Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#1Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 1:34am
The rumors have been going around for a little while that Taye Diggs would be the next hedwig after Darren Criss left, well seems mister Diggs may have given it away inadvertently based on this photo he just posted to twitter, notice what script happens to be in the bottom of the image.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#2Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 1:45am
I'd see him in a heartbeat.
#2Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 2:15am
Fantastic!
What a great choice.
....but the world goes 'round
#3Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 2:29am
I never really thought about it before but he'd make a very pretty lady.
#5Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 2:39am
I love Daddy, too.
#6Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 2:45am
If it were legitimate, wouldn't he be reading from a 3-hole punched script organized in a binder rather than the souvenir script that anyone can purchase at the concession stand?
"Mostly, I loved the size of these people's emotions. Nobody has emotions this size anymore. Outsized emotions. Operatic emotions. Kushemski and Vanda are like Tristan and Isolde, they're Paolo and Francesca. Nobody's in total thrall like this anymore. Nobody's overcome by passion like this, or goes through this kind of rage." Thomas, Venus in Fur
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#7Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 2:47am
These were taken at the tattoo parlor he went to get his ink done and its sitting on the arm rest, they may not have given him an official script yet and he's just doing some research by starting to read the script.
or he reads the broadway world message boards and has sucessfully trolled us lol
Updated On: 5/14/15 at 02:47 AM
#8Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 8:13am
He was at the Turner upfronts for his television show and, according to a few sources there, it was confirmed.
Innnnnneresting
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#9Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 9:01am
"He was at the Turner upfronts for his television show and, according to a few sources there, it was confirmed.
Innnnnneresting "
I would see that! In a heartbeat.
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#10Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 9:15am
He would get me back to the Belasco at least once.
And a hedwig AND Yitzhak of color on Broadway? Wow...
#11Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 9:33am
"or he reads the broadway world message boards and has sucessfully trolled us lol"
Oooooh how I want this to be true.
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#12Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 9:35am
Not a fan of him, but that's great news! He'll do a great job!
rjm516
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/09
#13Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 9:48am
Oh my god I gasped so loud when I saw this thread title! PLEASE let it be true!!!!!!! I adore him!
Broadway61004
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/11
#14Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 9:49am
Or, you know, he could just be reading the script. Not saying that he won't be the next Hedwig, but this is hardly proof.
#16Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 9:54am
"He was at the Turner upfronts for his television show and, according to a few sources there, it was confirmed.
Innnnnneresting "
link to a tweet https://twitter.com/jasonlynch/status/598568752708493312
Updated On: 5/14/15 at 09:54 AM
#17Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 9:58am
Very exciting! And he'd be the first Hurt Locker alum to step in as Hedwig. :)
#18Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 10:39am
I'd see the show again for him.
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rjm516
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/09
#19Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 10:45am
"Very exciting! And he'd be the first Hurt Locker alum to step in as Hedwig. :)"
Oh my goodness...that would be so good to work in somehow.
IvyLynn
Swing Joined: 11/18/12
#20Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 10:45am
I think it's a pretty great move all around. Good way for him to get back to the theater and he's definitely an audience draw. Plus, as others have said, about time for a Hedwig of color!
So, how bout we get Idina doing Yitzhak along side him? (Kidding obviously, but let that thought soak in for a moment)
#21Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 11:07am
"I love Daddy, too. "
My thoughts exactly.
#22Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 11:52am
Idina would be such a ridiculously fantastic Yitz that is hurts my soul we'll never get to see it
#23Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 11:55am
there it is folks. Just waiting on an official confirmation from the show. I still wonder if Diggs will start right after Criss. One of the main hold-ups in the contract talks was that Diggs can't start until sometime in September, possibly leaving a 6-8 gap in the schedule. I wonder if something got worked out??
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#24Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Posted: 5/14/15 at 12:16pm
"there it is folks. Just waiting on an official confirmation from the show. I still wonder if Diggs will start right after Criss. One of the main hold-ups in the contract talks was that Diggs can't start until sometime in September, possibly leaving a 6-8 gap in the schedule. I wonder if something got worked out??"
Maybe they could get JCM to fill in the gap?
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