San Jose Adult Entertainment: CLTC Presents THE WHO’S TOMMY 7/16 Through 8/23
THE CAST features Isaac Benelli (THE THREE MUSKETEERS, RAPUNZEL) as Tommy, a young man who is stricken “deaf, dumb, and blind” after a traumatic event he witnesses as a small boy, played by young City Lights newcomer Nicolas Sancen. Thinking that her husband Captain Walker, Michael Rhone in his City Lights debut, has been killed in the war, Tommy’s mother, played by Molly Thornton (THE FULL MONTY, LYSISTRATA), takes a Lover, played by Noel Carey (HAIR). Captain Walker unexpectedly returns home and murders his wife’s lover in a jealous rage while his young soon looks on in the reflection of a mirror. Plunged into a catatonic state, Tommy is deemed incurable by the medical community and is subsequently preyed on and abused by his Uncle Ernie, City Lights newcomer John Duarte, Cousin Kevin, played by Jason Arias (ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES & PERESTROIKA) and a local prostitute known as The Gypsy, played by Raegena Raymond (WISE WOMEN, LYSISTRATA). After his mother inadvertently cures him, teen-aged Tommy becomes an adored celebrity, but the cost of fame and the attentions of obsessed fans, notably Sally Simpson, played by Cynthia Zitter in her City Lights debut, may be too high.