If this whole rock-and-roll frontman thing doesn't pan out, Billie Joe Armstrong could have a pretty decent career on Broadway. That much was clear on Wednesday night (September 29), when he took the stage as St. Jimmy in "American Idiot," the big-budget play based on the smash album he and his Green Day mates released back in 2005.
Armstrong, who is filling in for actor Tony Vincent (away on a "family matter") all week, leapt into the role of Jimmy — a sinister specter who tries to corrupt protagonist Johnny (played by John Gallagher Jr.) — with aplomb, grimacing and goofing, menacing and mucking about, belting out songs with a sneer and never once screwing up a line (though, to be fair, he didn't really have many). It may have been just his second performance (his first was Tuesday), but he already appears very much to be a natural.
[Full article at MTV]
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