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Green Day with the cast of 'American Idiot.'
Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong will join the cast of the band’s new Broadway musical American Idiot for the upcoming week, according to the show’s producers. Armstrong will make his Broadway debut in the role of drug dealer St. Jimmy. Tony Vincent, the actor who currently plays St. Jimmy, will be leaving the show due to a “personal family matter,†and he will return October 12. more…
The Tony Awards is usually Broadway’s biggest night. But it seems Hollywood invaded this year’s awards show.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performing at the 64th Annual Tony Awards.
The 64th annual Tony Awards aired Sunday, June 13, and like always, I was really looking forward to this year’s telecast. I’m a huge fan of Broadway musicals, so Tony night is always a very important night for me.
The show opened with host Sean Hayes playing the piano as cast members from this season’s shows performed short musical excerpts from their productions. It didn’t bother me that Hayes, an actor better-known for his work in television and movies than his current role as Chuck Baxter in the Broadway revival of Promises, Promises, was hosting the awards show. I was even OK with seeing Green Day perform in the more…
