On their day off from eight Broadway shows a week, the energetic stars of Hair spent August 7 on the go from morning till night—and Broadway.com followed them every step of the way! The day began with a cab ride to Citi Field in Queens, home of the New York Mets, where the actors gave a pre-show concert ...

Rebecca Naomi Jones spends her nights head-thrashing, screaming, and rocking out in Green Day’s energetic rock opera American Idiot. It’s no wonder the actress, who plays Whatsername, the love interest of Idiot’s leading man John Gallagher Jr., likes to maintain a relaxing, comfortable atmosphere in her dressing room at the St James Theatre. Jones invited Broadway.com ...

The trailer for American Idiot may only be a minute long but it still got us totally pumped. The new musical, based on Green Day’s Grammy Award-winning album of the same name, is rocking Berkeley Rep over on the west coast and now, our computer screens. Featuring a cast led by Tony winner John Gallagher Jr. and helmed by ...

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has extended its world premiere production of Green Day musical American Idiot for a second time. The new punk-rock musical, which began performances September 4, was originally slated to close on October 11. Before performances began, the company announced the tuner, helmed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, would play through November 1. Barring further extensions, American ...

If you’re at all like us, you’re ridiculously excited about Berkeley Rep’s stage version of Green Day’s American Idiot. Luckily, we’ve been getting little tastes from the Left Coast, first in the form of photos and now, video. A local ABC station hit up the new musical’s opening night to chat with Green Day ...

Berkeley Rep just released images from its hot new Green Day musical American Idiot, playing through November 1 at the California theater. This is a wildly premature statement, but these five shots, the show's looking pretty awesome. Here's hoping it rocks out on Broadway by season's end! Michael Mayer, who won a Tony Award for directing Spring ...

Berkeley Repertory Theatre has announced it will extend its world premiere of Green Day's American Idiot by three weeks. The previously announced new punk-rock musical, which begins performances September 4, was originally slated to close on October 11. The production, directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, will now play through November 1.

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Berkeley Repertory Theatre has announced the cast for its world premiere production of American Idiot, based on the Green Day album of the same name, which starts performances on September 4. Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening star John Gallagher Jr. will headline the company of 19, which also includes Matt Caplan, Michael Esper, Mary Faber, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Christina Sajous and ...

Recent Tony Award winner Tom Kitt of Next to Normal is among the newly announced creative team for punk trio Green Day’s musical American Idiot. Kitt will serve as music supervisor with Mayer helming the tuner, set to debut at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Roda Theater in California beginning September 4. The limited engagement, directed by previously announced Tony ...

American Idiot, the chart-topping 2004 album from punk band Green Day, is heading to the stage, according to The New York Times. Tony-winning director Michael Mayer, who made a hit musical out of the music of Duncan Sheik in Spring Awakening, will helm the musical, also called American Idiot and set to bow at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California in ...