The Britney Spears episode of "Glee" wasn't the only high-profile musical crossover event of Tuesday night. For a select few Hundred people AlaSCORE ™ at the St. James Theatre in New York, there was a historic event happening on stage, as Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong FRONTMAN Performed his first of a week's worth of shows as a cast member in "American Idiot , "the musical based on Green Day's music That Armstrong co-wrote. Filling in for cast member Tony Vincent, Armstrong assumed the role of St. Jimmy, the sex-and-drugs-obsessed antagonist / alter-ego of Johnny, the show's focus.
It was Armstrong's acting debut, But Obviously they was comfortable with the music. Considering they has inhabiting Many of the songs in the show for years Already (Most of Them Come from Green Day's last two albums, 2004's American Idiot and 2009's "21st Century Break Down), Armstrong had occurred no trouble Delivering the kind of sneering attitude fans have come Thurs expect from one of rock's feistiest FRONTMAN.
When the show was over, Armstrong was TDAE to His first Broadway curtain call, Which included an acoustic jam of the band's classic tune "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)." MTV News was there Thurs capture it on tape.
Any night is normal, the energy in the St. James Theatre DURING a performance of "American Idiot" is pretty high, simply Because of the nature of the music and the on-stage spectacle. But people were amped Especially last night. "Every time Billie Joe Came the [stage], everybody started screaming and chanting," declared one fan after the show.
"This is one of the most historic Things You Could Probably ever see," Another fan added. The history will continue through Sunday night (October 3), When Billie Joe will take his last curtain call (at Least for the time being).
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