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Rebecca Naomi Jones and Ali Stroker Take the Stage in Re-Imagined Oklahoma! at St. Ann's Warehouse

TODAY IN THEATRE HISTORY: In 2010, American Idiot, the musical based on the Grammy Award-winning rock album by Green Day, and featuring direction by Michael Mayer, opens at the St. James Theatre. John Gallagher, Jr., Michael Esper and Stark Sands star as three friends who attempt to escape from lives in suburbia.

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