Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at Chance Theater

The show is a satiric Wild West grunge/indy pop rock musical about the founding of the Democratic Party. It redefines Andrew Jackson, America's seventh President, as an Emo rock star and focuses on populism, the Indian Removal Act, and his relationship with his wife Rachel. This show was developed by New York-based experimental company Les Freres Corbusier. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson first premiered in January 2008 in Culver City at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, produced by Center Theatre Group and later opened in 2009 at The Public Theater in New York for a three month run which earned it an Outer Critics Circle Award for outstanding new Off Broadway musical. It then opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on October 13, 2010. It won a Drama Desk Award for Best Book of a Musical in 2011 as well as Tony award nominations for Best Book and Best Scene Design of a Musical in 2011. BBAJ is a fiery, merciless satire. It creates this heightened, anachronistic world that meshes the politics of Andrew Jackson in the 19th century with the liberating, expressive musicality of contemporary music and pop culture. This "rockstar" world is emotional, combative, and aggressive which is not at all dissimilar to the political climate that exists today. As we experience Jackson's quest for democracy we are constantly reminded of our own political questions and responsibility. BBAJ is fearless and passionate in its journey to comment on and shake up one's perspective on American politics and culture.