The actor, known for romcom roles as well as the stage and film versions of Rent, becomes the first black lead in the cult musicalTaye Diggs is to take over from Darren Criss as the lead of the cult musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Diggs will join Rebecca Naomi Jones, who stars as Yitzhak " they are the first black actors to play those roles."Taye is fantastic," said producer David Binder. "He has theatre cred, he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:16AM on May 19, 2015