American Idiot, the new rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by Green Day – with a few songs from their more recent release 21st Century Breakdown thrown in for fun, opens next week. Here’s a look at the show through the lens of Paul Kolnik.

John Gallagher Jr, Stark Sands, Michael Esper, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Christina Sajous, Mary Faber and Tony Vincent head up the cast, which also includes Declan Bennett, Andrew Call, Gerard Canonico, Miguel Cervantes, Joshua Henry, Van Hughes, Brian CharLes Johnson , Joshua Kobak, Lorin Latarro, Omar Lopez-Cepero, Leslie McDonel, Chase Peacock, Theo Stockman, Ben Thompson, Alysha Umphress, Aspen Vincent and Libby Winters. American Idiot is directed by Michael Mayer with choreography by Steven Hoggett.