Your Work is A Mirror

I had an epiphany Sunday afternoon. I saw “Tommy,” the musical by Peter Townsend of The Who at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago. You are likely familiar with it — the story of “that deaf, dumb and blind kid” who “sure plays a mean pinball.”

Honestly, I didn’t know much more than that going in. I didn’t know Tommy’s full story. But when the opening chord w…