Taye Diggs News

The Weddings section of yesterday's New York Times shared the tale of a match made in HEDWIG heaven.

Disney Junior announces November 2015 Programming Highlights. *All programming subject to change*

So many great performers have journeyed to Oz in WICKED. Who Have Been Your Favorites?

Lesli Margherita is back on Broadway- and she never even left! The star of Broadway's MATILDA is making a seamless transition into another wacky (but this time lovable) role in DAMES AT SEA, which opens on Thursday, October 22 at the Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44 Street). Just a week away from her big opening night, Margherita checked in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about her new role, the show's incredible tap numbers, and so much more. Check out the full interview below!

The CAN I PET YOUR DOG? podcast invited DAMES AT SEA star Lesli Margherita to guest star on its latest episode. Hear what she had to say below, plus learn about Pit Bull Awareness Month, Amtrak's new pet policies and more!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Mamie Gummer returns to the stage, CHICAGO gets a new Billy, IF/THEN and LOVE LETTERS head out on tour and more!

Fresh off his starring role as Hedwig in Broadway's HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, Taye Diggs has signed on to the cast of the new FOX drama series ROSEWOOD

Star of screen and stage and author Taye Diggs stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about his second children's book entitled, 'Mixed Me.'

5th Floor Theatre Company brings Jonathan Larson's hit musical RENT to The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, tonight, September 23rd, through September 27th, 2015.

Most people in the Broadway community know about The Broadway Dreams Foundation, the country's premier performing arts education foundation. Their faculty members are some of the communities most prominent and successful performers; such as Nick Adams, Tituss Burgess, Norm Lewis, Leslie Odom Jr., Nicholas Rodriguez, Morgan James, Stafford Arima, Nicole Parker, Spencer Liff, Taye Diggs, and the list goes on. But like most great nonprofits, it's the people behind the scenes that are funding such programs and working every day to make a difference.

Crying over HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH closing? Still trying to win the #Ham4Ham lottery? Didn't have time to check in on your favorite Broadway stars? Well don't worry BroadwayWorld has rounded up some of the biggest stories from this week from Broadway and beyond with BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures.'

SU Drama's 2015/16 season features six productions, including three musicals, starting in October with the Cole Porter classic Kiss Me, Kate. Second in the season is Agamemnon, the haunting Greek classic, followed by a co-production with Syracuse Stage, Peter Pan. After winter break, the season continues with Punk Rock and the country-flavored musical The Spitfire Grill. Closing the season in May is the comedy A Flea in Her Ear.

Watch adoring audience members singing along to the composer/lyricist's performance of 'Wig In A Box.'

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, September 13, 2015 - Sunday, September 13, 2015.

It was a rock concert yesterday at the final performance of the Tony-winning production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. Check out photos from the curtain call below!

After the curtain call, Stephen Trask, and more took the stage to say a few farewell words to the crowd and even led the team in one last song. Click here to check out the high-powered bows, emotional speeches, plus a special on-the-spot performance!

The hit, Tony-winning revival of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH closes on Broadway today, September 13, 2015. Taye Diggs, the show's current star, wraps the run. At the time of closing, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH will have played 22 previews and 506 regular performances at the Belasco Theatre. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you from Broadway's first HEDWIG to its sixth, stopping to remember everything in between!

For the past two years The Kilroys solicited nominations from over 300 theatre professionals, (primarily artistic directors and literary managers), for their favorite new plays by female-identified playwrights. In June they published The List -- the top 53 of these plays. In the same spirit of promoting opportunities for female and trans artists, Colt Coeur will produce four public readings of new plays by female-identified playwrights to coincide with the run of How to Live on Earth, by MJ Kaufman, who's play Sagitarrius Ponderosa was selected for The List this year.

Today, the producers of Hedwig and the Angry Inch announced that the record-breaking musical has raised over $600,000 for Hetrick-Martin Institute during the production's record-breaking run at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street).