Custom Search 1  "This show is definitely no Lion King"  ACTOR:
Jamal Shuriah  SEPTEMBER 11th 2001 will forever be a significant
date in US history. It was the day a series of terrorist attacks
were launched on America, resulting in the loss of 2,753 lives.
Eleven years later, and a punk rock opera about three miserable
teenage rebels struggling to find a cause in a post 9/11 town is
being shown in the UK. American Idiot is a staged adaptation of
the 2004 Green Day album, co-written by band member Billie Joe
Armstrong.  Starring in the musical is 24-year-old Jamal
Shuriah, he was 12-years-old when the 9/11 attacks occurred.
Although he didn’t personally suffer any loss surrounding the
event, it still affected him and his class mates.  Since its
Broadway debut in 2010, the show has been hit with controversy
sounding whether the band had ‘gone soft’ in the musical
department. It has also been criticised for its depiction of a
war veteran’s physical loss. Hoping the audience will take away
the positives message