VIDEO: Andrew Rannells on Taking Over Lead Role in HEDWIG: 'It Was Intimidating!'

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Andrew Rannells is back on Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, replacing Tony Award winner Neil Patrick Harris in the hit Broadway musical. The actor stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk to hosts Kathi Lee and Hoda about taking over the lead role. "It was very intimitating," revealed the 'Girls' star. "But I love the show."

Check out the appearance below!

Rannells, who received a Tony nomination for his role as Elder Price in Broadway's 'Book of Mormon,' will star in HEDWIG through Oct. 12th at at the Belasco Theater. Michael C. Hall will assume the role at the completion of Rannell's run.

The new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the musical has a book by John Cameron Mitchelland music and lyrics by Stephen Trask. It is directed by Michael Mayer.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH was originally produced by David Binder off off Broadway at Westbeth and then, under the direction of Peter Askin, ran over two years at the Jane Street Theatre beginning in February 1998. The musical won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical and both John Cameron MitchellandStephen Trask won Obies in 2001. It won a 1998 New York Magazine Award and Entertainment Weekly's "Soundtrack of the Year" Award. Time Magazine named HEDWIG the Top Musical of 1998.

The film of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, directed by John Cameron Mitchell, won the Audience Award and Best Director Awards at Sundance. Mitchell won the Best New Director from the National Board of Review, the Gotham Awards, and the LA Critics Society. Stage productions have played for many years in Japan and in 2008, Korea hosted a popular televised Reality Show about the search for a new star to play Hedwig.