Center Theatre Group is joining Deaf West Theatre to launch a new production of global rock superstars Green Day’s rock opera, American Idiot. The show will run from October 2 to November 10, 2024, re-opening the Mark Taper Forum, as the first offering of Center Theatre Group’s One CTG. One LA. Season, which was previously announced by Artistic Director Snehal Desai, Managing Director/CEO Meghan Pressman, and Producing Director Douglas C. Baker. The press opening for American Idiot is Wednesday, October 9.
With this production, CTG Artistic Director Snehal Desai will be making his CTG directorial debut. Jennifer Weber (Broadway: & Juliet, KPOP) is the choreographer; Colin Analco (Deaf West: Fidelio) is the ASL choreographer.
American Idiot is produced in collaboration with the Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theatre, headed by Artistic Director DJ Kurs, and features an ensemble of both Deaf and hearing actors, performing simultaneously in American Sign Language and Spoken English. CTG and Deaf West have a long history of bold and exciting collaborations, including Pippin, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and Big River—which went on to have an acclaimed run on Broadway followed by a National
Tour.
American Idiot features music by Green Day; lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong; and book by Billie Joe Armstrong & Michael Mayer.
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