American Idiot had 422 Broadway performances before closing in 2011.
The rock musical opened at Broadway’s St. James Theatre on April 20, 2010, after beginning previews on March 24. It transferred from a successful 2009 engagement at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California and used Green Day’s 2004 album as its musical foundation.
The production closed on April 24, 2011. Broadway performance totals distinguish regular performances from previews; the published production figures list 422 performances and 26 previews. Some summaries phrase the total differently when discussing the final run, but 422 is the standard headline figure for the Broadway engagement.
Billie Joe Armstrong briefly joined the cast as St. Jimmy, the show’s volatile central figure, in 2010 and again in early 2011. The musical received three Tony nominations, won for scenic and lighting design, and its cast recording won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.