This show has it all: music by Green Day, an impressive urban set with lots of television monitors blaring news about all of Bush's fuck-ups, a car hung upside down with headlights on, a woman hanging from a trapeze, cute young nubile things, lots of fake tattoos, punk costumes, a very talented cast of youngins, no drama, a story unworthy of the music, no story, cast members strumming acoustic guitars and looking silly because its so forced, a sing-along at the end that no one seemed inclined to sing along with because half of the audience wanted to escape, a completely facile analysis of the impact of global politics on American youth, a cheesy concept that is cheesily realized.I wanted to leave the auditorium screaming half way through the second song but was in the middle of the row and so was stuck. "Hair" is playing right right around the corner and deals with the same themes much, much, much, much more effectively. This play was a waste of money and a 90 minutes I'll never get back. I think its made me like Green Day less. Now those songs seem to have lost their energy.
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