Neil Patrick Harris Archives - Broadway Black https://www.broadwayblack.com/tag/neil-patrick-harris/ When Theatre Goes Dark Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:02:01 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.broadwayblack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Broadway-Gold-B-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Neil Patrick Harris Archives - Broadway Black https://www.broadwayblack.com/tag/neil-patrick-harris/ 32 32 26346292 Taye Diggs’ Hedwig Debut is a Hit https://www.broadwayblack.com/taye-diggs-hedwig-debut-hit/ https://www.broadwayblack.com/taye-diggs-hedwig-debut-hit/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:02:01 +0000 http://broadwayblack.com/?p=8277 When you step into a pair of high heels, you better be sure you know how to sashay your way around in them and when you’re Taye Diggs and you’re slipping on heels previously worn by Neil Patrick Harris, Michael C. Hall, and Darren Criss, the stakes are much higher than those heels. As everyone […]

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]]> When you step into a pair of high heels, you better be sure you know how to sashay your way around in them and when you’re Taye Diggs and you’re slipping on heels previously worn by Neil Patrick Harris, Michael C. Hall, and Darren Criss, the stakes are much higher than those heels. As everyone knows by now, Diggs made his debut as the latest transgender heroine of Broadway’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch on July 22.

As we previously reported, Diggs, who first appeared on Broadway in Rent, is the first African-American to take on the transgender rock singer role. This will be the first time audiences have seen Diggs on the stage since he starred in 2005’s A Soldier’s Play.

There has been some discussion that Diggs’ portrayal of “Hedwig” contributes to the emasculation of African-American men. The list of Black male performers who have cross-dressed in roles is long and has had some accusing these performers of perpetuating racial stereotypes.

Comedian Dave Chappelle, who refused to wear a dress while filming “Blue Streak” with Martin Lawrence, once told Oprah Winfrey that “I don’t need no dress to be funny,” and suggested that Black male performers who cross-dressed for roles had negative effects on the black male image.

However, for Diggs, Hedwig is a role that he told the New York Times “is everything I’ve ever wished for.” He further added that he’d told his ex-wife Tony-winning actress Idina Menzel “‘I want a chance to show everybody everything. I can dance and I can sing, and everybody knows I can act.’ ’’

Judging from the reviews and reactions he’s gotten from social media, it’s a chance he won’t regret taking.

Debut performance – Sold Out!

“Flawless, intense and devilishly funny….”

After the show

“UNBELIEVABLE”

“One glistening mofo”

https://twitter.com/jhoffert/status/624794080615231488

You can see Diggs in Hedwig at the Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St. New York, New York 10036. For ticket information visit HedwigBroadway.com.

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]]> https://www.broadwayblack.com/taye-diggs-hedwig-debut-hit/feed/ 0 8277 Watch: THR’s Interview With This Year’s Tony Nominated Actors https://www.broadwayblack.com/interview-with-tony-nominated-actors/ https://www.broadwayblack.com/interview-with-tony-nominated-actors/#respond Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:03:48 +0000 http://broadwayblack.com/?p=4243 This was a particularly good year for the men of theater and we’ve got an interview that features them all. From Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig, to James Monroe Iglehart as the genie in Aladdin, and not to forget Chris O’Dowd‘s breakout performance as Lennie in Of Mice and Men, the picks were all great! The Hollywood Reporter sat down with […]

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]]> This was a particularly good year for the men of theater and we’ve got an interview that features them all. From Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig, to James Monroe Iglehart as the genie in Aladdin, and not to forget Chris O’Dowd‘s breakout performance as Lennie in Of Mice and Men, the picks were all great! The Hollywood Reporter sat down with all of the above and the rest of the nominees for their first ever Tony Nominated Actor Roundtable and got an unfiltered look at the men behind the great characters of the past year. Covering everything from their first experiences with acting, to differences in television versus film and theater, this was a comprehensive and intimate look at not just these actors and their roles, but also into the craft itself and how acting is processed and executed successfully in so many different ways. On what made him come back to Broadway, and specifically into a role like Hedwig, Neil Patrick Harris offered this:

That part is so unlike anything I’ve ever wanted to do, anything I’d been able to do, anything I ever thought I could do and I think that….if you challenge yourself through things you’re afraid of, on this scale especially, it demands personal attention and you have to be on point.

Even though the winners have already been announced, you can still check out the interview below for your own seat at the roundtable and let us know in the comments what parts resonated most with you.

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