Daveed Diggs News

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's big news: DEAR EVAN HANSEN Finds New Stars, COME FROM AWAY Performs on GMA and More!

Daveed Diggs stole the hearts of audiences when he leapt into the spotlight in the original cast of 'Hamilton.' Earning instant acclaim and nabbing a Tony for Best Performance by a Featured actor in a musical, the Oakland-born rapper shot to stardom throughout his run as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit hip hop history lesson.

"I will have poetry in my life.  And adventure.  And love. Love above all." The Cleveland Play House produces the Academy Award-winning romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love, complete with swordfights, secret trysts, and backstage drama.

MY SHOT: Portraits from Hamilton, a collection of art photos of members of the original Broadway cast of Hamilton, including Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Renee Elise Goldsberry and Daveed Diggs, will be on display at the Diane Rosenstein Gallery (831 N. Highland Ave.) in Los Angeles from today, August 15, through August 19.

MY SHOT: Portraits from Hamilton, a collection of art photos of members of the original Broadway cast of Hamilton, including Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Renee Elise Goldsberry and Daveed Diggs, will be on display at the Diane Rosenstein Gallery (831 N. Highland Ave.) in Los Angeles from August 15-19.

Carnegie Hall's 2017-2018 season is around the corner, and we are looking forward to a variety of exceptional programming and exciting new projects. Listed below are jazz, pop, and world music highlights for the coming season.

Author R. J. Palacio stopped by this morning's TODAY along with Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs, who plays a teacher in the upcoming film adaptation of WONDER.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's big news: New musical COME LIGHT MY CIGARETTE begins previews at Theater at St. Clement's!

The Actors' Gang presents DANTE, Get Lit's musical adaptation of Dante's Inferno, opening Today, July 8! Written by young poet Raul Herrera, adapted by Diane Luby Lane and directed by Cynthia Ettinger, DANTE will begin with 2 previews, July 6 and 7, and will continue for 10 performances only, July 8 - July 29, 2017.

Own two new HBO Comedy Specials on Digital Download when T.J. Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous arrives on July 31st and Andy Samberg's Tour De Pharmacy arrives on August 8th.

Actor Tristan J. Shuler, currently performing in the hit Off-Broadway parody Spamilton, will workshop with and speak to State Theatre Acting Camp students on Monday, July 24th in the State Theatre's main hall.

Deadline has reported that Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs will star alongside Rafael Casal in Snoot Entertainment's upcoming film Blindspotting,

Today, Ellie Kemper and Tituss Burgess, stars of Netflix's UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT reacted to this morning's news that they had received nominations for the 69th Annual EMMY AWARDS. Check out their statements below

The African-based creative arts charity Dramatic Need today announced that it will collaborate with Carnegie Hall to present the U.S. premiere of The Children's Monologues in a one-night-only benefit performance on Monday, November 13, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

The Actors' Gang presents DANTE, Get Lit's musical adaptation of Dante's Inferno, opening Today, July 8! Written by young poet Raul Herrera, adapted by Diane Luby Lane and directed by Cynthia Ettinger, DANTE will begin with 2 previews, July 6 and 7, and will continue for 10 performances only, July 8 - July 29, 2017.

In 1982, during a dark and fictitious time in cycling history, the sport's most venerable, time-honored race was marred by the doping of virtually all of its competitors.

In honor of the new Spiderman movie being released today, Netflix has released an extended clip of Tituss Burgess singing a song from their fictional version of a Spiderman musical, from their series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

The Actors' Gang presents DANTE, Get Lit's musical adaptation of Dante's Inferno, opening Saturday, July 8! Written by young poet Raul Herrera, adapted by Diane Luby Lane and directed by Cynthia Ettinger, DANTE will begin with 2 previews, July 6 and 7, and will continue for 10 performances only, July 8 - July 29, 2017.

Producers have announced the full cast for iLLA! A Hip Hop Musical at the 2017 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Music Theater Conference (NMTC) this July.

The Actors' Gang presents DANTE, Get Lit's musical adaptation of Dante's Inferno, opening Saturday, July 8! Written by young poet Raul Herrera, adapted by Diane Luby Lane and directed by Cynthia Ettinger, DANTE will begin with 2 previews, July 6 and 7, and will continue for 10 performances only, July 8 - July 29, 2017.