Watching a rehearsal of American Idiot from the House Right seats, American Stage director Gavin Hawk mused on the narrative spine of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, adapted from the 2004 album of the same title by the punk rock trio Green Day.
“A lot of what we do is treating each song like a music video,” Hawk explained as the youthful cast ran, leaped and kicked in unison, like a herd of loose-limbed antelope. “So it’s telling the story more visually.”
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