American Idiot (Musical)

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Original title:	American idiot
Original language:	English
Music:	Green Day
Book:	Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
Lyrics:	Billie Joe Armstrong
Literary source:	American idiot
Original direction:	Michael Mayer
Premiere:	September 15, 2009
Place of premiere:	Berkeley Repertory Theater
Place and time of the action:	Jingletown, United States (fictional)
Roles / people
Johnny St. Jimmy Tunny Want Whatsername The Extraordinary Girl Heather

American Idiot is a musical . The show is an adaptation of Green Day's concept album of the same name . Additional Green Day songs have been incorporated into the piece, such as from the album 21st Century Breakdown , B-Sides and the previously unreleased song When It's Time . The book was written by Green Days lead singer and songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong and directed by Michael Mayer. The lyrics are from Armstrong and the music was composed by Armstrong and his bandmates Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool .

The story is based on that of the concept album and is about Johnny, a disaffected youth who flees from an overwhelming suburb and the restrictions of his parents in order to search for the meaning of life and to experience the freedom and charm of the city. One of his friends stays home to sort out a relationship with a pregnant friend. Another friend is stationed in Iraq . Johnny discovers a part of himself that he doesn't like, has a love affair and experiences lost love.

After showing at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in 2009, the musical moved to Broadway , with a first preview at the St. James Theater on March 24, 2010 and the official launch on April 20, 2010. Green Day as a band did not attend the performance, However, Billie Joe Armstrong partially played the role of St. Jimmy. However, the play had a band on stage. On April 24, 2011, the last performance ran after 422 shows. The German-language premiere took place on January 17, 2018 in Frankfurt am Main .

The piece received mixed to positive reviews, but received an important rave review from the New York Times . American Idiot won two Tony Awards in 2010 : Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Christine Jones and Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Kevin Adams. It was also nominated for Best Musical .

background

Green Day released the concept album American Idiot in 2004. According to lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, the album was deliberately created with a story arc and some inspiration came from musicals like The Rocky Horror Show and West Side Story . Armstrong also said that they assumed "it would go on stage or become a film ... We felt like we were writing music for a film." Director Michael Mayer heard the album and expressed an interest in a stage adaptation. When he approached the band about a collaboration, they agreed to it. The band gave Mayer plenty of leeway for his adaptation after seeing his previous work Spring Awakening . Although additional Green Day songs were included, Mayer added only a few dialogues. He felt that the music and lyrics were meaningful enough on their own and even removed other dialogues that were part of the Berkeley production for the move to Broadway.

Production history

Berkeley

The musical celebrated in Berkeley Repertory Theater premiere . The first preview ran on September 4, 2009 and the first official performance was on September 15, 2009. After it became the most successful play in the history of the theater, the producers extended the season twice until November 15, 2009. The ensemble included John Gallagher Jr. as Johnny, Matt Caplan as Tunny, Michael Esper as Will, Tony Vincent as St. Jimmy, Rebecca Naomi Jones as Whatsername, Mary Faber as Heather and Christina Sajousal's The Extraordinary Girl.

Berkeley Repertory cast

• John Gallagher, Jr. - Johnny
• Tony Vincent - St. Jimmy
• Matt Caplan - Tunny
• Michael Esper - Will
• Rebecca Naomi Jones - Whatsername
• Christina Sajous - The Extraordinary Girl
• Mary Faber - Heather

Other appearances have been Declan Bennett, Andrew Call, Gerard Canonico, Miguel Cervantes, Joshua Henry, Brian Charles Johnson, Lorin Latarro, Omar Lopez-Cepero, Chase Peacock, Theo Stockman, Ben Thompson, Alysha Umphress, Morgan Weed and Libby Winters.

Broadway

The musical moved to the St. James Theater on Broadway. The first preview was on March 24, 2010 and the first performance was shown on April 20, 2010. Production is expected to cost between eight and ten million US dollars. According to a report in the New York Times , the play was "far from making a profit" even after six months of performance.

The Broadway cast includes John Gallagher Jr. as Johnny, Michael Esper as Will, Stark Sands as Tunny, Tony Vincent as St. Jimmy, Rebecca Naomi Jones as Whatsername, Mary Faber as Heather and Christina Sajous as Extraordinary Girl.

Tom Kitt is the music supervisor and orchestrator for the Berkeley and Broadway productions. The producers of the piece are Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce . American Idiot's creative team is largely the same as on Spring Awakening : Michael Mayer, director, Christine Jones, stage designer, and Kevin Adams, lighting designer . Andrea Lauer is the costume designer .

On September 26, 2010, Billie Joe Armstrong wrote on the official Green Day Twitter account that he would play the role of St. Jimmy from September 28 to October 3. This announcement resulted in a rapid surge in ticket sales at the St. James Theater. There have been a total of 77% more ticket sales over the period, an average price increase of 22% per ticket and an increase in gross sales of 127% compared to the previous weeks. The singer-songwriter replaced Tony Vincent, who had taken time off for personal reasons. The week after he was replaced by Andrew Call and Joshua Kobak. On November 30, 2010, the producers announced that Armstrong would play the role of St. Jimmy for another 50 appearances from January 1 to February 27, 2011.>

Armstrong's Broadway appearances are one of a number of promotions for the play. The ensemble performed with Green Day at the Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010.

Broadway cast

figure	Original occupation	Last occupation
Johnny	John Gallagher, Jr.	Van Hughes
St. Jimmy	Tony Vincent	Billie Joe Armstrong
Tunny	Strong sands	David Larsen
Want	Michael Esper	Justin Guarini
Whatsername	Rebecca Naomi Jones
The Extraordinary Girl	Christina Sajous	Libby Winters
Heather	Mary Faber	Jeanna de Waal

Other roles had Krystina Alabado, Declan Bennett, Jennifer Bowles, Andrew Call, Gerard Canonico, Miguel Cervantes, Joshua Henry, Brian Charles Johnson, Jason Kappus, Joshua Kobak, Lorin Latarro, Omar Lopez-Cepero, Leslie McDonel, Sean Michael Murray, Chase Peacock, Theo Stockman, Ben Thompson, Alysha Umphress, Aspen Vincent, Mikey Winslow and Libby Winters.

Representations

• Wallace Smith replaced Joshua Henry in the role of Favorite Son on July 20, 2010
• Billie Joe Armstrong played the role of St. Jimmy for Tony Vincent from September 27, 2010 to October 3, 2010
• Jeanna de Waal represented Mary Faber in the role of Heather on December 14, 2010
• Billie Joe Armstrong replaced Tony Vincent in the role of St. Jimmy on January 1, 2011 and also for 50 other appearances between January 1 and February 27. He was represented between January 11th and 16th by Andrew Call and Chase Peacock.
• Jason Kappus replaced Theo Stockman on January 31, 2011. Armstrong also took the same role in the final three weeks of the musical on Broadway.
• Melissa Etheridge represented Billie Joe Armstrong from February 1-6, 2011 and Chase Peacock from February 7-9.
• Davey Havok , lead singer of the band AFI , will play St. Jimmy for two weeks starting March 1st, 2011.

trip

The musical went on a North American tour in Toronto on December 28, 2011 ; international appearances were initially limited to Great Britain and Ireland, as well as South Korea and Japan. After a premiere in Malmö, Sweden in 2015, a production followed at the London Arts Theater in 2016. In the following year, American Idiot was re-enacted in various productions in Brisbane , Buenos Aires and Copenhagen .

Frankfurt

The German-language premiere of American Idiot took place on January 17, 2018 at the Batschkapp rock club in Frankfurt am Main . The lyrics were translated into German by Titus Hoffmann. The director was Thomas Helmut Heep, the musical director was Dean Wilmington, the choreography was by Ludwig Mond. In September 2018, the Frankfurt production was also shown in Berlin's Admiralspalast .

Munich

On November 6, 2019, Johannes Reitmeier , director at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck , staged the musical for the August Everding Theater Academy in Munich's Prinzregententheater . Stefanie Erb took over the choreography, the band Vanden Plas played under the direction of Günter Werno. Frontman Andy Kuntz took on the role of St. Jimmy.

Cast of the German-language premiere

figure	occupation
Johnny	Philipp Buettner
Want	Dennis Hupka
Tunny	Sebastian Smulders
St. Jimmy	Robert Lankester
Whatsername	Lisa Antoni
Heather	Laura Friedrich Tejero
Crazy woman	Lena Weiss
Favorite son	Claudio Gottschalk-Schmitt
Alysha	Paulina Plucinski
Chelsea	Yvonne Braschke

action

The musical begins with a group of teenagers who live unhappily in a suburb (called Jingletown in the United States). Depressed by the state of the nation, frustration spreads across the community ( American Idiot ). The piece then focuses on three friends: Johnny, Will and Tunny. The three feel threatened by their mundane lives. Johnny (aka "Jesus of Suburbia") feels sorry for himself along with Will ( Jesus of Suburbia ). Tunny joins the group. When they run out of beer, they make their way to a 7-Eleven , where Tunny reveals the idle, nowhere quicksand of their lives ( City of the Damned ). They get annoyed and Johnny asks his friends to intervene ( I Don't Care ). Will's friend Heather appears. She is pregnant and doesn't know what to do next ( Dearly Beloved ). Johnny borrows money from his mother and buys bus tickets into town for himself and his friends. However, Heather tells Will about her pregnancy with his child and he decides to stay home ( Tales of Another Broken Home ). Johnny and Tunny make their way into town with a group of other teenagers ( Holiday ).

While Johnny wanders around town, languishing for a woman he sees in an apartment window ( Boulevard of Broken Dreams ), Tunny finds it difficult to adapt to urban life and is seduced by a television commercial for the army ( Favorite Son ). Tunny realizes that his generation is so numb and numb that even the bright city lights don't arouse him ( Are We the Waiting ). He signed up for the army.

Frustrated with his friends' departure and inability to find girlfriend or fun, Johnny conjures a rebellious strong reflection of himself called “St. Jimmy ”and injects heroin for the first time ( St. Jimmy ). In Jingletown, Will sits on the sofa while his girlfriend's pregnancy continues. He drinks beer and pleads for his release. Meanwhile, Tunny is transferred to a war zone, is shot and wounded shortly afterwards ( Give Me Novacaine ).

Johnny realizes that St. Jimmy gives him what he always wanted: women and fun. He spends the night with the girl he saw in the window and calls her "Whatsername". Johnny has fallen in love with Whatsername and wants to party, but St. Jimmy has plans for the other two ( Last of the American Girls / She's a Rebel ). Johnny and Whatsername go to a club , do drugs and have passionate sex. Meanwhile, Will and Heather's baby have been born and Will is increasingly forgetful while Heather lovingly cares for the future with her child ( Last Night on Earth ).

Heather has had enough of Will's weed and alcohol-filled indifference. Regardless of Will's assurances, she takes the baby and leaves him ( Too Much, Too Soon ). At the same time, Tunny, in a bed in an army hospital ( Before the Lobotomy ), falls victim to the hopelessness he saw during the war and begins to hallucinate. He dances in the air with his nurse ( Extraordinary Girl ). He falls in love with her ( Before the Lobotomy (Reprise) ).

Jimmy reappears in town, but Johnny ignores him and watches Whatsername sleep. Johnny thinks about their relationship and tells her about the strength of his love ( When It's Time ). The seduction of drugs, however, is too great; Jimmy forces Johnny to become increasingly moody and ultimately threatens Whatsername (and then himself) with a knife ( Know Your Enemy ). Whatsername tries to talk about his behavior but is shocked by his lack of control. Meanwhile, Extraordinary Girl takes care of Tunny's wounds and Will is sitting alone on his sofa again ( 21 Guns ). Then Johnny and Jimmy leave and Johnny leaves Whatsername a note saying that he decided against her and in favor of Jimmy and the drugs. Scared and depressed, Whatsername explodes in front of Johnny and tells him that he is not the Jesus of Suburbia. She tries to make it clear to him that St. Jimmy is not a real person, as he believes, but a creation of his father's anger and his mother's love ( Letterbomb ). She is leaving him.

Injured by leaving Whatsernames, Johnny is forced to see that his life means nothing; he longs for better days in the future, Tunny longs for home and Will longs for all the things he's lost ( Wake Me Up When September Ends ). St. Jimmy reappears and makes one last attempt to get Johnny's attention, but that part of Johnny has died, leading to the metaphorical suicide of St. Jimmy ( The Death of St. Jimmy ). Johnny gets clean and takes an office job, but quickly realizes that he can't find a place for himself in town ( East 12th Street ). Will, all alone with his TV, laments his status as an outcast ( Nobody Likes You ). When he finally gets up from the sofa, Heather appears with her new rock star friend ( Rock and Roll Girlfriend ). Will makes himself 7-Eleven and meets Johnny and Tunny there. Johnny sold his guitar home for a bus ticket and Tunny returned from the war an amputee with the Extraordinary Girl. When Tunny introduces her to his friends, Heather and her boyfriend also join them. In an uncertain truce, she gives the baby to Will. More old friends come to greet the three of them ( We're Coming Home Again ).

A year later, Johnny laments the loss of the love of his life, but he accepts that he can live on in the struggle between anger and love that defined his life. With this consent comes the possibility of hope ( Whatsername ).

After the applause for the ensemble, the curtain rises one more time and all actors stand on stage with a guitar and perform the song Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) .

Songs

The musical includes all the songs from the American Idiot album , some B-sides and tracks from the 21st Century Breakdown album .

• American Idiot Company
• Jesus of Suburbia
  • Jesus of Suburbia - Johnny & Will
  • City of the Damned - Tunny, Johnny, Will & Ensemble
  • I Don't Care - Johnny, Will, Tunny & Ensemble
  • Dearly Beloved - Heather & Men
  • Tales of Another Broken Home - Johnny, Will, Tunny, Heather & Ensemble
• Holiday - Johnny, Tunny, Theo & Ensemble
• Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Johnny, Whatsername, Tunny & Men
• Favorite Son - Favorite Son & women
• Are We the Waiting - Tunny, Favorite Son & Ensemble
• St. Jimmy - Johnny, St. Jimmy & Ensemble
• Give Me Novacaine - Will, Tunny & Ensemble
• Last of the American Girls / She's a Rebel - Johnny, Whatsername, Will, Chase, St. Jimmy & Ensemble
• Last Night on Earth - St. Jimmy, Whatsername, Heather & Ensemble
• Too Much Too Soon - Theo, Alysha, Will & Heather
• Before the Lobotomy - Tunny, Wallace, Ben & Chase
• Extraordinary Girl - Extraordinary Girl, Tunny & Company
• Before the Lobotomy (Reprise) - Tunny, Wallace, Ben & Chase
• When It's Time - Johnny
• Know Your Enemy - St. Jimmy, Will, Johnny & Ensemble
• 21 Guns - Whatsername, Extraordinary Girl, Heather, Tunny, Johnny, Will & Ensemble
• Letterbomb - Whatsername & Women
• Wake Me Up When September Ends - Johnny, Will, Tunny, & Ensemble
• Homecoming
  • The Death of St. Jimmy - St. Jimmy & Johnny
  • East 12th St. - Johnny, Gerard, Theo & Ensemble
  • Nobody Likes You - Will & Company
  • Rock and Roll Girlfriend - Miguel, Heather, Will & Ensemble
  • We're Coming Home Again - Johnny, Tunny, Will & Ensemble
• Whatsername - Johnny & Ensemble
• Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Ensemble

Green Day released the single 21 Guns with the musical ensemble on Spinner.com on December 3, 2009. In this version, Billie Joe Armstrong sings along with Christina Sajous, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Mary Faber and Matt Caplan, supported by the rest of the American Idiot cast. In addition, Green Day performed together with the musical ensemble on January 31, 2010 at the Grammy Awards 2010 .

The album American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording was released on April 20, 2010. The recording includes all the songs from the musical as well as a new version of When It's Time by Green Day. All instruments were also played by Green Day.

criticism

The reviews for the Berkeley Rep production have been mixed. Charles McNulty of the Los Angeles Times called the show "kinetically entertaining in a way that intentionally reflects the shallow, media-saturated culture the album rants about." Karen D'Souza of San Jose Mercury News described the production as “a pounding collage of songs, fused together with hypnotic movements and astonishing effects.” Jim Harrington of the Oakland Tribune compared the musical disadvantageously to the actual album and wrote: “What once Good Gouda was packaged as Velveeta (cheese spread), "and sarcastically," In other words, it was supposed to be a huge hit on Broadway. "Charles Isherwood of the New York Times noted that the show had" characters with emotional depth or specificity is missing and the storylines are far too simple ”. However, he felt that "the show has a stimulating energy and a vision of lost youth that has us in its grip."

Isherwood's critique of the Broadway production was enthusiastic. He called the musical "a vibrant portrait of wasted youth that conjures up all standard genre conventions ... only to be transcended by the power of its music and the skill of its execution, the show is as refreshing and ultimately moving as nothing else in this Broadway season. Or maybe for a few others. "Every Gottleib of the Boston Herald enjoyed the play's premise but felt that" the music and the statement suffer in a place where the audience is polite and sensible. " Michael Kuchwara of the Associated Press found the show "visually impressive and musically adventurous," but noted that "the piece has a bare touch of plot and minimal character development." USA Today's Paul Kolnik enjoyed the contradiction that Green Days "is an extremely popular, absolutely sobering album ... the feel-good musical of the season". Times Richard Zoglin said the music is "the purest sample of contemporary punk rock Broadway has seen so far, and there's plenty of variety ... What the show lacks is a fully worked out plot." He concluded that " American Idiot ." , despite its serious sniffing and bagging, is just little more than an annotated rock concert. ... Still it deserves at least two cheers - for its irresistible musical energy and for opening fresh glimpses of the strange couple rock and Broadway. " Rolling Stone's Peter Travers wrote in his review:" Although American Idiot echoes from rock musicals like Tommy , Hair , Rent and Spring Awakening owns, it cuts its own way into the heart. You don't know that hit you American Idiot knows no boundaries - it's a global knockout. ” Described the musical as a“ groundbreaking piece of art practice, ” having the“ emotional charge from Rent , ”and congratulated Green Day for perpetuating American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown .

Awards and nominations

American Idiot won a total of six awards out of 20 nominations.

Broadway.com Audience Awards 2010

Two prizes out of eight nominations.

• Favorite Ensemble Cast (Won)
• Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical
  • John Gallagher Jr. (Won)
• Favorite New Broadway Musical (Nominated)
• Favorite Performance by a Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical
  • Michael Esper (nominated)
  • Stark Sands (nominated)
  • Tony Vincent (nominated)
• Favorite Performance by a Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical
  • Rebecca Naomi Jones (nominated)
• Favorite onstage pair
  • John Gallagher Jr. & Rebecca Naomi Jones (Nominated)

Drama Desk Awards 2010

One prize for three nominations.

• Outstanding Musical (Nominated)
• Outstanding Director of a Musical - Michael Mayer (Won)
• Outstanding Orchestrations - Tom Kitt (Nominated)

Drama League Awards 2010

No prize from three nominations.

• Distinguished Production of a Musical (Nominated)
• Distinguished Performance Award
  • John Gallagher Jr. (Nominated)
  • Tony Vincent (nominated)

Outer Critics Circle Awards 2010

A price of two nominations.

• Outstanding New Broadway Musical (Nominated)
• Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) - Kevin Adams (Won)

Tony Award 2010

Two prizes out of three nominations. At a meeting of the Tony Administration Committee on April 30, 2010, American Idiot's music was rejected from a nomination for Best Original Music because less than 50% was written specifically for production.

• Best Musical (nominated)
• Best Scenic Design of a Musical - Christine Jones (Won)
• Best Lighting Design of a Musical - Kevin Adams (Won)

Grammy Awards 2011

• Best Musical Show Album (Won)

Broadway Viewers, Performances, and Gross Income

The following table provides a monthly overview of ticket sales, attendance and data on the performances of the production at the St. James Theater (1709 seats).

Period	Number of visitors	Gross sales	Average Entrance fee	workload	Individual evidence
March 24 - April 4, 2010 (12 previews)	16,879	$ 1,312,033	$ 77.73	82.3%
April 5 - May 2, 2010 (14 previews, 16 performances)	38.195	$ 2,591,496	$ 67.85	74.5%
May 3 - June 6, 2010 (40 performances)	47,371	$ 3,898,058	$ 82.23	69.3%
June 7 - July 4, 2010 (31 performances)	36,876	$ 3,082,501	$ 83.59	69.6%
July 5 - August 1, 2010 (32 performances)	39,793	$ 3,199,187	$ 80.40	72.8%
August 2 - September 5, 2010 (40 performances)	45.125	$ 3,535,540	$ 78.35	66.0%
September 6 - October 3, 2010 (31 performances)	36,363	$ 2,491,234	$ 68.51	68.6%
October 4-31, 2010 (32 performances)	28.202	1,983,404 USD	$ 70.33	51.6%
November 1 - December 5, 2010 (40 performances)	33,334	$ 2,452,032	$ 73.56	48.8%
December 6, 2010 - January 2, 2011 (32 performances)	33,694	$ 2,694,839	$ 79.98	61.6%
January 3 - February 6, 2011 (40 performances)	47,347	$ 3,912,616	$ 82.64	69.3%
February 7 - March 6, 2011 (32 performances)	43,148	$ 3,818,799	$ 88.50	78.9%
March 7 - April 3, 2011 (32 performances)	32,498	$ 1,912,847	58.86 USD	59.4%
April 4 - April 24, 2011 (24 performances)	31,898	$ 2,913,465	$ 91.34	77.8%
All in all
422 performances, 26 previews	510.723	$ 39,798,051	$ 77.92	66.7%

filming

Universal Studios and Playtone , Tom Hanks ' production company , are currently working on a film adaptation of the musical. In October 2016, it was announced that HBO was working on the film with Playtone. Michael Mayer, the director of the musical will also direct the film. Dustin Lance Black wrote the script . Billie Joe Armstrong is said to play the leading role.

Individual evidence

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53. ↑ The sales data are published weekly. For simplicity, the financial month begins on the first Tuesday of the month.
54. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: March 22-28. (No longer available online.) Playbill, March 29, 2010, archived from the original on April 1, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
55. ↑ David Gewirtzman: Broadway Grosses: March 29-April 4th (No longer available online.) Playbill, April 5, 2010, archived from the original on May 9, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
56. ↑ David Gewirtzman: Broadway Grosses: April 5-11. (No longer available online.) Playbill April 12, 2010, archived from the original April 15, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
57. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: April 12-18. (No longer available online.) Playbill April 19, 2010, archived from the original April 22, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
58. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: April 19-25. (No longer available online.) Playbill, April 26, 2010, archived from the original on April 29, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
59. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: April 26 - May 2. (No longer available online.) Playbill, May 3, 2010, archived from the original on May 6, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
60. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: May 3-9. (No longer available online.) Playbill May 10, 2010, archived from the original on May 13, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
61. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: May 10-16. (No longer available online.) Playbill, May 17, 2010, archived from the original on May 20, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
62. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: May 17-23. (No longer available online.) Playbill May 24, 2010, archived from the original on May 27, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
63. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: May 24-30. (No longer available online.) Playbill, June 2, 2010, archived from the original on June 4, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
64. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: May 31 - June 6. (No longer available online.) Playbill, June 7, 2010, archived from the original on June 9, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
65. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: June 7-13. (No longer available online.) Playbill, June 14, 2010, archived from the original on June 16, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
66. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: June 14-20. (No longer available online.) Playbill, June 21, 2010, archived from the original on June 26, 2010 ; accessed on April 26, 2011 (English). 
67. ↑ David Gewirtzman: Broadway Grosses: June 21-27. (No longer available online.) Playbill, June 28, 2010, archived from the original on July 2, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
68. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: June 28 - July 4. (No longer available online.) Playbill, July 6, 2010, archived from the original on July 9, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
69. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: July 5-11. (No longer available online.) Playbill, July 12, 2010, archived from the original on July 14, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
70. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: July 12-18. (No longer available online.) Playbill, July 19, 2010, archived from the original on July 22, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
71. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: July 19-25. (No longer available online.) Playbill, July 26, 2010, archived from the original on July 29, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
72. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: July 26 - Aug. 1. (No longer available online.) Playbill, August 2, 2010, archived from the original on August 5, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
73. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Aug. 2-8. (No longer available online.) Playbill, Aug 9, 2010, archived from the original on Aug 19, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
74. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Aug. 9-15. (No longer available online.) Playbill, August 16, 2010, archived from the original on August 19, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
75. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Aug. 16-22. (No longer available online.) Playbill, August 23, 2010, archived from the original on August 24, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
76. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Aug. 23-29. (No longer available online.) Playbill, August 30, 2010, archived from the original on September 2, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
77. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Aug. 30 - Sept. 5. (No longer available online.) Playbill, September 7, 2010, archived from the original on September 10, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
78. ^ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Sept. 6-12. (No longer available online.) Playbill, September 13, 2010, archived from the original on September 16, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
79. ↑ David Gewirtzman: Broadway Grosses: Sept. 13-19. (No longer available online.) Playbill September 20, 2010, archived from the original on September 24, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
80. ^ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Sept. 20-26. (No longer available online.) Playbill, September 27, 2010, archived from the original on October 3, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
81. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Oct. 4-10. (No longer available online.) Playbill, October 12, 2010, archived from the original on October 18, 2012 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
82. ↑ David Gewirtzman: Broadway Grosses: Oct. 11-17. (No longer available online.) Playbill, October 18, 2010, archived from the original on October 20, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
83. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Oct. 18-24. (No longer available online.) Playbill, October 25, 2010, archived from the original on October 30, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
84. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Oct. 25-31. (No longer available online.) Playbill November 1, 2010, archived from the original on November 7, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
85. ^ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Nov. 1-7. (No longer available online.) Playbill November 8, 2010, archived from the original on November 11, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
86. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Nov. 8-14. (No longer available online.) Playbill November 15, 2010, archived from the original on November 19, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
87. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Nov. 15-21. (No longer available online.) Playbill, November 22, 2010, archived from the original on February 19, 2011 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
88. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Nov. 22-28. (No longer available online.) Playbill November 29, 2010, archived from the original on December 1, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
89. ^ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Nov. 29 - Dec. 5. (No longer available online.) Playbill December 6, 2010, archived from the original on December 12, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
90. ↑ David Gewirtzman: Broadway Grosses: Dec. 6-12. (No longer available online.) Playbill, December 13, 2010, archived from the original on December 16, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
91. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Dec. 13-19. (No longer available online.) Playbill, December 20, 2010, archived from the original on December 22, 2010 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
92. ↑ David Gewirtzman: Broadway Grosses: Dec. 20-26. (No longer available online.) Playbill, December 28, 2010, archived from the original on December 26, 2011 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
93. ↑ Andrew Ku: Revised: Broadway Grosses: Dec. 27 - Jan. 2. (No longer available online.) Playbill, Jan. 4, 2011, archived from the original on Jan. 6, 2011 ; accessed on January 17, 2011 (English). 
94. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Jan. 3-9. (No longer available online.) Playbill January 10, 2011, archived from the original on January 20, 2011 ; accessed on April 26, 2011 (English). 
95. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Jan. 10-16. (No longer available online.) Playbill January 18, 2011, archived from the original January 21, 2011 ; accessed on April 26, 2011 (English). 
96. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Jan. 17-23. (No longer available online.) Playbill January 24, 2011, archived from the original January 26, 2011 ; accessed on April 26, 2011 (English). 
97. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Jan. 24-30. (No longer available online.) Playbill January 31, 2011, archived from the original on February 2, 2011 ; accessed on April 26, 2011 (English). 
98. ↑ David Gewirtzman: Broadway Grosses: Jan. 31-Feb. 6. (No longer available online.) Playbill, February 7, 2011, archived from the original on February 9, 2011 ; accessed on April 26, 2011 (English). 
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102. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: Feb. 28 - March 6. (No longer available online.) Playbill, March 7, 2011, archived from the original on March 2, 2011 ; accessed on April 26, 2011 (English). 
103. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: March 7-13 (Revised). (No longer available online.) Playbill, March 14, 2011, archived from the original on April 18, 2011 ; accessed on April 26, 2011 (English). 
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106. ↑ Andrew Ku: Broadway Grosses: March 28 - April 3rd (No longer available online.) Playbill, April 4, 2011, archived from the original on April 6, 2011 ; accessed on April 26, 2011 (English). 
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• Website of the Berkeley Rep production (English)
• Entry in the Internet Broadway Database (English)