The other day I saw American Idiot: The Musical at Heinz Hall. Actually, it was over a week ago, but I decided to put an offer in a house in Larryville, which meant by random time to blog was overtaken by stress filled decisions about house buying. But anyways, a musical featuring Green Day Music? Hmmm... I thought sure why not, this could be interesting. It certainly didn't fail to be interesting. It was beyond over-the-top. You haven't lived until you've seen a couple dance involving really long rubber bands used for heroin and choreographed to a Green Day song. Honestly, I didn't have a bad time at all. I laughed the entire time, although not sure that I was supposed to be laughing, but the ridiculousness of it all was just so absurd. It was so absurd that I actually thought it could have been a satire of musicals but sadly they were being 100% serious. Watch for yourself how ridiculous it actually is...
One huge complaint though, they really missed out in not sneaking Basket Case into a musical about a guy losing it all and cracking up.
So if you have been really begging to see a popular 90's group completely sell out and have a musical made with their music then see American Idiot: The Musical. I personally cannot wait for the Third Eye Blind or Spin Doctors musical...
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Make it happen Broadway!!!
Since I like to be cultured I got the season pass to musical (well lets be honest, it was because I wanted to make sure that I got tickets to the Book of Mormon), I'm going to start an ongoing power rankings...
Marty's Musical Power Rankings:
1. Les Miserables: a classic. The show was actually pretty spectacular.
2. Flashdance: 80's movie turned musical based in the Burgh, a combination for the ages.
3. American Idiot: The Musical
What other shows are included in the season pass? Deeeeeeets!
ReplyDeleteWhat was the demographic breakdown in the theater? Older people? 20-something fancy date night? escape from the kids?