Green Day’s American Idiot is Going to Broadway
Thursday, January 14th, 2010AMERICAN IDIOT, based on the album of the same name, features the music of Green Day and the lyrics of lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong. The show opens on Broadway April 20, 2010 at the St. James Theatre.
The show includes every song from the album, as well as songs from 21st Century Breakdown. The DailyCal calls it, “a drug and sex-infused musical based on the lives of troubled young adults set to the music of punk group Green Day.” We’re, of course, expecting big things!
The limited engagement of AMERICAN IDIOT at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre opened in September 2009. It was extended twice and closed production in November 2009. AMERICAN IDIOT’s record breaking run brought in the biggest advance sale in the Theatre’s 41–year history, the biggest day at the box office, 17 of the top 20 days ever and due to ticket demand had to announce the first extension before it had played its first performance. Will the show be as popular on the Great White Way? We’ll soon find out.
No tickets on sale yet. We here at FanSnap love us some Green Day (see here, here and here). We’ll be sure to update this post when AMERICAN IDIOT tickets go on sale.
Christian