musical american idiot sung stage adaptation punk rock band green day rock opera run moved broadway previews began march play officially opened april closed april performances green day appear production vocalist guitarist performed role occasionally run story expanded concept album centers young men johnny johnny flee suburban lifestyle parental restrictions stays home work relationship pregnant girlfriend heather pair look meaning life try freedom excitement city quickly gives life city joins military shipped war johnny turns drugs finds grows dislike relationship experiences lost love book written armstrong director music composed lyrics armstrong score included songs original american idiot album additional green day songs sources album 21st unreleased songs originally recorded american idiot musical musical won tony awards best scenic design musical musical received nomination broadway cast recording won grammy award best musical album plot set recent past musical opens group suburban youths living usa saturated fed state union company explodes frustration american idiot youths johnny jesus goes friend friend joins party run beer prompting pick local soon lives city damned johnny challenges friends engage don care girlfriend heather soon makes appearance pregnant doesn know beloved johnny money buys bus tickets city young men eager escape boys able leave heather tells pregnancy choice stays home tales broken home johnny depart city group youths holiday johnny city woman sees apartment window boulevard broken dreams finds hard adjust urban life television army favorite son realizes generation bright lights city waiting army frustrated johnny rebellious drug dealing alter ego called heroin time jimmy newfound courage thanks drugs allow johnny successful girl window sits couch girlfriend pregnancy progresses drinks beer begs release deployed war zone soon shot wounded johnny spends night girl saw window calls johnny wants celebrate plans american girls rebel johnny club drugs passionate sex time heather baby girl born increasingly oblivious heather commits baby future night earth heather pot alcohol fueled despite takes baby walks soon time lying bed army hospital falls victim seen wartime nurse engage aerial dance extraordinary girl quickly falls love disappears left fellow soldiers reprise city johnny reveals depth love sleeps time drugs great jimmy forces johnny increasingly erratic eventually threatens knife know enemy attempts talk johnny behavior extraordinary girl dresses wounds sits couch guns johnny leaves note saying chosen jimmy drugs frightened fed tells johnny jesus reveals father rage mother love leaves hurt departure johnny better days ahead home things lost wake september ends appears makes attempt johnny attention johnny died resulting suicide death jimmy johnny gets desk job soon realizes place city east 12th street television state likes finally gets couch heather appears new boyfriend rock roll girlfriend heads away surprisingly finds johnny johnny sold guitar bus ticket home returns war zone extraordinary girl introduces friends extraordinary girl johnny furious leaving group quickly friends embrace heather boyfriend arrive uneasy truce gives baby friends greet men haven seen year coming home year later johnny lost love life accepts live inside struggle rage love defined life acceptance comes possibility hope cast takes bows curtain rises reveal entire company guitars perform song good time life performance song recorded given audience free digital download characters cast members principal cast members major productions background green day released album warning village_voice music critic robert_christgau compared warning band previous album noted joe armstrong abandoning person assuming fictional creating voice thinking left liberal detected faint work theatrical composer lyricist team trend writing person came fruition green day studio album new song green day wrote single american idiot day bassist studio recording second song armstrong decided wanted drummer cool followed suit armstrong recalled started getting tried kept connecting little half minute bits musical suite homecoming group subsequently wrote suite jesus record album long conceptual piece response realities era band took inspiration concept records sources musical theater repertoire like west story concept album cum stage musical jesus christ superstar armstrong said band intended staged create film thinking terms kind felt like scoring movie director heard album expressed interest adapting stage approached band collaboration agreed work band gave mayer wide latitude adaptation seeing earlier work additional songs included green day catalog mayer added little dialogue felt instead music lyrics expressive removed dialogue berkeley production moved broadway production history berkeley musical premiered previews began september official opening september grossing theatre history producers extended limited run twice november cast included johnny heather extraordinary girl broadway musical transferred broadway previews beginning march officially opened april cast berkeley production retained broadway production exception replaced rumored cost million million produce months performances ways possibly turning profit according new_york_times report promotion cast performed grammy awards january green day music supervisor berkeley broadway productions lead producers producer creative team largely musical adaptation director scenic designer lighting designer choreographer costume designer sound designer green day played role september october ticket sales week armstrong performed average ticket prices increased gross sales increased previous week totals singer songwriter filled took time personal matters armstrong appearances january february played broadway february took role march following armstrong departure cast experienced weak sales broadway production closed april previews performances armstrong returned role final weeks cast recording won grammy award best musical album american idiot toured north_america beginning december toronto canada original national tour cast included reprising role johnny heather broadway alumnus non equity second tour launched late summer ireland tour visited manchester southampton cardiff edinburgh glasgow dublin birmingham london later cast included johnny heather extraordinary girl trent started october southampton ended december london second tour began performances norfolk virginia january touring cast ended las_vegas nevada june august debut tokyo japan weeks later september south korean debut seoul took role johnny mariah took heather took national tour cast included johnny mariah heather extraordinary girl january previously non equity tour took role left tour ended american idiot scandinavian premiere february april new production musical official production directed songs performed english dialogue spoken swedish west end production opened west end cast includes produced choreographed announced april production return summer tour concluding belfast early july tour joined cast johnny rio_de_janeiro production open rio_de_janeiro january musical numbers features songs album american idiot tracks songs green day 21st century breakdown features onstage band american idiot company jesus jesus johnny city damned johnny company don care johnny company beloved heather men tales broken home johnny heather company holiday johnny company boulevard broken dreams johnny men favorite son favorite son women waiting favorite son company jimmy johnny company rebel johnny chase night earth soon heather ben chase extraordinary girl extraordinary girl ben chase time johnny know enemy guns extraordinary girl heather johnny company women wake september ends johnny company homecoming death jimmy east 12th johnny likes company rock roll girlfriend heather company coming home johnny company good time life company curtain green day released single guns musical cast december version features backup rest american idiot cast version released sands singing parts armstrong previously sung green day cast musical performed song grammy awards january original cast recording musical released april cast album includes songs featured musical plus brand new recording time album won best musical album 53rd annual grammy awards critical reception reviews production mixed los_angeles_times called entertaining way intentionally reflects shallow media saturated culture album rails san called production songs fused hypnotic movement eye visuals thought compelling abstract channels spirit punk compared original album writing fine continued words big business broadway new_york_times commented contained characters lack way emotional depth simple point felt possesses energy vision wasted youth holds grip review broadway production enthusiastic called portrait wasted youth standard genre conventions power music execution ultimately moving seen broadway season maybe seasons past boston herald enjoyed premise found music message suffer setting audience seated associated_press found visually striking musically adventurous noted story minimal character development usa today enjoyed contradiction green day massively popular album feel good musical season time magazine opined score pure specimen contemporary punk rock broadway encountered variety fall short fully developed narrative concluded american idiot despite earnest remains little rock concert deserves cheers irresistible musical energy opening fresh odd couple rock broadway rolling_stone wrote carries echoes rock musicals tommy hair rent cuts path heart won know hit american idiot knows limits global knockout reviews west end production generally positive telegraph gave stars calling minutes chaos summarized chaotic intense legendary green day hits trip musical time life independent gave stars praising director choreographer making sharp version energy rock gig minus feeling suit intimacy awards nominations american idiot won total awards meeting april score american idiot deemed ineligible tony award best original score nomination written stage production broadway production broadway performances gross receipts following month month breakdown sales attendance performance data production capacity james theatre film adaptation production company optioned musical create film version began initial negotiations distribute directed broadway production named director green day producers initially hired adapt screenplay musical film asked star film proposed release armstrong later posted twitter account hadn totally committed role interested screening broadway idiot mayer confirmed film adaptation happening production unknown hollywood march playwright told writing new screenplay film comparing musical jones said idea little little translate visual terms going lot dialogue probably little shorter takes movie time getting expected finish end month broadway idiot january announced documentary showing armstrong journey punk rock broadway released called broadway idiot showing lot scenes musical production movie directed veteran television journalist minutes pbs documentaries nova trailer released january documentary premiered south southwest film festival march october released theaters video demand film review aggregator rotten_tomatoes reports critics gave film positive review based reviews average score metacritic assigns rating based reviews critics film score citing mixed average reviews based reviews
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