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TV: Green Day Documentary BROADWAY IDIOT Comes to the Big Screen

By: Oct. 24, 2013
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BROADWAY IDIOT chronicles the making of the Broadway musical American Idiot, based on the band's American Idiot album. The documentary opened in theaters on Friday October 18th and is now available On Demand. BWW's Audra Stafford takes a look at the journey of the film below!

Filmed over four years with rare access behind the curtain, BROADWAY IDIOT gives viewers front row access to the making of a Broadway musical, just not your typical one. The documentary follows the members of the famous punk band, Green Day, as they see their original songs from the album "American Idiot" transformed into a Broadway production. American Idiot debuted to great success, winning two Tony Awards and now taken on the road around the world.

Three-time Emmy winning journalist and filmmaker, Doug Hamilton directed BROADWAY IDIOT. The film stars Billie Joe Armstrong, Michael Mayer as well as the cast and crew of American Idiot.



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