Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig- Page 10
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig
Understudy Joined: 6/1/15
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#225
Posted: 7/22/15 at 5:23am
No worries, skies. Now that I'm looking more closely at The Daily Beast articles for both Michael and Darren, I think both articles are interviews, with a few comments by the writers of Michael and Darren's performances.
Updated On: 7/22/15 at 05:23 AMLadies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#226
Posted: 7/22/15 at 5:36am
"Is anyone going to Tayes opening or invited dress?"
I was at the dress rehearsal last night. Here's my 2 cents:
Taye Came out and for the first time I realized that Hedwig could kick my ass. This is a good thing. He immediately has a presence of power. Some of the dialogue and jokes have been rewritten for Taye (a Jeffersons tv show reference for one example) and there are a some funny physical bits of humor between him and Yitzhak that are new. The most interesting thing about his performance is that during some of the slower songs, he delivers the most soulful singing I've ever heard done in Hedwig. His "Wicked Little Town" was especially great. His chemistry with Rebecca Naomi Jones is very good too. They play off each other well, and she sounded especially good last night. She too was very high energy. So overall, the show has changed slightly to fit him, but it's still the same great show. David Binder came out before the show started to say that since this is a dress rehearsal there might be times where they stop the show to start something again, or to fix something, but it never happened. They just performed a great show without a hitch. My bf were lucky enough to be brought backstage say hi to JCM and Stephen Trask, and went upstairs to hang out for a few minutes with Rebecca but best of all I got to try on one of the Hedwig wigs for a photo. I was in hog heaven!
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#227
Posted: 7/22/15 at 5:57am
Very very excited to hear this great report! Can't wait for tonight. M
thanks for sharing
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#228
Posted: 7/22/15 at 3:29pm
I could see an angry Hedwig who's bulked up physically to overcome the slights against her.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#229
Posted: 7/22/15 at 3:39pm
so is taye sticking to the blonde look? or are they mixing in any darker colored wigs? also, is that a picture of you in one of taye's wigs, or one of JCM's? up til now, JCM has been the only one to sport the no-bangs version.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#230
Posted: 7/22/15 at 3:50pm
Stephen Trask tweeted a picture earlier.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#231
Posted: 7/22/15 at 3:52pmHedwigInch beat me to it. Taye looks good! Updated On: 7/22/15 at 03:52 PM
Understudy Joined: 6/1/15
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#232
Posted: 7/22/15 at 4:06pm
Thanks so much for the report. It sounds like he's off to a good start. I will be waiting patiently for an audio recording of any type, but now I really want to hear his "Wicked Little Town."
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#233
Posted: 7/22/15 at 4:54pm
Curtain call pic: https://instagram.com/p/5a7zYFJFhm/
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#234
Posted: 7/22/15 at 5:21pm
"Curtain call pic: https://instagram.com/p/5a7zYFJFhm/
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Yeah I might pass out. I can't believe I am going to be just a few feet from this in a couple hours.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#235
Posted: 7/22/15 at 5:28pm
https://twitter.com/TayeDiggs/status/623584880010657792
Taye looks like a warrior, doesn't he?
Understudy Joined: 6/1/15
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#236
Posted: 7/22/15 at 5:49pm
Amazing photos! Thanks for posting! Good luck ChiTheaterFan (on not passing out)! You need to stay conscious so that you can post your comments here.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#237
Posted: 7/22/15 at 5:55pm
I'm going tonight, too. 
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/15
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#239
Posted: 7/22/15 at 7:11pm
anyone know how the lotto was today for his 1st performance?
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#240
Posted: 7/22/15 at 7:17pm
Just checked online to see what available, basically nothing.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#241
Posted: 7/22/15 at 7:21pm
it wasn't up on TKTS today either today. Darren Criss' & JCM's final performances weren't either, otherwise it's always been up at TKTS since NPH left.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#242
Posted: 7/22/15 at 7:27pm
"it wasn't up on TKTS today either today. Darren Criss' & JCM's final performances weren't either, otherwise it's always been up at TKTS since NPH left."
It actually was. I think it was up, then off, then up again. I was checking the app out of curiosity because I'm hoping the theater is full. I'm guessing they released seats to TKTS later in the day.
And earlier I checked telecharge out of curiosity. Only premium front row and far rear side mezzanine. (Or balcony. Don't remember.)
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#243
Posted: 7/22/15 at 7:33pm
I definitely saw it on the tkts website earlier today. I didn't check if it went off and on but it was definitely there at some point. Discount was 50% at the time I checked.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#244
Posted: 7/22/15 at 7:49pm
Sold out now! The sign is up at the box office.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#245
Posted: 7/22/15 at 7:52pm
Yay! Wonder how it'll be tomorrow and so forth!
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#246
Posted: 7/22/15 at 7:57pm
Definitely was on TKTS because that's how I got my ticket this afternoon
Great energy inside the house right now. The crowd around me seems genuinely excited to see a very different Hedwig from what we're used to.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#247
Posted: 7/22/15 at 8:11pm
"so is taye sticking to the blonde look? or are they mixing in any darker colored wigs? also, is that a picture of you in one of taye's wigs, or one of JCM's? up til now, JCM has been the only one to sport the no-bangs version."
There's a little bit of slightly darker hair in certain areas of the wig. It looks only slightly different. The wig I had on I believe is JCM's from the HEDWIG movie. Definitely not a Broadway one.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#248
Posted: 7/22/15 at 9:35pm
A sellout on his opening night is hopefully a good harbinger for the rest of Taye's run.
Ladies and Gentleman....Taye Diggs is your next Hedwig#249
Posted: 7/22/15 at 10:56pm
Not for nothing, but houses are always full on opening nights. Friends, industry, paying patrons, papering, etc.
I hope Taye has a great run!
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