I never realized I could blog about the music from the Broadway plays I see every month! (Thank you Broadway Across America).
My most recent view was American Idiot. My dad told me that Green Day actually had a lot to do with the production and were very involved with the choreography and music but I don't really believe that. It was the story of three punk rockers, who were actually pretty funny. They all wanted to leave to New York I'm guessing, although as soon as the guys got their way out, one of the character's girlfriend came out as pregnant so he had to stay with her. The other two boys went on their adventure, but as one loved it, the other just slept all day and wasn't enjoying his new life. Since he thought he had nowhere to go, he joined the war. The last character (whom I think represented the lead singer of Green Day but I'm not sure) was so mad, so he lived the life of a bachelor, partying all night and sleeping all day with the new woman whom he knew to be the love of his life.Soon he got into drugs, like heroin, and got addicted fast. He gained another side to him, who I though represented his addiction, but my mom said represented Death.
That side of him ended up making him leave his love for drugs. She came back and practically said "NO! Fuck you, I'm leaving you!" (pardon my French).
He struggled with getting over his addiction but soon cleaned himself up and got an office job that he hated. So he went home.
While all of this was happening you watched the guys girlfriend leave him because he was a drunk bum who hated his own child and refused to associate with it at all. And the war vet loose his leg, but fall in love with a nurse who soon became his wife.
They all stayed or went back home and met up together, at first they were angry at eachother but soon came together as best friends once more.
I honestly think the music and theme was NOT very Green Day-ish. The choreography was simple and looked like it was trying to be head banging but didnt really fit.
Nothing really fit with Green Day and that kind of upset me, but it was a pretty good play.
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