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Billie Joe Armstrong, Christina Ricci, Promises, Promises Cast, et al. to Appear on NBC’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Billie Joe Armstrong
(© Tristan Fuge)
Billie Joe Armstrong
(© Tristan Fuge)

NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon will host performances by various Broadway musicals this week.


The talk show will feature cast members from Memphis, Promises, Promises, American Idiot, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson on subsequent nights. American Idiot co-author Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of the rock group Green Day, is expected to appear with the musical on Wednesday.

In addition, actress Christina Ricci, who will be making her Broadway debut in Time Stands Still, is scheduled to be a guest on Monday night’s show. Other guests this week include theater veterans Justin Long, Jon Hamm, Amy Ryan, and Jason Ritter.

Fallon recently hosted the Emmy Awards and is well known for his work on Saturday Night Live.