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Today, Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced the cast for its world premiere of American Idiot. Based on the Grammy Award-winning album of the same name, the show features the music of Green Day and the lyrics of its frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. American Idiot is being staged by Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, who also collaborated with Armstrong on the story.

Today Berkeley Repertory Theatre announced the creative team for its world premiere of American Idiot. Based on the Grammy Award-winning album of the same name, the show features the music of Green Day and the lyrics of its frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. American Idiot is being staged by Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, who also collaborated with Armstrong on the story. It features the work of Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hoggett and music supervisor Tom Kitt, the Tony-winning composer who provided string arrangements for the band's latest album, 21st Century Breakdown.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG), Live Nation, and The Lakeside Group presents The Flaming Lips with special guest Stardeath and White Dwarfs, on Friday, August 21, 2009 at 7:00pm at Marymoor Park.

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, proudly announces the sixth and final production of its upcoming 2009/2010 Season, as well as additional casting. Presented at the theater company's home at 416 West 42nd Street, the new production will be: A COOL DIP IN THE BARREN SAHARAN CRICK - the World Premiere of a new play by Playwrights Horizons alumna Kia Corthron (Breath, Boom at Playwrights Horizons, Force Continuum), directed by Obie Award winner Chay Yew (Durango at The Public). A co-production with The Play Company (Kate Loewald, Founding Producer) and Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director).

In this chilling new psychological thriller, six unlikely characters converge at a run-down motel on the edge ofa military town. A boy waits for a stranger. Pregnant Emma waits for her husband, the country cop wasted after his best friend's wedding.

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is proud to announce four World Premieres for its 2009/2010 Season. Presented at the theater company's home at 416 West 42nd Street.

Cast to feature Peter Weller as Frank Lloyd Wright, Harris Yulin as Louis Sullivan, Chris Henry Coffey, Holley Fain, Mary Beth Fisher, Maggie Siff, Jeremy Strong and Jay Whittaker

Eric Bogosian's SubUrbia opened Off-Broadway at Second Stage on September 28th

Film and theatre star Gaby Hoffman has replaced the previously-announced Kelli Garner in Eric Bogosian's SubUrbia, which will be presented at Second Stage from September 7th through October 9th

Second Stage Theatre has shuffled the schedule for its upcoming 2006-2007 season. In addition, Tripp Cullman has been announced to helm the New York premiere of Terrence McNally's Some Men and Rebecca Taichman will do the same for Theresa Rebeck's The Scene

Kieran Culkin will return to the stage in Eric Bogosian's SubUrbia, which will be presented by Second Stage Theatre beginning in September

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg's THE PIRATE QUEEN, the spectacular new musical from the authors of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, will play a pre-Broadway, World Premiere engagement in Chicago from October 3rd through November 26th, 2006.

Second Stage's 2006-2007 season will include plays by Eric Bogosian, Terrence McNally and Theresa Rebeck

59E59 Theaters welcomes the return of Godlight Theatre Company with the first NYC production of Ray Bradbury's stage adaptation of his cult classic novel Fahrenheit 451

Avarice, a new musical by J. William Bruce and David A. Shenton, will have its world premiere reading from January 25th through 27th