Musical

Last night was opening night for the American Idiot Musical on Broadway. The New York Times has written a really great review for the show. A pulsating portrait of wasted youth that invokes all the standard genre conventions - bring on the sex, drugs and rock ...

Tonight at 7:30pm EST, Green Day's musical, American Idiot, officially opens at the St. James Theater on Broadway after about a month of preview performances began. American Idiot had its world premiere in September of 2009 at the Berkeley Rep Theater in ...

On the 'American Idiot Broadway' Facebook page, there are a couple behind-the-scenes videos from American Idiot: The Musical. They provide a good look into the play and what goes on behind the stage. I recommend checking them out. Also on that page are a ...

According to Green Day in an Access Hollywood interview, an 'American Idiot' Cast album will hopefully be released in late April. Billie says that the band plays their respected instruments on the tracks while the cast sings (just like the '21 Guns' version). ...

Green Day's site for the American Idiot Musical has put up a special offer for students only. A limited number of tickets have become available for the first two rows of the orchestra seating. Entries will be accepted at the St. James Theatre box office ...

Green Day's site for the American Idiot Musical, AmericanIdiotonBroadway.com has released a new video entitled 'The Story Behind American Idiot'. The video features an interview with Billie Joe, Michael Mayer, and a few members of the cast discussing different ...

The St. James Theater opened up it's box office yesterday to begin selling tickets for the American Idiot musical. Folks can now walk up to the box office to purchase their tickets, or you can order them online through Telecharge.com. The musical site has all ...

Tickets for the American Idiot musical on Broadway went on sale yesterday. You can pick up your tickets from TeleCharge.com. Previews for the show start March 24th, opening night is April 20th. The cast spent the weekend recording at Electric Lady Studios in ...

Adam Selzer, an author from Chicago, posted up this essay about Green Day today. He writes about first seeing the band at a club in Atlanta, GA in 1995, and also talks about the backlash from "punk purists" back then towards the band. He was reminded of that ...

Green Day went in to rehearse for tomorrow's performance with the musical cast at the Grammy's. The Toronto Sun wrote a short recap about the performance, "The song begins quietly with the young castmembers and the strings, then kicks into gear when a giant ...

Sorry I'm a little late on this, the code for the project page felt like giving me a hard time. You can now listen and vote for the top entries for the acoustic part of Minority in our Record A Sawng project. Don't forget that Green Day will be performing 21 ...

Back in November when the cast of the American Idiot musical joined Green Day to record 21 Guns, some of the cast members were just as excited to be there as any of us would be. Thankfully they were, and they took a bunch of photos around the studio. Photos of ...

The official merch store just got updated with merchandise for the American Idiot musical. All the merch just says "American Idiot" but shares the 5 stars below the logo that's used for the musical. There's some shirts, hoodies, shorts and sweaters check them ...

Amazon and iTunes just released a second edition of the new 21 Guns single with the musical cast. This one features Matt Caplan singing the main vocals instead of Billie Joe. And doing a very good job at it, might I add. Here's a preview [player=21guns] ...

I wanted to share this message from Ben Thompson, a member of the American Idiot musical's cast. I met Ben when I attended the first preview, and we've kept in touch since then. He sent me the following message this morning: Hey J'net! I wanted to pass some ...

Upon hearing that Green Day's album, American Idiot would be made into a musical, it was difficult for those familiar with the music to avoid speculating on how it would translate to the stage. I was fortunate enough to attend the first and second preview ...

Idiot Club members are getting pre-sales for the American Idiot Musical a day early. Tickets are on sale now on the Berkeley Rep site, and will be available for everyone else tomorrow. The Idiot Club is also giving away some prizes tomorrow morning. Idiot Club ...

Rolling Stone writer David Fricke sat down with Green Day in the studio to discuss "21st Century Breakdown" recently. Look for the full in-the-studio report to hit news stands next Thursday, February 19th.Broadway Calls, one of the most recent bands to sign to ...