[newsImage]100410_stbillie.jpg[/newsImage]The New York Times wrote that Billie Joe's week long visit to the American Idiot musical helped the Broadway show bring in $1,092,334 for last week. The show usually averaged around $740,000.

[quote]The Broadway musical "American Idiot" received a healthy shot in the arm last week as Billie Joe Armstrong, the front man and lead guitarist for the rock band Green Day, performed in the devilish role of heroin dealer St. Jimmy for a regular complement of eight performances.[/quote]

They also mention the new short song Billie played that we posted earlier

Read the full article at NYTimes.com.

There's also a story from Playbill.com

Thanks to plaid ducky for posting this on the forum, Stacy for the Playbill link.