Comments on: Taye Diggs is the Next Lead in Hedwig and the Angry Inch

By: First Look: All Black Hedwig With Taye Diggs & Rebecca Naomi Jones

First Look: All Black Hedwig With Taye Diggs & Rebecca Naomi Jones — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 20:01:23 +0000

[…] Angry Inch has been a Broadway sensation since its revival in 2014. As we previously reported, Taye Diggs (Rent, Chicago) will take over a 12-week run as the titular character, and I could not be more […]

By: Rebecca Naomi Jones Plays Yitzhak in Hedwig

Rebecca Naomi Jones Plays Yitzhak in Hedwig — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:13:07 +0000

[…] has appeared in Dracula, Tarzan, 42nd Street, CATS and The Toxic Avenger. On July 22nd you can see Taye Diggs take on the role of Hedwig for a lead cast chock full of actors of […]

By: Brandon Victor Dixon Replaces Joshua Henry in The Wild Party - BroadwayBlack.com

Brandon Victor Dixon Replaces Joshua Henry in The Wild Party - BroadwayBlack.com — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:36:55 +0000

[…] Brandon Victor Dixon will replace Joshua Henry in Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party as Mr. Black, originally played by Taye Diggs (who will be back on Broadway In Hedwig soon). […]

By: Taye Diggs as Hedwig Emasculating The Black Man? Really?

Taye Diggs as Hedwig Emasculating The Black Man? Really? — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:52:50 +0000

[…] Taye Diggs returns to Broadway after nearly a decade, and makes history as the first African American to take on the lead role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a musical about a band led by a singer named Hedwig, who assumes a female persona after a botched sex change operation (which was performed to allow him to marry an American man and escape East Germany). Reprising a role that has been played by Neil Patrick Harris, Diggs will star in a limited 12-week engagement at the Belasco Theatre in New York; this will mark his first New York stage role since the revival of A Soldier’s Play in 2005. […]

By: Joshua Henry returns to Encores for The WIld Party

Joshua Henry returns to Encores for The WIld Party — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:46:07 +0000

[…] If you didn’t get the chance to see the brilliance that was The Scottsboro Boys or Violet, have no fear. Joshua Henry makes his return to the New York City Center’s stage alongside former co-star Sutton Foster (Violet) in Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party as Mr. Black, originally played by Taye Diggs (who will be back on Broadway In Hedwig soon) […]