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THEATER REVIEW

‘American Idiot’ packs emotional wallop with Green Day’s music

By Don Aucoin

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 26, 2012

“American Idiot,’’ the stage adaptation of Green Day’s 2004 album, is a sustained cry of anger, disgust, and longing, dramatizing the frustrations and fears of a generation that sees nothing but dead ends in what one youthful character calls “a land of make-believe that don’t believe in me.’’

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