Photo Coverage: Backstage with IDIOT's Stark Sands
By: Walter McBride May. 05, 2010
Stark Sands, one of the stars of American Idiot, currently running at the ST. James Theatre On Broadway, recently took the cameras backstage on the Idiot set for a look inside his dressing room. BroadwayWorld brings you the shots below.
Stark Sands first earned recognition for his role as a recurring love interest to the angst-ridden teen played by Lauren Ambrose on the critically acclaimed HBO series "Six Feet Under." More recently he appeared on the small screen as Lt. Nathaniel Fick in the critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated HBO mini-series, "Generation Kill." Sands was last seen on Broadway as 2nd Lieutenant Raleigh in the 2007 revival of Journey's End. The play received six Tony Award nominations, including one for Stark for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. Additionally, Sands received a Theatre World Award in recognition of his outstanding New York City stage debut performance. Also on stage, Sands starred in the 2009 musical adaptation of Bonnie & Clyde at the La Jolla Playhouse, in which he played the title role of 'Clyde.' In fall 2008 Sands earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of 'Ferdinand' in the Classic Stage Company production of The Tempest. For his performance he was awarded the Actors' Equity Foundation's St. Clair Bayfield Award, which honors the best performance by an actor in a Shakespearean play in the New York metropolitan area. In summer 2009 Sands co-starred in The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night as Sebastian.
Sands made his feature film debut in the independent comedy "Die, Mommie, Die," which premiered to rave reviews at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Additional film roles include director Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers," Marcos Siega's "Pretty Persuasion," "Shall We Dance," "Chasing Liberty," and "11:14" with with Hilary Swank, among others.
AMERICAN IDIOT opened at the ST. James Theatre On Tuesday, April 20, and follows the exhilarating journey of a new generation of young Americans as they struggle to find meaning in a post 9/11 world, borne along by Green Day's electrifying score. The musical includes every song from the acclaimed album American Idiot, as well as several songs from the band's GRAMMY® Award-winning new release, 21st Century Breakdown, such as "21 Guns."
Called a "masterpiece" by Rolling Stone Magazine, Green Day won two GRAMMY® Awards for the groundbreaking rock opera American Idiot, which sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. Now Billie Joe Armstrong and the band collaborate with one of the theatre's most acclaimed creative teams, led by the Tony Award-winning director of Spring Awakening, Michael Mayer, two-time Tony Award-winning composer and orchestrator Tom Kitt, and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hoggett, to bring this explosive, iconic album to the stage.
The cast of AMERICAN IDIOT stars Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr. (Spring Awakening) alongside Tony Award Nominee Stark Sands (Journey's End), Michael Esper (A Man For All Seasons), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Passing Strange), Christina Sajous (The Wild Party), Mary Faber (Avenue Q) and Tony Vincent (Jesus Christ Superstar). Also featured in the cast are 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 .
For more information and tickets, visit www.americanidiotonbroadway.com.
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