Eight Theater Shows With Rocking Music
Rock was meant for the stage. But, there’s a fine line between a stadium stage and Broadway theater stage, and in the past 50 years, the rock musical has evolved from commodity to cultural mainstay. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayGreen Day Has "A Ton of New Songs"
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has revealed on his Twitter page that the band has “a ton of new songs” for their ninth studio album.... read more
Found in: NewsTom Hanks To Produce American Idiot Film
Tom Hanks will serve as producer for the film adaptation of Green Day’s American Idiot.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsGreen Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Joins American Idiot Broadway Cast
American Idiot, the Green Day-inspired rock opera, will mark vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong’s debut on Broadway. Armstrong composed and co-penned the Tony Award-winning musical, and he’ll plays St. Jimmy in it Sept. 28-Oct. 3 at the St. James Theatre.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTom Hanks in Talks to Produce Movie Version of Green Day's American Idiot Musical
Even though Green Day’s American Idiot musical hasn’t yet seen its Broadway premiere (that’s set to occur on April 20), Tom Hanks may be ready to take the production to the silver screen. According to Dateline.com, Hanks and his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman are interested in producing the film version of the show.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsGreen Day Play Moves Forward, as Movie Rumors Fly
In 2004, Green Day released American Idiot, a punk-rock opera that was written as an anthem to a generation fed up with the Bush Administration and everything that went along with it. For a while now, the band has been plotting a musical based on the album, to open early next month at California’s Berkeley Repertory Theatre. It was an unforeseen turn of events, to be sure (even frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told the New York Times, "It doesn't make a lot of sense."), but it's definitely going to happen, as the actors who will bring St. Jimmy, Jesus of... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsGreen Day Plans Summer Tour
In support of the band's May 15 release, 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day will take it to the road this summer in a 38-date tour across the U.S. and Canada.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGreen Day's American Idiot becomes a musical
Green Day fans, get ready to dookie yourselves. The band's multi-platinum selling album American Idiot is going to be made into a musical, and a "respectable" one at that, apparently. Spring Awakening/Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer will helm the project, set for a one-month run in the band's old stomping grounds, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsGreen Day's Breakdown set for May release
Five years after its controversial, multi-platinum seventh album, American Idiot, Green Day is returning with 21st Century Breakdown. But you already knew that. The big news this week is that we now have a release date for the three-act rock opera. May 15 is said date, which falls on a Friday, begging the question: Is new-release Tuesday having its very own Breakdown? (See Prince's triple-album Sunday, March 29 excursion.) ... read more
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