Single tickets for the world premiere of American Idiot, the musical drawn from the Grammy Award-winning neo-punk album by Green Day, go on sale Aug. 7 at the website of Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California, which will premiere the piece on Sept. 4.
Tony Award-winning actor John Gallagher, Jr. will reunite with Michael Mayer, his Tony-winning director from Spring Awakening, to star in the production, which has commercial producers attached.
The project, co-conceived by Mayer and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, will play the Bay Area through Oct. 11. Tickets go on sale 10 AM (PDT) Aug. 7 at berkeleyrep.org.
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Gallagher (who won a Best Featured Actor Tony for his work as Moritz in Spring Awakening) will play Johnny, leading an ensemble of 19 young performers that also features Matt Caplan as Tunny, Michael Esper as Will, and Tony Vincent as St. Jimmy with Mary Faber as Heather, Rebecca Naomi Jones as Whatsername, and Christina Sajous as Extraordinary Girl.
Playbill News: California World Premiere of American Idiot Musical On Sale Online Aug. 7
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