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American Idiot Musical (Theatrical Production)

Started by J'net , Mar 29 2009 04:23 PM

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:23 PM

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Article

Hahaha - "...a bit more fruity than the Clash..."

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:27 PM

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wow..
are you sure? O.O

This would be awesome!

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:28 PM

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Woah blink.gif
I dont know if I love the idea or hate it confused.gif

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:29 PM

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“I guess maybe we’re a bit more fruity than the Clash,” Mr. Armstrong said.
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Very cool ~ I wish I had time to read the whole article, butI gotta get back to work confused.gif
Thanks for sharing, jane!!
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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:30 PM

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I gotta say this is fucking awesome, and it a lot of ways it fits better than the movie

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:30 PM

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billie's awesome in the interview lol

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:30 PM

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Fuck no.

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:34 PM

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QUOTE (Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love @ Mar 29 2009, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Fuck no.

couldn't agree more. american idiot movie was bad enough

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:37 PM

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Okaay, WHAT THE FUCK!!!! Why the no-go on a HLAHG DVD release, whereas this is great? I mean, it makes no sense...

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:37 PM

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Thanks for digging that one up Janet! Holy cow! It's amazing that American Idiot is still relevant in 2009. With the new album coming out you would figure AI would be laid to rest. First HLAHG, and then this!

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:40 PM

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<!--quoteo(post=2849388:date=Mar 29 2009, 04:37 PM:name=greendayfan518)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (greendayfan518 @ Mar 29 2009, 04:37 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2849388"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Thanks for digging that one up Janet! Holy cow! It's amazing that American Idiot is still relevant in 2009. With the new album coming out you would figure AI would be laid to rest. First HLAHG, and then this!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'm somewhat excited about it. I can see the difficulty in doing something theatrical with it, but I think the team doing it sounds pretty high quality, so that gives me hope for something wonderful.

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:43 PM

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wow!
That would be awesome

and yeah, that fruity thing made me laugh too laugh.gif

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:43 PM

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but..
does anyone knows who would be the actors or something?

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:47 PM

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I think its awesome, adds to the legacy of AI I guess

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:49 PM

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sounds interesting

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:51 PM

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QUOTE (KerplunkxCreak @ Mar 29 2009, 04:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
but..
does anyone knows who would be the actors or something?

The article says it hasn't been cast yet. I think Mikey should do everything in his power to get an audition (not Mikey Brannon - OUR Mikey smile.gif).

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:52 PM

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I think it's kind of a logical progression - watching Billie Joe's performance during the AI tour, I felt like he was embodying and projecting a whole cast of characters. It has the potential to be amazing, or at the very least, interesting. smile.gif

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:55 PM

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QUOTE (justcause @ Mar 29 2009, 04:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... watching Billie Joe's performance during the AI tour, I felt like he was embodying and projecting a whole cast of characters....

I completely agree - he's such an actor - even though he once said "We're not actors," he's a natural when he's performing.

I think the casting and the treatment will be critical to make it good. But I agree with you that it at least has the potential to be amazing and will probably be interesting even if it's not wonderful.

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:58 PM

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hahaa, well this is interesting. i think it's kinds cool.

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:59 PM

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QUOTE (janewt @ Mar 29 2009, 05:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The article says it hasn't been cast yet. I think Mikey should do everything in his power to get an audition (not Mikey Brannon - OUR Mikey smile.gif).

Yesyesyesyesyes. biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

And who's Mikey Brannon?

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 05:01 PM

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QUOTE (Eirik93 @ Mar 29 2009, 04:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yesyesyesyesyes. biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

And who's Mikey Brannon?

St. Jimmy (look at the HLaHG meet up thread - I just posted a photo a few minutes ago, and if you scroll up, there's one him with Anja).

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 05:07 PM

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I think I might try to go to this. It sounds interesting.

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 05:10 PM

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This is a little weird, tbh.

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 05:12 PM

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QUOTE (janewt @ Mar 29 2009, 10:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I completely agree - he's such an actor - even though he once said "We're not actors," he's a natural when he's performing.

I think the casting and the treatment will be critical to make it good. But I agree with you that it at least has the potential to be amazing and will probably be interesting even if it's not wonderful.


I think the dialog is a big deal - it has to come up to the standard of Billie Joe's shit-hot lyrics. One of the things I find off-putting with musicals is that the dialog is usually lame, it just links the songs but doesn't connect with them. For this to be all that it should be, that connection needs to be seamless. Taking all of that into account - just imagine Jesus of Suburbia filling up a stage with a whole chorus, wow!!

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 05:15 PM

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QUOTE (janewt @ Mar 29 2009, 06:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
St. Jimmy (look at the HLaHG meet up thread - I just posted a photo a few minutes ago, and if you scroll up, there's one him with Anja).

Oh yeah, that guy.. Why is he called St. Jimmy btw?

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QUOTE (justcause @ Mar 29 2009, 05:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think the dialog is a big deal - it has to come up to the standard of Billie Joe's shit-hot lyrics. One of the things I find off-putting with musicals is that the dialog is usually lame, it just links the songs but doesn't connect with them. For this to be all that it should be, that connection needs to be seamless. Taking all of that into account - just imagine Jesus of Suburbia filling up a stage with a whole chorus, wow!!

Completely agree! It's all running through my head as I try to imagine what it could be like. And as you say ... wow!!

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 05:28 PM

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i have to watch this.
i cant imagine how green day songs will be with orchestration!
=D

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 05:30 PM

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Holy shit! This should be interesting. I gotta check it out!

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 05:30 PM

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Oh. God.

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