Patti LuPone 'Broadway Talks' Sells Out 2/6
by BWW News Desk - Feb 6, 2011
It's just been announced that Broadway Talks at the 92Y on Sunday, February 6, 2011 with Patti LuPone as Jordan Roth's special guest is now sold out!
STAGE TUBE: Etheridge Vlogs from Backstage at AMERICAN IDIOT
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 3, 2011
OSCAR and GRAMMY Award winning rock star Melissa Etheridge will play the role of 'St. Jimmy' for a one-week engagement in AMERICAN IDIOT, February 1 - 6, 2011. Check out Etheridge's backstage AMERICAN IDIOT vlog below!
Patti LuPone 'Broadway Talks' Sells Out 2/6
by Robert Diamond - Feb 2, 2011
It's just been announced that Broadway Talks at the 92Y on Sunday, February 6, 2011 with Patti LuPone as Jordan Roth's special guest is now sold out!
TV: Melissa Etheridge Takes the Stage with the AMERICAN IDIOTS!
by Jessica Lewis - Feb 2, 2011
OSCAR and GRAMMY Award winning rock star Melissa Etheridge will play the role of 'St. Jimmy' for a one-week engagement in AMERICAN IDIOT, February 1 - 6, 2011. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture her debut curtain call performance!
Melissa Etheridge Begins Run as ST. JIMMY in AMERICAN IDIOT , 2/1
by BWW News Desk - Feb 1, 2011
The producers of the critically acclaimed AMERICAN IDIOT announced today that OSCAR and GRAMMY Award winning rock star Melissa Etheridge will play the role of 'St. Jimmy' for a one-week engagement, February 1 - 6, 2011. Ms. Etheridge is one of the most iconic recording artists in the music industry. For the rest of the month, Green Day frontman and the musical's composer and co-author Billie Joe Armstrong will return to the role of 'St. Jimmy' and complete his 50 performance, limited engagement from February 10-27, 2011 at the St. James Theatre, 246 West 44 Street.
Photo Flash: Melissa Etheridge in AMERICAN IDIOT!
by Robert Diamond - Jan 31, 2011
OSCAR and GRAMMY Award winning rock star Melissa Etheridge will play the role of 'St. Jimmy' for a one-week engagement in AMERICAN IDIOT, February 1 - 6, 2011. Ms. Etheridge is one of the most iconic recording artists in the music industry. For the rest of the month, Green Day frontman and the musical's composer and co-author Billie Joe Armstrong will return to the role of 'St. Jimmy' and complete his 50 performance, limited engagement from February 10-27, 2011 at the St. James Theatre, 246 West 44 Street.
STAGE TUBE: Dirnt Joins Armstrong On Stage for IDIOT Encore
by Jessica Lewis - Jan 24, 2011
Last night, the fans of AMERICAN IDIOT were treated to a special surprise when Green Day band member Mike Dirnt joined Billie Joe and the IDIOT crew onstage for the show's encore performance of 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).' Check out his cameo below.
BROADWAY WEEK To Run 1/24-2/10
by BWW
News Desk - Jan 24, 2011
The Broadway League and NYC & Company, New York City's official tourism, marketing and partnership organization, today announced winter marketing programs - including the first ever Broadway Week featuring 2-for-1 tickets to participating shows from January 24 - February 10, 2011 - to encourage residents and visitors to experience the best New York City has to offer this winter.
Harry Connick Jr. Headed Back to Broadway in CLEAR DAY?
by Robert Diamond - Jan 21, 2011
Following a developmental workshop at the Vineyard in the fall of 2009 and a series of concert readings last summer by New York Stage and Film Company and the Powerhouse Program at Vassar, the musical ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER - with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Burton Lane, a new book by Peter Parnell based on the original book byAlan Jay Lerner, and reconceived and directed by Michael Mayer - was supposed to next receive a production at the Vineyard Theatre. Now, reports Michael Riedel in the New York Post, the show will instead head straight to Broadway in the Fall of 2011, starring Harry Connick, Jr. There's no word on who will play his co-star, a role played by Anika Noni Rose at Vassar.
More Shows Added to KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 20, 2011
More event details are announced, and additional shows are on sale for the Broadway League's 15th annual KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY, scheduled for February 6 -10, 2011.
Melissa Etheridge to Play ST. JIMMY in AMERICAN IDIOT Feb. 1-6
by Robert Diamond - Jan 18, 2011
The producers of the critically acclaimed AMERICAN IDIOT announced today that OSCAR and GRAMMY Award winning rock star Melissa Etheridge will play the role of 'St. Jimmy' for a one-week engagement, February 1 - 6, 2011. Ms. Etheridge is one of the most iconic recording artists in the music industry. For the rest of the month, Green Day frontman and the musical's composer and co-author Billie Joe Armstrong will return to the role of 'St. Jimmy' and complete his 50 performance, limited engagement from February 10-27, 2011 at the St. James Theatre, 246 West 44 Street.
Arena Stage Presents THE ARABIAN NIGHTS 1/14-2/20/11
by BWW
News Desk - Jan 14, 2011
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is delighted to present The Arabian Nights, written and directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses). The production, presented in association with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre and Lookingglass Theatre Company, has been recognized as "Zimmerman's most theatrically complete and perfect creation" (Chicago Tribune).
Green Day to Release Live Album Awesome As F**k 3/22
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 13, 2011
Multi-platinum rock band Green Day will release a brand-new live album, titled Awesome As F**k, on March 22nd, 2011, on Reprise Records. The set, which includes a CD plus bonus DVD, features explosive performances captured during the band's 2009-2010 World Tour in support of their Grammy® Award-winning album 21st Century Breakdown.
Tiffany & Hogget to Helm ONCE on Bway; Creative Team Announced
by Jessica Lewis - Jan 10, 2011
Smuggler Films partners, John N. Hart & Patrick Milling Smith and film and theatre producers, Fred Zollo and Barbara Broccoli & Michael G Wilson have announced the creative team for upcoming stage adaptation of the 2007 Academy Award-winning film ONCE, coming to Broadway in Fall 2011. The musical will feature the Academy Award-winning music and lyrics of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, a book by award-winning Irish playwright & screenwriter, Enda Walsh (Penelope, Hunger, The New Electric Ballroom), direction by the acclaimed Scottish director of Black Watch, John Tiffany, design by five time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (The Coast of Utopia, Mary Poppins). Steven Hoggett (American Idiot, Black Watch) will provide musical staging and Martin Lowe (Mamma Mia!) is the music director.
BROADWAY WEEK To Run 1/24-2/10
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 10, 2011
The Broadway League and NYC & Company, New York City's official tourism, marketing and partnership organization, today announced winter marketing programs - including the first ever Broadway Week featuring 2-for-1 tickets to participating shows from January 24 - February 10, 2011 - to encourage residents and visitors to experience the best New York City has to offer this winter.
Photo Coverage: AMERICAN IDIOT Celebrates 300 Shows!
by Walter McBride - Jan 10, 2011
Green Day frontman and the musical's composer and co-author Billie Joe Armstrong returned to the role of 'St. Jimmy' in AMERICAN IDIOT for 50 performances beginning on January 1, 2011. Armstrong made a triumphant Broadway debut in a one week engagement last September and played to sold-out houses at the St. James Theatre, 246 West 44 Street. On January 8, 2011 cast and crew celebrated the show's 300th performance!