Meet the Pete Townshend-approved breakout star of ‘The Who’s Tommy’ on Broadway

Ali Louis Bourzgui didn’t grow up jamming out to “Pinball Wizard” and “Baba O’Riley.” The actor, after all, was born more than three decades after The Who’s first album “My Generation” came out in 1965. And yet, last August, the lucky 24-year-old was a VIP at their concert in England as he chatted backstage with legendary guitarist Pete Townshend. “I went and hung out with Pete and got to sit down and talk to him for a few hours,” Bourzgui told me over lunch at Joe Allen. “And then I...