Behind the Music of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson with Composer Michael Friedman

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson fans, lend us your ears! Have you ever found yourself asking, “Why would someone write a musical about Andrew Jackson?” or, “what is an emo rock musical, anyway?” Bloody composer Michael Friedman has answers. To shed some light on the creation of this rock musical/history lesson, Friedman sat down to a piano at Joe’s Pub, near the Public Theater stage that hosted Bloody’s thrice extended off-Broadway run. Not only did he perform songs from the show, like “Populism, Yea, Yea,” “Ten Little Indians” and “Second Nature,” he let Broadway.com in on the inspiration behind this hyper-political show, his personal style of “ersatz emo,” and, of course, what it means to be an American. Check out this Broadway.com exclusive video below!