"American Idiot" at the St. James Theatre, September 12, 2010
Green Day comes to Broadway with this staging based on their 2004 album of the same title, broadening the original concept into a story of three friends, Johnny (John Gallagher, Jr.), Will (Michael Esper) and Tunny (Start Sands) who plan to abandon their small-town, suburban upbringing for the bright lights of the big city. Will gets shot down before the trip begins when he learns his girlfriend is pregnant. Johnny and Tunny make the trek, but Tunny joins the military in the aftermath of September 11 and ends up in Iraq. Johnny falls victim to the lure of drugs under the spell of his dealer, St. Jimmy (Tony Vincent).
