“Don’t wanna be an American Idiot!” Angsty, beautiful voices chant and sing across the vibrantly lit stage with television screens broadcasting the media (current news, clips of the war, pop adds, commercials and President Bush) and fluorescent lights flashing. Brilliantly directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer, the musical follows three teenage friends; Johnny (John Gallagher Jr.), Tunny (Stark Sands) and Will (Michael Esper). The questioning of youth and what comes tied in with it. Drugs, sex, rock n roll, trauma, girls (extraordinary or forgettable).
Finding the “American Dream” has always seemed impossible and out of reach for the boys of suburbia, stuck with nowhere to go. Finally they’ve had enough and decide to go to the big city of lights, dreams and aspirations, where the impossible becomes the possible. [click to continue….]
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