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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!

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.

The 2007 Tony Award winner for Best Musical and 2008 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album, SPRING AWAKENING will return to Los Angeles for one week only, February 8 - 13, 2011. This engagement will mark the first time the show has come to Hollywood's iconic Pantages Theatre.

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!

Today we are talking to the composer of the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical NEXT TO NORMAL, Tom Kitt, about his influences - from Sondheim to Schwartz to Finn to Elton John to some of his own contemporaries - and working with Green Day on AMERICAN IDIOT and his own eponymous band, to the creation of a Broadway phenomenon by tracing the path of the show from FEELING ELECTRIC to NEXT TO NORMAL - plus, the many exciting projects that he has coming up this year and beyond, including a thorough discussion of his upcoming collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Amanda Green and Jeff Whitty on BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL and the very first news of a new, original Kitt/Yorkey musical on the horizon - and much, much more.

The American Theatre Wing's (Theodore S. Chapin, Chairman, Board of Trustees; Howard Sherman, Executive Director) original interview series, "Downstage Center," reaches a milestone today with the release of the program's 300th interview.

The National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING is coming to Nashville on February 25 through February 27. The 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, featuring "The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," (Entertainment Weekly) will play the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

This Chicagoan goes to New York over a winter's weekend to check out 'The Radio City Christmas Spectacular,' 'American Idiot,' 'The Phantom of the Opera,' and first preview of 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.'

The second national tour of Tony award-winning musical SPRING AWAKENING has just kicked off, and photos from the production are posted below! Based on the 1891 Frank Wedekind play, the landmark musical is a stirring combination of sexuality, morality and rock & roll that is captivating audiences across the nation like no other musical in years. SPRING AWAKENING features an award-winning and evocative story with a score by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by Steven Sater, and original direction and choreography by Michael Mayer and Bill T. Jones, respectively.

The 2010 - 2011 National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING is coming to Memphis on Saturday, November 13th. The 8-time Tony Award winning Broadway musical featuring, 'The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade,' (Entertainment Weekly) will play the Orpheum Theatre for one performance only, during this limited engagement.

Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) celebrated its 2010-2011 playwright-in-residence Tony Kushner at its 20th anniversary gala on November 8 at Espace. BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below.

Rising Phoenix Repertory announces the THIRD PLAY IN THE CINO NIGHTS SERIES- HERE I LIE a new play by Courtney Baron, directed by Daniel Talbott and featuring Denis Butkus and Samantha Soule

Rising Phoenix Repertory announces the THIRD PLAY IN THE CINO NIGHTS SERIES- HERE I LIE a new play by Courtney Baron, directed by Daniel Talbott and featuring Denis Butkus and Samantha Soule

The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and featuring, 'The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade,' (Entertainment Weekly) the 2010 - 2011 National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING arrives in Dayton, November 2 and 3 at the historic Victoria Theatre.

The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and featuring, "The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," (Entertainment Weekly) the 2010 - 2011 National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING opens in Dayton, November 2 and 3 at the historic Victoria Theatre.

The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and featuring, 'The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade,' (Entertainment Weekly) the 2010 - 2011 National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING arrives in Dayton, November 2 and 3 at the historic Victoria Theatre.

Last night, October 25th, James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's never-before-staged Evening Primrose took a one-night-only bow to benefit the St. George's Society of New York 's Anglo-American Cultural Awards at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College. The production starred Candice Bergen, John McMartin, Sean Palmer, Bill Duell, John Windsor Cunningham, and Jessica Grove. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the curtain call and after party and brings you photo coverage below.

As previously reported, on October 25th, James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's never-before-staged Evening Primrose - will take a one-night-only bow to benefit the St. George's Society of New York 's Anglo-American Cultural Awards at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College. In addition to Candice Bergen, John McMartin, Sean Palmer, Bill Duell, and John Windsor Cunningham, Jessica Grove is also joining the production. Grove is currently starring in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC on Broadway.

Theatre for audiences of one, popular in Europe, is beginning to come to the United States, the New York Times reports. Productions of THE BLIND TRIP, APPOINTMENT, and HOTEL SAVOY will premiere in New York City in the next few months.

The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and featuring, "The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," (Entertainment Weekly) the 2010 - 2011 National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING opens in Dayton, November 2 and 3 at the historic Victoria Theatre.