Joe Armstrong News

AMERICAN IDIOT, the smash-hit musical based on Green Day's GRAMMY Award winning multi-platinum album will play Bass Concert Hall from January 14 - 19, 2014, on Tuesday - Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

A preliminary peek at the stage and screen stars populating the cast of the new indie romantic drama LIKE SUNDAY, LIKE RAIN has leaked, showcasing Green Day frontman and AMERICAN IDIOT composer/star Billie Joe Armstrong as well as recent SMASH leading player and upcoming OUTSIDE MULLINGAR Broadway headliner Debra Messing, among others.

According to Deadline, GOSSIP GIRL's Leighton Meester is set to lead the indie drama from RAY DONOVAN's Frank Whaley, with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Debra Messing attached to co-star.

The biggest day of the year for Broadway fans is only four days away as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS sets the stage for the 27th AnnualBroadway Flea Market & Grand Auction (#bwayflea). The all-day, outdoor market features one-of-a-kind theatre treasures, once-in-a-lifetime onstage and backstage experiences and your favorite stars from Broadway's biggest shows.

Reprise Records' Green Day today announced that their documentary film ¡Cuatro! will be released via iTunes, Amazon, Qello, and on DVD onSeptember 24th. ¡Cuatro! pulls back the curtain and takes fans inside the world of Green Day, from the various spontaneous live performances in select cities around the U.S. to the chronicling of their creative process while conceptualizing and recording their recent trilogy of albums: Green Day ¡Uno!,Green Day ¡Dos!, Green Day ¡Tré! To pre-order ¡Cuatro! on Amazon, click HERE.

The biggest day of the year for Broadway fans will include one-of-a-kind opportunities to own a part of theatre history or to step into the footlights as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents the 27th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction (#bwayflea).

Digital entertainment curator FilmBuff announced today that it would release the rocking documentary BROADWAY IDIOT chronicling the momentous collaboration between rock and roll icons, Green Day and the 'Great White Way' to create American Idiot on Broadway. FilmBuff, in partnership with Abramorama, will release the film nationwide in theaters and on VOD October 18 with an exclusive theatrical engagement in New York starting October 11th.

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) www.mtishows.com, has secured worldwide licensing rights to three of Broadway and Off-Broadway's most recent hits, SISTER ACT, AMERICAN IDIOT and MURDER BALLAD. The three shows are the newest productions to join MTI's global theatrical licensing catalogue.

This ambitious four-part miniseries assembles four of Shakespeare's history plays - Richard II, Henry IV Parts I & II, and Henry V - into a single chronological and related narrative.

Morrison Center presents the national tour of the explosive Broadway hit AMERICAN IDIOT, called 'wonderfully raucous' and 'emotionally charged' by The New York Times and 'flat-out electrifying' by the Boston Globe. Tickets go on sale today, July 26 at 10:00 AM.

92nd Street Y has announced that Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, continues his popular interview series, "Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth," with award winning stage and screen star Cherry Jones on Sunday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. Ms. Jones, the Emmy and Tony Award-winning star of "24" and Doubt, will return to the Broadway stage this season as Amanda Wingfield in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie.

Morrison Center announced today that single tickets for the national tour of the explosive Broadway hit AMERICAN IDIOT, called 'wonderfully raucous' and 'emotionally charged' by The New York Times and 'flat-out electrifying' by the Boston Globe, will go on sale Friday, July 26 at 10:00 AM. Ticket prices range from $37.50 to $57.50 and will be available at the Morrison Center box office located at 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane on the campus of Boise State University, select Bronco Shops, by visiting BoiseStateTickets.com, or by calling (208) 426-1110. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling (208) 426-4103.

East Bay punk band Emily's Army have released their sophomore album Lost At Seventeen. The album was recorded in Oakland, CA and produced by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong. Lost At Seventeen focuses on the inescapable uncertainty we all feel as teenagers as best displayed in the title track 'Lost At 17' and single 'Avenue' which induce immediate nostalgia of what it feels like to have your whole life ahead of you. The album also addresses the nation's current political climate with the brash rocker 'I Am The President', in which vocalist Cole Becker proclaims 'Democrats, Republicans... It's all the same, I've had enough of it.'

East Bay punk band Emily's Army will release their sophomore album Lost At Seventeen today, June 11, 2013. The album was recorded in Oakland, CA and produced by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts welcomes the national tour of the explosive Broadway hit American Idiot, which runs tonight, June 11-16. at The Smith Center Box Office (361 Symphony Park Avenue).

Internationally regarded rock band Green Day has contributed some massive, thrashing tunes to the annals of Broadway byway of AMERICAN IDIOT and the punk collective sang some of those famous songs as well as many from their upcoming three-part rock opera UNO!DOS!TRE! at a live gig this weekend.

East Bay punk band Emily's Army will release their sophomore album Lost At Seventeen on June 11, 2013. Click HERE to stream it now over at Rolling Stone. The album was recorded in Oakland, CA and produced by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.

Comedic music collective known as The Lonely Island have announced the special guests and revealed the full tracklist for their upcoming release, THE WACK ALBUM, and special guests include Broadway/Hollywood superstar Hugh Jackman, as well as Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and more.

The National Theatre has just announced its first subscription series in more than a decade with the announcement of Broadway at the National. Boasting the pre-Broadway world premiere of If/Then, the Washington premiere of American Idiot, and the historic return of the Tony Award-winning The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, the 2013-14 season at The National Theatre includes eight productions, and runs November 2013 through June 2014.