Broadway
Ken Watanabe, Kelli O'Hara Shine in Decca Broadway/Universal Classics' Cast Recording of 'The King and I' Lincoln Center Revival, Out June 2
Taye Diggs, Divorced from Idina Menzel, Back on Broadway as First Black 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch,' Talks Drag Queen, Rent Boy, Butt Play Past
Starting July 22, Lower Manhattan-cum-Midtown show Hedwig and the Angry Inch's title character will get a new actor--the extremely talented Taye Diggs. The show's lead producer, David Binder, confirmed earlier this week the move that had been rumoring around the city for days. LIVESTREAM: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Broadcast Beethoven, Bernstein, Alejandro García Caturla from Cuba [LISTEN]
Classicalite reported back in February that Grammy-winning maestro Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra would be performing this month in Cuba at the International Cubadisco Festival. Well, it's finally here! OK, so almost... Since POTUS Barack Obama made the first steps to "normalize" America's relationship with its neighbor Cuba, the Minnesota Orchestra will indeed be the first professional U.S. band to perform in Cuba this century--make that millennium (as the last to do was the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 1999).
