Lifehouse Author:Pete Townshend, Jeff Young An ambitious, futuristic play begun by Who leader Pete Townshend in the early 1970s, LIFEHOUSE remained unperformed until 1999, when it was broadcast in Britain by the BBC as a radio production. It tells the story of Ray and Sally, who have moved from the city to the country to escape the all-encompassing commercial pressures of their soulless m... more »odern society. Their daughter, Mary, has run away to attend Lifehouse, a massive rock concert that aspires to restoring the population's humanity. Ray, accompanied by two imaginary personalities--one his childhood self, and the other a benevolent father-figure--sets off to find her. The play was originally meant to have been a TOMMY-like production with the Who's participation, and many of the scenes possess the magic of that earlier Who milestone. The underlying message that music can be a liberating force will be a familiar one to Who fans, while Townshend's post-1960s iconoclastic idealism gives LIFEHOUSE an aura of timeless innocence.« less