Robert Pattinson, best known for playing Edward Cullen in the "Twilight" movie series, may test his vocal abilities on the big screen when American Idiot, the 2010 stage musical based on Green Day’s Grammy Award-winning album of the same name, is adapted into a film.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong recently told celebrity blogger Perez Hilton that Pattinson is a possibility for the film, which is aiming for a 2013 theatrical release. When asked who he would like to see in a starring role, Armstrong said, “I’m gonna say that kid in ‘Twilight.’ He’s a good actor. There’s still more to come with that kid.”
Based on Green Day’s groundbreaking rock opera album “American Idiot,” the musical is about three suburban pals who take divergent paths in post-9/11 America.
American Idiot wrapped its run on Broadway earlier this year, closing April 24. The musical was nominated for the 2010 Tony as Best Musical, and won Tonys for its scenic and lighting design. The show also won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, plus a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award.
Armstrong and American Idiot director Michael Mayer, the team who co-created the Broadway musical, will reunite to collaborate on the film.
American Idiot played its final performance at Broadway’s St. James Theatre April 24 after 421 performances and 27 previews. Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong was back again in the role of St. Jimmy to wrap up the production.
After Armstrong and the rest of the cast took their final bows, congratulatory speeches from director Michael Mayer and producers Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman followed. Then, Billie Joe Armstrong along with his Green Day bandmates – bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool, with guitarist Jason White and keyboard player Jason Freese—played an hour-long surprise concert for the audience, with cast members dancing on stage, celebrating and even crowd surfing.
Additional cities were announced for the national tour of American Idiot, which led to a roaring applause from the closing-night crowd. In addition to the national tour, American Idiot will play England, Europe, Japan and Australia. To check out their entire schedule, click here.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who returns to the role of St. Jimmy in Broadway’s American Idiot April 5 for the final weeks of the run, shares a message from the Broadway Green Alliance.
When American Idiot was in rehearsals for its premiere in California in 2008, the Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) was in its first stages as well. The BGA is “an industry-wide initiative that educates, motivates and inspires the theater community and its patrons to adopt environmentally friendlier practices in theatre production and everyday life.”
To find out how to get involved go to www.broadwaygreen.com, and look below: (more…)
Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong finished his stint in American Idiot, the musical based on the Green Day punk-rock album, Feb. 27. The performance also marked the last for John Gallagher, Jr. and Michael Esper. To pay tribute to them and his own time in the show, Armstrong led the cast in a post-curtain call rendition of “Walking Out on Love.”
American Idiot is currently running at the St. James Theatre. To see Armstrong, Gallagher and Esper say farewell to their show acoustic-style, look below:
Grammy and Academy Award winner Melissa Etheridge, who is playing St. Jimmy in American Idiot through Feb. 6, posted this vlog from her dressing room at the St. James Theatre.
Etheridge earned Grammys for her songs “Ain’t It Heavy” and “Come to My Window” and an Oscar for “I Need to Wake Up” from the documentary film “An Inconvenient Truth.”
To see Etheridge speak to her fans about rocking out to Green Day on Broadway, look below: (more…)
Over the weekend, Broadway got an extra dose of Green Day rock when the punk band's bassist, Mike Dirnt, joined its frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong, and the cast of American Idiot to perform “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” at the musical’s curtain call onstage at the St. James Theatre.
Armstrong is currently playing St. Jimmy in American Idiot, the musical based on Green Day’s album of the same name. The bandmates are joined onstage by John Gallagher, Jr., Stark Sands, Michael Esper, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Christina Sanjous, Jenna de Waal and the rest of the cast.
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong discusses American Idiot, the Broadway musical based on Green Day’s rock opera album, in this newly released ad that also features clips from the production.
Armstrong joined the cast of the show Jan. 1 in the role of St. Jimmy, a role he will play for 50 performances through Feb. 27. The rocker previously played the part from Sept. 28-Oct. 3, 2010.
American Idiot is currently running at the St. James Theatre. To watch Armstrong talk about the show, look below: (more…)
The cast of American Idiot, including John Gallagher, Jr., Stark Sands and Michael Esper, will play acoustic holiday concerts around New York City Dec. 16 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, according to the show’s Twitter page.
The concerts will begin at Citi Pond in Bryant Park at 1 PM and will include stops at the Carlton Hotel lobby at 2 PM and the Hard Rock Cafe at 1540 Broadway at 3 PM, concluding at the Green Day musical’s Broadway home, the St. James Theatre, at 3:30 PM. Videos of the performances will be posted in real time on the Twitter page for the show (AmericanIdiotNY) throughout the afternoon.
Bryant Park is located between 40th and 42nd Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues. The Carlton Hotel is located at 88 Madison Avenue, and the St. James Theatre is located at 246 West 44th Street.
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong finished his week-long run as St. Jimmy in American Idiot, the musical based on the punk band's hit album, on Oct. 3, but not before penning a special goodbye, which he performed after his final bows.
Armstrong replaced original cast member Tony Vincent as St. Jimmy for the week of Sept. 28 when Vincent had to leave the show for family reasons. Armstrong’s run helped the show gross over $1 million that week. Vincent’s understudies, Joshua Kobek and Andrew Call, will alternate as St. Jimmy Oct. 5-10, until Vincent returns Oct. 12.
Audience-filmed footage of Armstrong performing his original song, “Goodnight New York,” at the final curtain call, along with the cast’s encore of Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” which is a traditional end to the show’s bows, is available below. These are the new song’s lyrics:
I left my blood like bullets over Broadway
The fire of the footlights at the St. James
With broken legs and roses over New York
These goodnight songs of long lost love and war
But I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive like suicide
So goodnight, goodnight, New York
