American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
musicalbluemirror
Stand-by Joined: 3/16/09
MusicSnob1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/09
#2re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:23pm
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#2re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:37pmI think the general public is over these songs. They're SO OVER played.
#3re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:40pmWill this be nominated for Best musical along with The First Wives Club and Spiderman?
musicalman2
Featured Actor Joined: 5/7/08
#4re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:56pm
musicsnob, there'll be pork in the treetops in 2010!
(I do like that picture though. . . did you make that yourself?)
MusicSnob1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/09
#5re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/9/09 at 11:00pm
It's cute, isn't it? No. Google Images.
Jordan - I'm going with PURE COUNTRY myself!
When I think about you, I touch myself.
#6re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 12:50am
Unlike Spiderman, it actually had a production, and unlike First Wives Club, it wasn't a disaster.
I could easily see it making a successful, and lucrative, transfer in the near future. If not for this season, then the next one. It's not as if it doesn't have some extremely powerful driving forces behind it.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#7re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 1:22am
The resistance on this message board to this musical baffles me. It got pretty great reviews and word of mouth and looks far more interesting than some of the crap being aimed at Broadway. As for Green Day, and the idiotic statement that the public is over their music, they remain one of the most interesting and innovative rock bands in modern music. I think it's a fantastic idea for a musical and I hope we see it this season.
Updated On: 11/10/09 at 01:22 AM
#8re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 2:13am
This show is absolutely incredible. Anyone who doubts it will be surprised at how wonderful it is.
The worst part of the production, however, is John Gallagher, Jr..
I know, right?
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#9re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 2:26am
It got pretty great reviews and word of mouth and looks far more interesting than some of the crap being aimed at Broadway.
Really? The reviews I read were not exactly good.
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Updated On: 11/10/09 at 02:26 AM
#10re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 2:28amPut it in the Nederlander!
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#11re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 3:45amMillion Dollar Quartet is in the Nederlander for an April opening.
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#12re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 5:28amI'm very much looking forward to this and waking up and seeing the news this morning definitely was a great start to my day. Hope I don't have to wait TOOOO much longer for it in NYC.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#13re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 5:32amI was once excited by this, but that has waned based on the information that has trickled over. But I'm still curious enough to buy a ticket when the news comes out.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#14re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 9:11am
Everytime people balk about this show or the like, I think of Jimmy Cagney in "Footlight Parade..."
"Nyah, talking pictures are a fad, see? Nyah! I've produced fifty musical comedies, and I'll produce fifty more!"
Rock musicals are the thing because the music on Broadway represents the music that the composers are immersed in. Jazz... just isn't around that much anymore.
MusicSnob1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/09
#15re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 10:33am
"they remain one of the most interesting and innovative rock bands in modern music"
According to you, yes.
When I think about you, I touch myself.
sundaymorning6am
Broadway Star Joined: 5/23/06
#16re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 10:58am
Who in this thread that is raging against the show has actually SEEN it? Until you see it, your opinion is irrelevant.
There are tons of people who have hated the album (American Idiot) and then love the show because the music is sung arranged beautifully and somewhat differently from the album.
Updated On: 11/10/09 at 10:58 AM
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#17re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 11:06am
Your opinion is obsolete?
Irrelevant perhaps. Obsolete? I think not. As my Freshman Lit Prof would say "Son, you'd benefit by making the acquaintance of a dictionary."
sundaymorning6am
Broadway Star Joined: 5/23/06
#18re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 11:18am
Ah yes, you are quite right Joe, thank you. Irrelevant, meaningless, etc.
So who here is running their mouth off without ever having seen the show because they'd rather Gypsy be revived for 92nd time on Broadway?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#19re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 11:26am
Is the "pubic" really over their music, Basely Tearful? 
I agree with what you said though. It got great reviews. Remember when everyone savaged JERSEY BOYS before it opened? And it ended up being a pretty good show. Although some (ok, most) on BWW won't admit it. Jukebox musicals CAN work; I don't see the point in classifying them all as GOOD VIBRATIONS or LENNON-esque disasters.
sundaymorning6am
Broadway Star Joined: 5/23/06
#20re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 11:54amWickedRocks - It's NOT a jukebox musical though. I think that's something a lot of people who are badmouthing it don't understand. Green Day wrote American Idiot as a 'rock opera' of sorts. That's why all the songs are in the same order in the show as they are on the album.
MusicSnob1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/09
#21re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 11:59am
To both of your posts -- go back up and reread BLAXX's.
I, too, am waiting for the overwhelming amount of postively raving reviews from the West Coast premiere.
Present away!
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sundaymorning6am
Broadway Star Joined: 5/23/06
#22re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 12:24pmLet's also point out that it got a fairly good review from Isherwood?
#23re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 12:38pmAmerican Idiot wasn't my cup of tea, but I think it'd do well off-Broadway.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#24re: American Idiot Broadway Transfer Confirmed ...but when?
Posted: 11/10/09 at 12:47pm
Well, even thought I'm in their court, I don't think it totally escaped Jukebox Musical territory here.
It may be a collection of songs from a single album (and a few from the enw one) but it tends to fit the base definition of jukebox fare. Though, from what I gather, it uses the through line Green Day establishes in their album, it still, isn't music written specifically for the stage. It's fine to use the music, I have no problem against it, but I don't think it's widely different enough to take it out of jukebox label land. At least Who's Tommy had a film before it reached Broadway. American Idiot didn't. Still, it's one of my most anticipated projects Broadway has going this season.
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