Taye Diggs News

ABC has announced that, on April 22nd, it will swap the time periods of its hour-long Thursday drama's, 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Private Practice.' The move will avoid having original episodes of the new show, 'FlashForward,' and 'Private Practice' air on either side of 'Grey's Anatomy.'

Usdan Center For the Performing Arts, the nationally renowned summer arts day camp which has introduced the arts to more than 50,000 young people, announces that Maurice Brandon Curry, a director/choreographer/educator, and former Director of the Joffrey Ballet School, will become Chairperson of the Usdan Center Dance Department beginning in the summer of 2010.

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center presents the world premiere of dre.diohead, a new evening length piece by the renowned NYC-based dance company dre.dance, for TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY: Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1. Choreographed by dre.dance co-founder and Artistic Director Andrew Palermo, with additional choreography by co-founder Taye Diggs, dre.diohead is set to music by award-winning, iconic alternative rock band Radiohead. Tickets for the world premiere of dre-diohead, by dre.dance, start at $20 and can be purchased through the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center box office at 718-482-7200 or online at www.LaGuardiaPerformingArts.org. LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is located at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City. It is easily accessible via the 7, E, V, R, N, W Subways and the Long Island Railroad.

GLEE returns to FOX TONIGHT April 13, 2010 at 9:30pm and we've got pics from last night's GLEE Premiere Party at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, California!

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center presents the world premiere of dre.diohead, a new evening length piece by the renowned NYC-based dance company dre.dance, for TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY: Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1. Choreographed by dre.dance co-founder and Artistic Director Andrew Palermo, with additional choreography by co-founder Taye Diggs, dre.diohead is set to music by award-winning, iconic alternative rock band Radiohead. Tickets for the world premiere of dre-diohead, by dre.dance, start at $20 and can be purchased through the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center box office at 718-482-7200 or online at www.LaGuardiaPerformingArts.org. LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is located at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City. It is easily accessible via the 7, E, V, R, N, W Subways and the Long Island Railroad.

ABC has announced that, on April 22nd, it will swap the time periods of its hour-long Thursday drama's, 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Private Practice.' The move will avoid having original episodes of the new show, 'FlashForward,' and 'Private Practice' air on either side of 'Grey's Anatomy.'

This Tuesday and Thursday, April 13 and 15, Andrew Palermo, Artistic Director of dre.dance, will appear at The Directors Studios in Minneapolis, MN. Andrew's appearance on the 13th will be a Dance Master Class from 6-7:30 pm. On April 15, Andrew will host a lecture and demonstration from 6:30-8pm.

Cirque du Soleil, in partnership with Elvis Presley Enterprises, a CKX, Inc (NASDAQ: CKXE) company, celebrated the world premiere of its latest resident show Viva ELVISTM, at ARIA Resort & CasinoTM at CityCenter in Las Vegas on Friday, February 19, 2010.

For the first time in nearly 15 years the Broadway production of Rent will not be playing anywhere in North America, when The Broadway Tour of the landmark musical closes in Sacramento, CA on February 7, 2010.

For the first time in nearly 15 years the Broadway production of Rent will not be playing anywhere in North America, when The Broadway Tour of the landmark musical closes in Sacramento, CA on February 7, 2010.

The 41st NAACP Image Awards nominees were announced yesterday during a press conference at The SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills. Taye Diggs ('Private Practice' - ABC), Michael Strahan ('Brothers' - FOX) and 'FOX NFL Sunday'), Wanda Sykes ('The Wanda Sykes Show' - FOX), Kyle Massey ('That's SRaven,' 'Cory in the House' - Disney Channel), Chris Massey ('Zoey 101' - Nickelodeon) and Tatyana Ali (Young and the Restless - CBS) joined NAACP Image Awards Committee Chair, Clayola Brown, and Vicangelo Bulluck, Executive Producer of the telecast, to announce The categories and nominees.

The 41st NAACP Image Awards nominees were announced today during a press conference at The SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills. Taye Diggs ('Private Practice' - ABC), Michael Strahan ('Brothers' - FOX) and 'FOX NFL Sunday'), Wanda Sykes ('The Wanda Sykes Show' - FOX), Kyle Massey ('That's SRaven,' 'Cory in the House' - Disney Channel), Chris Massey ('Zoey 101' - Nickelodeon) and Tatyana Ali (Young and the Restless - CBS) joined NAACP Image Awards Committee Chair, Clayola Brown, and Vicangelo Bulluck, Executive Producer of the telecast, to announce the categories and nominees. The 41st NAACP Image Awards will air live on Friday, February 26 (8:00 - 10:00 PM ET/PT Tape-Delayed) on FOX.

In a new interview with People.com, GLEE's creator Ryan Murphy tells the magazine that he doesn't know what role Idina Menzel will play on GLEE, noting that 'I just met with her once. It sort of got leaked, but I haven't plotted it out yet.'

Cast members of Fox's hit TV series GLEE have confirmed that Idina Menzel will be appearing as a new character on the TV show when the second half of the first season begins airing in the Spring of 2010.

Straight from her hit show at Rose Hall/Lincoln Center, Shoshana Bean (Wicked, Hairspray) joins fellow Broadway, television, film and recording stars Brian d'Arcy James (Shrek, The Wild Party, Titanic, Sweet Smell of Success), Celia Keenan-Bolger (...Spelling Bee, Les Miserables, Little Fish), Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me, Reasons to be Pretty, Fat Pig), Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot, Side Show), Tracy Jai Edwards (Legally Blonde, Hairspray), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Legally Blonde, Wicked), Jennifer Prescott (How to Succeed..., Carousel) and dre.dance to celebrate the company's fifth anniversary.

dre.dance, the contemporary dance company, celebrates it's fifth anniversary with Broadway Celebrates dre.dance on Monday, December 14th at New World Stages (350 W. 50th Street).

The Hollywood Reporter is now stating that Idina Menzel is in official negotiations for a recurring role on Fox's hit TV series - GLEE! Menzel may appear in all of the nine remaining episodes of the season to play the coach of rival Glee Club - Vocal Adrenaline.

Straight from her hit show at Rose Hall/Lincoln Center, Shoshana Bean (Wicked, Hairspray) joins fellow Broadway, television, film and recording stars Brian d'Arcy James (Shrek, The Wild Party, Titanic, Sweet Smell of Success), Celia Keenan-Bolger (...Spelling Bee, Les Miserables, Little Fish), Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me, Reasons to be Pretty, Fat Pig), Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot, Side Show), Tracy Jai Edwards (Legally Blonde, Hairspray), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Legally Blonde, Wicked), Jennifer Prescott (How to Succeed..., Carousel) and dre.dance to celebrate the company's fifth anniversary.

Diggs told People that 'I know that she would love [to guest star on Glee]' in response to questions about fans' desire to see Menzel play Lea Michele's mother on the show.

Columbia Records and Twentieth Century Fox Television today released select songs on iTunes featured in this week's episode of GLEE, including cast versions of Van Halen's 'Jump,' Lily Allen's 'Smile' and Charlie Chaplin's 'Smile.'