From inception to opening night, the new documentary Broadway Idiot offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the journey of the hard-rocking musical American Idiot, based on the song catalogue of Green Day. In the official trailer for the upcoming doc (premiering at SXSW in March) it’s immediately apparent that the film will not be lacking in candid interviews and ...

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and the cast of Broadway’s American Idiot are heading to Austin! Broadway Idiot, a new documentary featuring Armstrong and the cast on the road to the Great White Way, will premiere at the Texas film and music festival South By Southwest. The festival officially kicks off March 8 and will run through March ...

On August 11, The Newsroom star John Gallagher, Jr. kicked off the inaugural edition of the web series The Daily at the Daily and sat down for a chat with host Michelle Ruiz. The Tony winner had music on his mind, and announced he’d be jamming alongside Jeff Daniels on guitar in a forthcoming episode of the hit HBO ...

Tony winner John Gallagher Jr. stepped out of The Newsroom and into VH1's studios on August 8 to chat with Big Morning Buzz Live host Carrie Keagan about moustaches, fictional presidents, embarrassing car mishaps and more. The Spring Awakening and American Idiot alum discussed how difficult it is to say “I love you” (especially for his romantically confused Newsroom ...

The Newsroom, the new HBO drama from Oscar winner and Broadway playwright Aaron Sorkin, will return for a second season. The show takes a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional cable news network whose staff is determined deliver the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles. The show stars Jeff Daniels as news anchor Will McAvoy and began ...

Broadway faves John Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening), Alison Pill (The House of Blue Leaves) and Thomas Sadoski (Other Desert Cities) are gearing up to star in the eagerly awaited HBO series The Newsroom, premiering June 24. Written and produced by Aaron Sorkin, the new drama is a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional cable news network, co-starring fellow Broadway vets Jeff ...

Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr. and Tony nominee Thomas Sadoski are the latest Broadway veterans to join the cast of Aaron Sorkin's previously announced HBO pilot, More As This Story Develops, according to Deadline.com. The Social Network's Josh Pence has also signed on to the starry project.

Story follows cable news anchor Will McCallister (Jeff Daniels ...

Tony winner Mark Rylance is giving a tour de force performance as the larger-than-life Johnny "Rooster" Byron in the Tony-nominated play Jerusalem, so it's more than fitting that Broadway'com's resident artist Justin "Squigs" Johnson has immortalized Rylance's colorful acting in a new portrait. Sporting a kaiser helmet, Rylance is joined by his ragtag group of co-stars ...

Mark Rylance is delivering one terrific performance as the eccentric Johnny "Rooster" Bryon in Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem. During the show, Rylance douses himself in alcohol, swallows raw eggs, covers himself in blood and lots more. Broadway.com caught up with the Tony-winning actor on Jerusalem's April 21 opening night to find out what it's like performing this ...

Any closing night of a long-running Broadway show is an emotional event, but on April 24 American Idiot delivered a final show unlike anything ever seen on Broadway. After the curtain came down, show star and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool took the stage to deliver a rocking hour-long concert packed with ...