-2-N. 1990
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Who Came First Rykodisc RCD 10246. 1992
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Who Came First Rykodisc RCD 90246. October 30, 1992
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Who Came First October 30, 1992
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Who Came First March 1997
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Who's Who? Manoemusik [none]; Peanut Gallery Network [none]. 2001
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? BMG Special Products 75517488972. 2004
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Who Came First Classic Records HDAD 2004. September 14, 2004
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Who Came First Track Record 2408 201; Classic Records CLAS-TRA-2408201-150G. 2005
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Who? PolyGram 835 549-2. January 25, 2005
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Who Came First Hip‐O Records B0005942-02. 2006
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Who Came First Imperial Records International TECI-24346. February 22, 2006
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Who Came First Revisited Records REV 035. April 18, 2006
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Who Came First May 8, 2006
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Who's Who in the Zoo Lujo Records. May 24, 2011
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Who's Zoomin' Who? Funky Town Grooves FTG 282/2. 2012
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Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Funky Town Grooves FTG 282. April 17, 2012
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Who's Fucking Who? Who's Funding Who? [no label] [none]. 2013
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Who Came First Track Record 4780152; UMC 4780152. February 17, 2017
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Who Came First UMC PPWCF45. April 20, 2018
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Who Came First April 20, 2018
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Who's Who? [no label]. May 2, 2019
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Who's Left and Who's Leaving September 4, 2020
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WHO ASKED? Blue Note. July 31, 2026
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WHO ASKED? Blue Note. July 31, 2026
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WHO ASKED? Blue Note. July 31, 2026
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WHO ASKED? Blue Note. July 31, 2026

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