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Well there was surprisingly little different from Broadway, which in my opinion is a good thing. As has been noted before, the flying in Extraordinary Girl has been nixed which is a shame because that part was really technically impressive. The stage and the venue were smaller, making it more intimate, but I think this took away from the "epic" feel that it was supposed to have, also saddened me. In Homecoming, instead of the Rock and Roll Boyfriend singing " and another ex-wife" Will sings "somebody give me a knife". I just didn't understand why they changed that, but it didn't detract nor add, but was just a bit jarring. The two times they say the word "fag" in the musical the singers exaggeratingly limpwristed. Fans know that the term is used in a tongue-in-cheek way but it felt... weird. I didn't like it. And then Andrew as St. Jimmy. Wow. This has always been my favorite role in the show so I payed close attention to it and he did not disappoint. For being an understudy, he rocked it. He didn't have the gleeful enthusiasm and playfulness that Billie had, but he played St. Jimmy as darker, more menacing. His singing was on perfectly and he looked like a 2010 era Billie with the big shock of dyed blonde hair (and he looks like him too). All in all it was great to see again. It wasn't as impressive from a technical or musical standpoint, but only slightly so (and this is coming from a super-critical eye). I loved to hear the music performed like that again and it's definitely rekindled my interest in the album.

What's the latest GD item (CD, DVD, poster..) you bought. Mine is Jesus Of Suburbia single and soon, I'll get Tune In, Tokyo and Boulevard Of Broken Dreams single. EDIT: Oops, I wrote brought instead of bought Could Adeline or one of the other admins fix it?

Thanks for finding that video. I like seeing how the actors do their own thing with their part.

yeah, I know it's not much that Kerrang has about Green Day in their mag currently & they do milk any big or small story about them, but I'm happy Kerrang is keeping the guys out there in the public eye in a small way at least. Could be some other shitty band in there instead.

Oh thank goodness for the Kerrang posts. I was just getting worried that they might not be in a magazine I cannot get nor read this week. WHEW!

cool story of fan meeting Ollie Armstrong (translated) antoniokun ‏@antoniokun "Shown is Ms. Ollie Armstrong and me, the mother of Billie Joe Armstrong leader of Green Day, she is an incredibly kind and simple person, I went to eat at the restaurant where she worked as a hostess until recently. One of the waitresses asked me if was looking for and told me that she was her friend and she was going to call home to see if she could come. 40 minutes after Ollie was there to share an hour of conversation and a breakfast that she paid without me noticing. Thank you! # Pinole # Berkeley # BayArea # California # USA # GreenDay # Ollie # billiejoe GraciasaDioa # Amazing # Theembers Vueltaalmundo PS: This goes without saying that this will be my lifelong social media photo, cards, templates, etc. until something better comes."

Andrew Humann, Billie Joe's nephew, sings "President Gasman" in Broadway American Idiot tour

bj_unoxx My nephew andrew is the understudy to St Jimmy for American idiot. And he's on! Go Andrew! #rageandlove http://instagram.com/p/jC9PbzJFby/

Going to go see it tonight in Kansas City. Will post a thorough analysis of everything different from the Broadway run if you guys want.

Was on Tumblr and saw this... has he really said it? Does anyone have the video of it?

Billies nephew had his st jimmy debut tonight.