NewsPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: On Tour with Krystina Alabado and American IdiotHello Playbill readers! This is Krystina Alabado from the 1st National Tour of American Idiot. I've been snapping pictures of our lives on the road for the past month. Here's an exclusive look at the Idiots rocking in Detroit, Boston, Raleigh, Chicago and Minneapolis!
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Matthew Blank, Krystina Alabado
March 06, 2012
There is never a dull moment on tour that's for sure, and I couldn't ask to be with a more loving, cool group of people doing the sickest show ever!
I hope you all enjoy my pictures and can catch our show American Idiot in a city near you! You will laugh, you will cry and you will get your face melted off!
Rage and LOVE, Krystina
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: On Tour with Krystina Alabado and American Idiot
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: On Tour with Krystina Alabado and American Idiot
Hello Playbill readers! This is Krystina Alabado from the 1st National Tour of American Idiot. I've been snapping pictures of our lives on the road for the past month. Here's an exclusive look at the Idiots rocking in Detroit, Boston, Raleigh, Chicago and Minneapolis! Read the Playbill.com story.
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All packed up and ready for travel day Mondays! Detroit to Boston!
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Me and Matt DeAngelis waiting for the bus.
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The Idiots unloading at the airport.
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It's so early, we're the only ones checking in!
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First thing to do when you get to the theatre: find the callboard and sign in.
Gabby, Talia, and Leslie signing posters at the theatre.
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This is where all the magic happens backstage. We each have a chair with all of our costumes preset on top. So when a song ends, run to your chair, rip off your clothes, put on your next costume and run your butt back onstage!
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This is my station. 12 costume changes, 2 pairs of knee pads, 5 pairs of shoes and my very best friend in the world: my water bottle.
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The beautiful the Boston Opera House!
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We soundcheck on Tuesday in every new city. This is what we call "line check," where we all stand in a line (ha!) and individually check our mics.
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The bathroom on the set used to be blank. Christine Jones, our set designer, gave us sharpies and said to draw and write whatever we wanted!
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Me and Nicci Claspell double checking our hair and makeup for the show.
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Talia, Gabby, and I all dressed and ready for top of show!
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Can't do the show without meeting up for the "F*** Time" ritual!
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A ritual from the Broadway show, but a little different... "1-2-3-4 Sh** motherf***er. Motherf**ker Goddamn!"
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Boston was a great city with so many guests! My boyfriend Matt came to visit!
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So did my brother and sister Alec and Julianna.
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A bunch of Spring Awakening 1st National Tour alumni! Here we all are with the director of both shows, Michael Mayer!
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I got to go on for Whatsername for the first time ever in Detroit. This is what we check on the board when we get to the theatre to see who is out and in.
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It was a total blast going on since I didn't get the chance during my time in the show on Broadway! I was ready to rock and had the best day. And I got a sweet pink dreadlock!
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Next city: Raleigh, NC! First thing we do on Mondays in a new city: grocery shopping. We always seem to intrigue the locals, especially when Vince fights Scott with a miniature shopping cart.
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Grant, our incredible drummer, relaxes at our cast outing to this beautiful lake in Raleigh.
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Getting some outdoors time in the sun is always a treat. And a picnic on top of that...
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Me and Nicci catching some sun at the lake before the show. What a nice break from winter, being in the south!
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Winne McDonel (Leslie and Van's dog) travels with us everywhere we go. She is quite a personality.
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Alon warming up before the show starts. He gets to sit on the moving staircase and ride it the whole show.
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Everyone's warm-up routine is different, but essential to get through our crazy show! Here's Gabe being super strong and doing push-ups before places.
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Looking so American in our opening costumes.
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Jake Epstein and Kelvin Moon Loh picking on Jen Bowles as usual.
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Larkin, Josh and Vince at places. Thanks for ruining the picture, Scott...
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Jen Bowles gets to wear a monster on her head for "Rebel." Lucky.
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Next flight is Raleigh to Chicago! We have themed it "Elegant Lady Travel Day." All the Idiot ladies dressed up and spoke and walked like elegant ladies through the airport. Best travel day ever.
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Just reading, as elegant ladies do, on our flight. We caused quite a stir that day at the airport.
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Sound-checking at the beautiful Oriental Theatre in Chicago.
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Chicago was quite a city for me! I had the privilege of opening and closing the city as Extraordinary Girl! Flying in front of an audience for the first time was the most thrilling feeling!
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Press event for WGN Chicago! Kelvin posing like a fierce diva.
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Broadway Idiot alums pose for a picture in the studio! Jared Stein, Joshua Kobak, Leslie McDonel, Van Hughes, me, Omar Lopez-Cepero and Jennifer Bowles.
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Jen and Gabe are always fighting... even during press events...
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Waiting to go on TV... so naturally our manly men are wrestling.
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Van playing the opening of our performance in Chicago.
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It's Valentine's Day on the road, which means a lady day at the spa!
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Idiot ballet class led by Jen Bowles. Our hotel here in Minneapolis happens to have a dance studio!
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We ended class learning and performing a combo from A Chorus Line. One of the best days on tour yet!
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Thanks for checking out my pictures! Hope to see you guys at the show in a city near you!! Rage and LOVE, Krystina :)
Conceived and directed by Michael Mayer, who co-wrote the book with Green Day frontman/songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong, the musical borrows songs from the Grammy Award-winning rock album by Green Day to tell the story of three suburban slackers (Johnny, Will and Tunny) who take separate paths in post-9/11 America. Visit www.americanidiotthemusical.com.
Van Hughes, the standby for the trio of buddy roles in the Broadway run of the musical, plays Johnny, also known as Jesus of Suburbia. Hughes (Broadway's 9 to 5 and Hairspray, Off-Broadway's Saved) played Johnny at the conclusion of American Idiot's Broadway run. The show closed at the St. James Theatre April 24, 2011, following 422 performances. It was nominated for a 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical, and won Tonys for Lighting Design (Kevin Adams) and Scenic Design (Christine Jones).
American Idiot's music is by Green Day, with lyrics by Armstrong, who stepped into the dark-force role of St. Jimmy for several scattered weeks of the Broadway run.
The Broadway cast album of American Idiot won the 2010 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album.
Tony Award winner Mayer (Spring Awakening) has had hands full this fall: He also directed a revised revival of the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, starring Harry Connick Jr., on Broadway, at the St. James.
American Idiot is choreographed by Olivier Award winner Steven Hoggett (Black Watch, Once) with music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal). The tour features Tony-winning scenic design by Jones and Tony-winning lighting design by Adams.
The creative team also includes costume design by Andrea Lauer, sound design by Brian Ronan, video and projections design by Darrel Maloney, music direction by Jared Stein, associate choreography by Lorin Latarro and associate direction by Johanna McKeon.
The musical features the hits "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "Wake Me Up When September Ends," "Holiday" and the title track from the 2004 "American Idiot" album. As on Broadway, the score also includes several songs from Green Day's Grammy Award-winning 2009 release "21st Century Breakdown," including "21 Guns" and an unreleased love song, "When It's Time."
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American Idiot 2011-2012 National Tour Dates
Denver, CO, March 6-11, 2012, Buell Theatre Los Angeles, CA, March 13-April 22, 2012, Ahmanson Theatre Tempe, AZ, April 24-29, 2012, ASU Gammage Dallas, TX, May 8-20, 2012, AT&T PAC Costa Mesa, CA, May 29-June 3, 2012, Segerstrom Center Seattle, WA, May 5-June 10, 2012, Paramount Theatre San Francisco, CA, June 12-July 8, 2012, Orpheum Theatre
