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Jimmy Fallon does Broadway next week, on NBC

By April MacIntyre Sep 11, 2010, 17:25 GMT

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Jimmy does Broadway next week.

"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" will have the first LNJF Broadway Week. The week will showcase all the biggest hits the Great White Way has to offer, from pounding punk rock to 60s swing.  Starting September 13th, Jimmy will welcome a different Broadway musical to the Late Night studios each night.

NBC says that on Monday David Bryan from Bon Jovi introduces a performance by the cast of "Memphis." 

From NBC:

The musical explores the underground dance clubs of the 1950s with explosive  dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love.  The show was the winner of four 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. 

Tuesday brings "Promises, Promises" to the Studio 6B stage. This revival of the 1968 musical is based on the Oscar-winning Billy Wilder film "The  Apartment" and it stars Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes.

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day arrives to introduce the Tony Award winning musical "American Idiot"   when they makes an appearance on Wednesday, telling the story of three  lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of  suburbia. Their quest for true meaning in a post 9-11 world leads them on an   exhilarating journey.

Thursday will feature "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson."  Cheered by the New York  Times and Rolling Stone as "the season's best musical", the show began its  life at the Public Theatre (which birthed "Hair" and "A Chirus Line") and begins performances on Broadway next Monday.