Taye Diggs Primps for HEDWIG with Sparkly Black Nail Polish

Taye Diggs will make his return to Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. According to the New York Post, the 'Rent' star is already getting into character for the gender-bending role.

The Post reports that Diggs was seen at yesterday's Alvin Ailey Spirit Gala sporting "black, sparkly nail polish," remnants from a "costume fitting earlier in the day." The actor's five-year-old son Walker was in tow at the event, held at New York's David H. Koch Theater. Others in attendance included Tyson Beckford and "SNL" comedian Jay Pharoah.

Diggs will take over the lead role in the 2014 Tony Award winning Best Musical Revival from Darren Criss for a limited 12-week engagement starting Wednesday, July 22 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). Hedwig will mark Diggs' first New York stage role since the 2005 revival of A Soldier's Play.

He is currently in production for the second season of Steven Bochco's crime drama "Murder in the First," which will premiere Monday, June 8 on TNT.

He made his Broadway debut in 1994 in the Tony Award-winning revival ofCarousel. Soon after, he landed the role of Benny in in the landmark musicalRent, a role he recreated in the 2005 film version. Diggs other New York stage credits include Chicago, Wicked, and Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party. His many film and television credits include How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Go, Chicago,The Best Man, its follow up The Best Man Holiday, and six seasons on ABC's hit drama "Private Practice."

As previously announced Darren Criss will play his final performance as Hedwig on Sunday, July 19.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch, with book by John Cameron Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, directed byMichael Mayer, also stars Rebecca Naomi Jones as Yitzhak. The production has received rave reviews and is winner of four 2014 TONY AWARDS and won Best Musical Revival by the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, Drama League Awards, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. The Grammy nominated Original Broadway Cast album forHedwig and the Angry Inch is available from Atlantic Records.

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