Chuck Darrow:
"AMERICAN IDIOT," the Broadway smash conjured from Green Day's 2004 punk-pop concept album of the same name, is definitely not for those uncomfortable with deviations from the traditional musical-theater blueprint.
Today is Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Christian Slater Craig Bierko Adam Storke Patrick Swayze Marjory Edson Christopher Jones Lou Angel Barry Justice Robert Redford Gail Fisher Roman Polanski Olga Bielinska Grant Williams Matt Mattox Jean Eckart Shelley Winters Don Keefer Jeron Criswell Frieda Altman Alan Mowbray Jack Pickford Moffat Johnston Gus Edwards Otto Harbach Robert Buchanan Phillip Spaeth Pia Hamilton Stephen Endelman Reg E. Cathey Donn Simione Ellen March Leslie J. Stark Dudley Williams Gulzar Fisher Lynn Bernay Jules Perrot