Photos: Wayne Brady and Taye Diggs Are the New Stars of Broadway’s Moulin Rouge!

Photos: Wayne Brady and Taye Diggs Are the New Stars of Broadway’s Moulin Rouge!

The Tony-winning Best Musical continues at the Hirschfeld Theatre.

Stage and screen stars Wayne Brady and Taye Diggs returned to Broadway July 22 in the Tony-winning Best Musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Brady and Diggs are starring in the roles of Harold Zidler and The Duke of Monroth, respectively. (Diggs is scheduled to perform through September 28, with Brady staying through November 9.)

Get a first look at the new stars—plus Ashley Loren as Satine and Christian Douglas as Christian, both of whom also joined July 22—in the gallery below.

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Photos: Wayne Brady, Taye Diggs, More in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway

The four artists succeeded Solea Pfeiffer, Jordan Fisher, Austin Durant, and Andy Karl, who offered their final performances as, respectively, Satine, Christian, Harold Zidler, and The Duke of Monroth, July 20.

On Broadway five-time Emmy winner Brady has been seen in the title role of The Wiz, as Billy Flynn in Chicago, Lola in Kinky Boots, and in Freestyle Love Supreme. Other stage roles include Aaron Burr in the Chicago production of Hamilton, as well as Los Angeles stagings of Rent; Kiss Me, Kate; and Merrily We Roll Along. Brady currently hosts Let’s Make a Deal and was previously seen on Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Diggs originated the role of Benjamin Coffin III in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent and was also seen in Chicago, Wicked, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. His numerous screen credits include Private Practice, Murder in the First, All-American, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Wood, and The Best Man. He can also be seen in Terry McMillan Presents: Forever, currently airing on Lifetime’s website.

Loren is a member of the original Broadway cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, having previously played the role of Satine. She’s also appeared in the Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel at Lincoln Center, Sweet Charity, BAZ, and American Idiot. On film, she can be seen in Be the Light.

Douglas arrives on Broadway following a year-and-a-half run leading the Moulin Rouge! The Musical national tour. He previously appeared as Charlie Price in the Off-Broadway remount of Kinky Boots at Stage 42 and the national tour of Pretty Woman: The Musical.

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