Pre-Pro 2024: American Idiot & Alice by Heart - August 08 - August 17, 2024
City of Dublin - Abbey Theater of Dublin
About the Authors
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Green Day
Vocalist/guitarist BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG bassist MIKE DIRNT, and drummer TRÉ COOL - were kids from working-class backgrounds who came of age in the underground punk scene in Berkeley. Over the years, Green Day topped the charts with their studio albums while entertaining millions of fans with their frenetic live shows. American Idiot debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and earned seven Grammy® nominations. In 2009, Green Day released 21st Century Breakdown, which spawned two hit singles: the gold "Know Your Enemy" and the double-platinum "21 Guns," which earned them three 2009 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Rock Video. Later that year, the stage musical of American Idiot bowed at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009 and set attendance records during its limited engagement. The play went on to Broadway and ran for a year at the St. James Theatre and won two Tony Awards. For more info visit www.greenday.com.
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Billie Joe Armstrong
Frontman of the rock band Green Day, Armstrong came of age in the underground punk scene in Berkeley. Green Day's albums include 1039/Smooth Out Slappy Hours; Kerplunk; 1994's Dookie, which sold 15 million copies and garnered their first Grammy; Insomniac; Nimrod; Warning; 2004's landmark American Idiot, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and earned seven Grammy nominations; 21st Century Breakdown; and 2012's consecutively released ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!. The Tony and Grammy winning musical American Idiot, opened on Broadway in 2010. Throughout its run, he made cameo appearances in the role of St. Jimmy. The recent documentary, Broadway Idiot, chronicles his road to the Great White Way. Armstrong also composed the music for These Paper Bullets staged at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 2014. His other film and TV credits include This is 40, Nurse Jackie, and Like Sunday, Like Rain. www.greenday.com
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